The Double Consciousness Body Image Scale: A body image assessment centering the experiences of Black women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salomé A. Wilfred ◽  
Jennifer D. Lundgren
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Double Consciousness ◽  
Body Image Scale ◽  
Image Assessment

Double Consciousness Body Image Scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salomé A. Wilfred ◽  
Jennifer D. Lundgren
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Double Consciousness ◽  
Body Image Scale

The Draw-A-Person Test and Body Image

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Handelzalts ◽  
Yael Ben-Artzy-Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Diet Group ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Body Image Scale ◽  
Healthy Female

The Draw-A-Person (DAP) test has been the center of a long-lasting debate regarding its validity. This study investigated the DAP indices of height, width (size), and inclusion/omission of details and their relation to body image as measured by a self-report scale (Gray’s body image scale) and manifested by the diet behaviors and body mass index of 55 healthy female students. Although the drawings of the diet group were smaller, there was no significant relationship between figure size and diet behaviors. However, body image as measured by a self-report scale did result in significant differences between groups. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between the size of the figure drawn and body image as measured by a self-report scale (larger figures correlated with better body image). No significant results were found for the omission/inclusion indices of the DAP. These results are discussed in light of previous findings regarding the DAP.

Developing an Asian American Men's Body Image Scale

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances C. Shen ◽  
Kelly H.Y. Liao ◽  
Chih-Yuan Weng ◽  
Brittany Sievers ◽  
Mackenzie Atchie
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Body Image Scale

scholarly journals IMPACT OF LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY ON BODY IMAGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Fernández Candela ◽  
L Sánchez-Guillén ◽  
L García Catalá ◽  
C Curtis Martínez ◽  
M Bosch Ramírez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Colorectal Surgery ◽  
Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery ◽  
Wound Complication ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Surgical Quality ◽  
Body Image Scale ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Observational Descriptive Study

Abstract INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of laparoscopic colorectal surgery (LCS) on body image using the validated Body Image Scale (BIS) as a parameter of surgical quality. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted an observational descriptive study. Patients who underwent scheduled LCS between June 2015 and December 2019 by a General Hospital Coloproctology Unit were included. RESULTS The sample included 180 patients, 115 men (63.9%) and 65 women (36.1%) with a median age of 67 years. Right hemicolectomies (31.7%) and sigmoidectomies (28.3%) were the main procedures performed. In most patients, a suprapubic (69.4%) or transverse (19.4%) incision was made. 21.9% suffered some type of postoperative complication (13.9% wound complication, 10.6% incisional hernia). The general result of the BIS questionnaire was satisfactory, with a median of 0 in the responses (no alteration of body image). We found that 46.2% of the women had some alteration in body image, compared to 28.7% of the men (p = 0.018) and low and ultra-low anterior resection were the surgeries that obtained worst scores, with 13,5% and 12,5% respectively of patients with a BIS score above 5 (p = 0.044). Patients with a stoma also obtained worst punctuation (25% above 5 vs 6,1%, p = 0.001). No statistically significant differences were found regarding type of incision, presence of complications and anxiety or depression. CONCLUSION Study results show, in general, good post-surgical body image after LCS. However, patients with stoma and women were more dissatisfied. Interestingly, there is no worse body image due to type of incision, so we recommend the least iatrogenic one.

scholarly journals Incongruence in body image and body mass index: A surrogate risk marker in Black women for type 2 diabetes mellitus

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rynal Devanathan ◽  
Viveka Devanathan ◽  
Tonya M. Esterhuizen
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Risk Marker ◽  
Diabetes Group

Background: Excess weight contributes to the development and progression of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Distorted body image amongst urban Black women and the perception that thinness is linked with HIV, may however be compounding the problem, particularly in areas with a high HIV burden.Objectives: This study aimed to compare the perception of body image in urban Black women with and without T2DM.Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted on 328 Black women systematically sampled into two groups (with and without T2DM). Body mass index (BMI) (weight [kg]/height[m2]) was determined and the adapted Stunkard Body Image Silhouettes for Black women was used to determine perceived body image (PBI).Results: Seventy-two per cent had T2DM and in this group 89% were obese, with a mean BMI of 39.5 kg/m2 (s.d. ± 8.5). In the non-diabetes group (NDG) 44% were obese, with a mean BMIof 31.3 kg/m2 (s.d. ± 9.0) Black women underestimated their body image across all weight categories (p < 0.05). Both groups (99% of the study group) also perceived thinness as being associated with HIV.Conclusions: This study identified an incongruence between PBI and actual BMI amongst urban Black women. This, combined with their belief that thinness is associated with HIV, places those with T2DM at risk of secondary complications arising from diabetes mellitus, and those without diabetes mellitus at a higher risk of developing T2DM. A discrepancy between PBI and BMI may therefore serve as a risk marker to alert clinicians to use a more ethno-cultural specific approach in engaging with urban Black women regarding weight loss strategies in the future.

scholarly journals DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS IN BELL HOOKS’ BONE BLACK

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Mzukisi J. Lento
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Double Consciousness ◽  
Bell Hooks ◽  
Du Bois

This article investigates the shifts in the concept of double consciousness as depicted in bell hooks’ Bone black (1996). According to Du Bois, the idea of ‘double consciousness’ refers to being both black and American. In Du Boisian understanding, double consciousness refers to a condition of being black and American in which ‘One ever feels his two-ness – an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings’ (Du Bois 1989, 5). bell hooks agrees with this view but she also revises the concept in order to take on board the fact that black women have other experiences in addition to double consciousness in America (Hooks 1996).

scholarly journals Estudio de la obesidad infantil y su relación con la imagen corporal en una muestra española

Psychologia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Pallares Neila ◽  
José Baile Ayensa
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Body Image Scale ◽  
Factores De Riesgo

La obesidad infantil es uno de los factores de riesgo clave para el desarrollo de enfermedades crónicas. La prevención de ésta y su tratamiento se han convertido en una de las políticas sanitarias comunes en muchos países. Por ello, el estudio de la obesidad infantil y de sus características psicológicas debe ser un objetivo prioritario. El presente trabajo es un estudio transversal que tiene como objetivo general el análisis del sobrepeso y obesidad en una muestra de población infantil y la medida en que tales circunstancias pueden afectar a su imagen corporal. Fue llevado a cabo con 62 niños y niñas, estudiantes de dos colegios públicos de localidades de la Comunidad de Madrid, con una media de edad de 11,53 (DT .73). Como instrumentos de evaluación han sido utilizados la Escala Breve de Insatisfacción Corporal Infantil (EBICI), The Children’s Body Image Scale (CBIS) y un cuestionario antropométrico autoinformado por los propios sujetos de la muestra. Según los resultados obtenidos, aproximadamente el 18 % de la muestra tiene sobrepeso u obesidad, además se ha comprobado que el sobrepeso y la obesidad inciden negativamente en la percepción social y actitudinal que tienen los niños y niñas sobre su propio cuerpo.

scholarly journals Perception of Aesthetic Impairment in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: A Case Control Study Using a Semi-Quantitative Scale for Body Image Assessment.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Méryem-Maud Farhat ◽  
Pierre Guerreschi ◽  
Sandrine Morell-Dubois ◽  
Valérie Deken ◽  
Julien Labreuche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Systemic Sclerosis ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Disease Assessment ◽  
Image Assessment ◽  
Two Populations ◽  
Control Study

Abstract Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a fibrotic disease. Assessment of body image could be central in optimizing care. Yet, data are scarce. The main objective was to assess perception of aesthetic impairment using a visual aesthetic scale (AES) in patients with SSc compared to healthy subjects. Secondary objectives were to assess associations between perception of aesthetic impairment and standardized questionnaires for aesthetic impairment as well as clinical, psychological/quality of life, and functional parameters of SSc. Methods: This study evaluated and compared perception of aesthetic impairment in two populations: patients with SSc, in a referral center at Lille Hospital, France, and healthy controls. Results: This study included 88 patients (69 [78.4%] women) with a median age of 52 years and 88 controls (49 [55.7%] women) with a median age of 45 years. Perception of aesthetic impairment assessed using the AES was poorer in patients than in controls (3.7 ± 0.3 vs 2.8 ± 0.3, p=0.028), with statistical correlation with ASWAP. Patients with anxiety or depressive symptoms had significantly higher AES scores. Conclusion: The AES appears to be an ease of use tool to evaluate body image. Correlations found with psychological and quality of life parameters reflect the importance of these parameters for body image evaluation and its complex assessment.Trials registration: NCT03271320

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