Body acceptance by others: Refinement of the construct, and development and psychometric evaluation of a revised measure – The Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2

Body Image ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 238-253
Author(s):  
Viren Swami ◽  
Jennifer Todd ◽  
Stefan Stieger ◽  
Adrian Furnham ◽  
George Horne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Acceptance

scholarly journals #BodyProudMums: Promoting Body Positivity through Brand Storytelling on Social Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-341
Author(s):  
Ruvira Arindita
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Appreciation ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
Body Acceptance

Previous researches showed that there is relation between body image satisfaction and depression in perinatal period. Given this fact, it is important to educate and find ways to enhance mothers’ postpartum self-esteem and body satisfaction. For the last decade body image literature has risen and brought to new discussion about body positivity. This research focuses on women’s body positivity campaign presented by Mothercare called #BodyProudMums. The objective of this research is to identify the storytelling elements used to promote women’s body positivity campaign and whether the issue creates good brand story for Mothercare. The concepts used are body positivity, postpartum, brand storytelling, and social media with qualitative content analysis as research method. The unit of analysis are ten posts of #BodyProudMums campaign on @mothercareuk, while the samples are three randomly chosen posts. This research notes that the body positivity messages of body appreciation, body acceptance, and love, as well as broad conceptualization of beauty are carried out by the elements of storytelling namely: basic plots (the quest), archetype (the change master) with the following story objectives: communicating who they are, fostering collaboration, transmitting values and sparking action. There are only three out of four elements of good brand story present on the campaign. However, the absence of humor element is justified because of the nature of the postpartum story in which it shares mothers’ hardship and how they finally cope with it. Therefore, it can be said that the issue of mothers’ body positivity creates good brand story for Mothercare. Key words: positive body image, postpartum, brand storytelling, social media

Measurement Invariance of a Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptom Questionnaire Across Sex: The Body Image Questionnaire–Child and Adolescent Version

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1026-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie C. Schneider ◽  
Andrew J. Baillie ◽  
Jonathan Mond ◽  
Cynthia M. Turner ◽  
Jennifer L. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
The Body ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
School Students ◽  
Disorder Symptom

Measures of body dysmorphic disorder symptoms have received little psychometric evaluation in adolescent samples. This study aimed to examine cross-sex measurement invariance in the Body Image Questionnaire–Child and Adolescent version (BIQ-C) to establish whether observed sex differences in total scores may be meaningful or due to differences in measurement properties. A sample of 3,057 Australian high school students completed the initial screening item of the measure (63.2% male, Mage = 14.58 years, SD = 1.37, range = 12-18 years). Of these participants, 1,512 (49.5%) reported appearance concerns and thus completed the full measure. Partial scalar measurement invariance was established among a revised two-factor, 9-item version of the BIQ-C (BIQ-C-9). Females reported significantly greater latent factor variance, higher BIQ-C-9 total and factor scores, and higher scores on most individual BIQ-C-9 items. The measure can be used with caution to compare body dysmorphic disorder symptoms between male and female adolescents, though sex-specific cutoff scores should be used.

Psychometric evaluation of the “Body Checking and Avoidance Questionnaire — BCAQ” adapted to Brazilian Portuguese

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e293-e299 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Trejger Kachani ◽  
P. Brunfentrinker Hochgraf ◽  
S. Brasiliano ◽  
A. L. Rodrigues Barbosa ◽  
T. A. Cordás ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Checking

Body Image

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Appreciation ◽  
Negative Body Image ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Body Acceptance ◽  
Disability Severity ◽  
Poor Body Image

It has often been wrongly assumed that people with disabilities have poor body image. The purpose of this chapter is to review the body image research involving individuals with impairments and investigating if they are dissatisfied with their appearance. People with disabilities such as cerebral palsy, blindness, and amputations are all very different, and their impairments are likely to differ in many other respects that can play a role in body image self-perceptions. The lack of unanimity across the research reviewed here suggests that disability type, disability severity, visibility, duration, congenital versus acquired factors, age, gender, ethnicity, social support, and self-efficacy are all important considerations that can moderate and mediate the link between disability and body image. Researchers are urged to use theory to guide their research and to consider nontraditional approaches to the study of body image. For instance, researchers studying positive body image understand that this does not comprise simply the absence of negative body image cognitions and have examined the role of body appreciation and body acceptance.

Body-Cathexis and Self-Cathexis in an Interactional, Awareness Training Class

1979 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Rose Clance ◽  
Thomas V. Matthews ◽  
Joan Joesting
Keyword(s):  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
The Body ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Introductory Psychology Class ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Psychology Class ◽  
Training Class ◽  
Body Acceptance ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Body Cathexis

This study examined the effects of a psychology of adjustment class on body-acceptance and self-acceptance. An introductory psychology class served as a control group. Subjects were pre- and posttested with the Body-cathexis and Self-cathexis scales. Two by two analyses of covariance indicated that the adjustment group showed a larger gain on both scales than the control. Sex interacted with group significantly on the Body-cathexis scale only. Means indicated that the main effect of groups on the Body-cathexis scale may be attributed to the larger gains by females in the adjustment class.

The Body Acceptance by Others Scale: An assessment of its factorial validity in adults from the United Kingdom

Body Image ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 71-74
Author(s):  
Viren Swami ◽  
Jennifer Todd ◽  
Stefan Stieger ◽  
Tracy L. Tylka
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Body ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Body Acceptance

Psychometric Evaluation of the Body Checking Cognitions Scale (BCCS) Portuguese Version

2013 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Trejger Kachani ◽  
Lucia Pereira Barroso ◽  
Silvia Brasiliano ◽  
Patrícia Brunfentrinker Hochgraf ◽  
Táki Athanássios Cordás ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Checking ◽  
Portuguese Version

Body Perception in Relation to Muscular Tone at Rest and Tactile Sensitivity to Tickle

1983 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 799-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vezio Ruggieri ◽  
Maria Milizia ◽  
Nicoletta Sabatini ◽  
Maria Teresa Tosi
Keyword(s):  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Muscle Tone ◽  
Muscle Tension ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
The Body ◽  
Tactile Sensitivity ◽  
Body Perception ◽  
Body Acceptance

Two aspects of body image (body perception and body acceptance), muscle tone at test, and disposition to perceive positively connoted stimuli (tickle) were studied with 35 female subjects. Our hypothesized relation of muscle tension and body perception was confirmed by an inverse correlation between these variables. Also evident was the link of the good acceptance of the body with the disposition to perceive pleasurable stimuli (tickle perception) longer and the link of level of body awareness and resistance to change (latency to tickle). Also a direct relationship between body perception and body acceptance emerged.

Environments that Cultivate Positive Embodiment Through Mindful Movement

2019 ◽  
pp. 118-128
Author(s):  
Christy Greenleaf ◽  
Caitlyn Hauff
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Care ◽  
The Body ◽  
Competitive Sport ◽  
Functional Fitness ◽  
Physical Movement ◽  
Fitness Centers ◽  
Body Acceptance

While exercise is often thought of as a means to maintain and improve the body, there is potential to revolutionize the exercise experience as one that supports embodiment and mindful physical movement. The first part of this chapter explores how to transform traditional exercise spaces (i.e., fitness centers, weight rooms, competitive sport environments) into places that encourage positive embodiment. Special attention is paid to ways sport leaders can create climates that focus on process, experience, and mindfulness, as well as ways traditional exercise spaces can enhance self-care, size inclusivity, and intuitive exercise. The second part of this chapter provides examples of how nontraditional exercise practices (i.e., dance, Zumba, functional fitness) can serve as innovative means to enable positive embodiment experiences through mindful movement. Last, the utilization of social media as a space to share positive exercise experiences that promote body acceptance and body inclusivity is discussed.

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