Body Image Disorders in Men

This study examined the role of media influence and immigration on body image among Pakistani men. Attitudes toward the body were compared between those living in Pakistan ( n = 56) and those who had immigrated to the United Arab Emirates ( n = 58). Results of a factorial analysis of variance demonstrated a significant main effect of immigrant status. Pakistani men living in the United Arab Emirates displayed poorer body image than those in the Pakistan sample. Results also indicated a second main effect of media influence.Those highly influenced by the media displayed poorer body image. No interaction effect was observed between immigrant status and media influence on body image. These findings suggest that media influence and immigration are among important risk factors for the development of negative body image among non-Western men. Interventions designed to address the negative effects of the media and immigration may be effective at reducing body image disorders and other related health problems in this population.

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Body Image Disorders: Comparison between Unilateral Hemisphere Damage and Schizophrenia

Behavioural Neurology ◽

10.1155/1989/717519 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 201-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

J. Cutting

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Left Hemisphere ◽

Right Hemisphere ◽

Consecutive Series ◽

Bodily Experiences ◽

Body Image Disorders

The records of a consecutive series of 100 schizophrenics were examined for any mention of body image disorders. These were present in 45 patients, the most common varieties being anomalous bodily experiences. The pattern of these was then compared with the sorts of body image disorders which occur in patients with left hemisphere lesions and in those with right hemisphere lesions. Schizophrenic body image disorders resembled those seen with right-sided lesions much more than they did those occurring following left-sided damage. This result is discussed in relationship to theories of hemisphere imbalance in schizophrenia.

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A Psychophysiologically Controlled Exposure Treatment of Severe Body Image Distortion in Eating Disorders

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy ◽

10.1017/s1352465800015083 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 223-233 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pau Pérez Sales ◽

Rosa Calvo Sagardoy ◽

Teresa Ferrer Gila

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Body Image ◽

Body Size ◽

Research Literature ◽

Size Estimation ◽

Exposure Treatment ◽

Body Image Disorders ◽

Controlled Exposure ◽

Body Size Estimation ◽

Image Problems

Although body image problems are a major prognostic factor in the course of eating disorders, its treatment has received little attention in the research literature. We present two psychophysiologically controlled cases of intensive exposure treatment with conflicting outcomes. Pre-post treatment assessments included measurements of body size estimation, body related avoidant attitudes and body dissatisfaction. In case 1, although dissatisfaction and avoidant attitudes decreased, body size overestimation remained basically unchanged. Case 2 did not improve. Psychophysiological recordings showed a covert avoidance of treatment stimuli. We discuss the pros and the cons of the treatment, and the implications for the use of exposure therapy in body image disorders.

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Principles of care for adolescent girls with eating disorders and body disturbances disorders: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

V M BEKHTEREV REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY ◽

10.31363/2313-7053-2021-57-4-106-112 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 57 (4) ◽

pp. 106-112

Author(s):

A. A. Pichikov ◽

Y. V. Popov ◽

Y. A. Yakovleva ◽

T. A. Salomatina

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Eating Disorders ◽

Body Image ◽

Personal Contact ◽

Simultaneous Increase ◽

Outpatient Basis ◽

Prevention And Treatment ◽

Body Image Disorders ◽

The Media ◽

Restrictive Measures

The pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has contributed to an increase in problems related to eating behavior and body image in the population. Various risk factors that have become relevant due to changes in the usual lifestyle have significantly affected the frequency of eating disorders in the adolescent population. This necessitated the adapting of new strategies for providing medical care in conditions of limited personal contact.The aim of the work is the methodological substantiation and systematization of modern approaches to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, body image disorders and risk factors associated with them in adolescents in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the work is a comprehensive analysis of modern medical and social approaches and recommendations on the organization of assistance to adolescents with eating disorders and body image disorders, with a description of personal experience of using various interventions on an outpatient basis during the pandemic.Results: Prevention and treatment of eating disorders and body image disorders in adolescents during the pandemic should be aimed at specific risk factors those have proved to be the most relevant in connection with restrictive measures: involvement in body image-related social media content and active use of the media; reduction of physical activity with simultaneous increase in access to food; social isolation and reduction of social support; restriction of access to qualified care. The most reasonable approaches during the pandemic are the approaches focused on the family of a teenager using, if possible, remote forms of assistance.Conclusions: Currently, there are no norms and standards in the organization of assistance to adolescents with eating disorders and body image disorders in the pandemic context. However, the analysis of the implemented approaches aimed at various risk factors of these disorders will allow the use of the most effective preventive and therapeutic practices in the future.

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BODY IMAGE IN DIABETES MELITUS PATIENTS WITH ULCUS DIABETIC IN GRESIK

Journal of Vocational Nursing ◽

10.20473/jovin.v1i2.23560 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 130

Author(s):

Hafna Ilmy Muhalla

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Body Image ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

The Body ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Body Image Disorders ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Physical Changes ◽

Poor Body Image ◽

Diabetes Melitus

Introduction: Indonesia is ranked 4th in the world for the number of diabetics according to WHO, and most of diabetics experience complications, one of which is ulcer diabetikum. This can be a trigger for the emergence of body image disorders from diabetics, so researchers need to know the picture of ulcus sufferers' body image to later be mapped and make it easier in subsequent handling. The research objective is to describe the image of body image in patients with diabetes mellitus with ulcus complications. Physical changes in the body can affect body image and self-esteem Methods: Design of this study used a descriptive research design, the population in this study were all patients who have diabetes mellitus with ulcus diabeticum in Ibnu Sina Hospital Gresik regency with a sample of 20 respondents, samples were taken by using purposive sampling technique. Data collection using questionnaires with 15 multiple choices question. Furthermore, the data were analyzed with coding, scoring, tabulating presentatif, and described. Results: The results showed a total of 20 respondents obtained ii'om 5 respondents (25%) have a good body image, 7 respondents (35%) had a poor body image and 8 respondents (40%) who did not have a good body image. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study indicate that in patients with diabetes mellitus who are already experiencing complications of ulcus diabetic almost half of respondents do not have a good body image, and a small proportion of respondents have a good body image. This is due to several factors, namely the respondents admitted that the wounds on his legs is a sign of personal failure on him therefore to improve body image and the changing assessment of the physical condition and provide social support.

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Body Image Disorders

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199579563.013.0037 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Katherine J. Morris

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽

Body Shame ◽

The Body ◽

Lived Body ◽

Multiple Perspectives ◽

Gender Imbalance ◽

Body Image Disorders ◽

Research Orientations

This chapter examines so-called body image disorders, focusing on body dysmorphic disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. These disorders have been studied extensively by psychologists and psychiatrists from both the "body image" and "body shame" research orientations. Body image disorders have also proved, for feminist thinkers mindful of the gender imbalance in many of these disorders, to be an important locus for cultural criticism, including criticism of psychological and psychiatric perspectives. Those philosophers and anthropologists with a phenomenological bent, particularly those with an interest in the lived body and embodiment, have also found a fruitful terrain in body image disorders. These different disciplines and approaches provide multiple perspectives which are often complementary, occasionally in some tension with one another, but always mutually enriching, and all of them are sketched here.

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