The mediating effects of body surveillance on internalized discriminations and body satisfaction in plurisexual women of color.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zori A. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Women Of Color ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Body Surveillance

Tone it Down: How Fitness Instructors’ Motivational Comments Shape Women’s Body Satisfaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Engeln ◽  
Margaret Shavlik ◽  
Colleen Daly
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
College Women ◽  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Conditioning Group ◽  
Strength And Conditioning ◽  
Body Surveillance ◽  
Group Fitness ◽  
Post Test

Two-hundred and three college women participated in a 16-minute strength and conditioning group fitness class. Participants were randomly assigned to a class that featured either appearance-focused motivational comments by the instructor (e.g., “Blast that cellulite!”) or function-focused comments (e.g., “Think of how strong you are getting!”). Body satisfaction from pre-test to post-test increased overall, but those in the function-focused (as opposed to appearance-focused) condition experienced a significantly greater increase in body satisfaction. A similar pattern was observed for positive affect. Additionally, those in the function-focused condition described the class in more positive terms and reported experiencing less body surveillance during the class. These findings are consistent with research suggesting that exercise can improve mood and body satisfaction, but also suggest that a more function-focused class can lead to even greater improvements. The motivational comments fitness instructors use may have a notable impact on women’s mood, body satisfaction, and body surveillance.

A New Visual Image Rating Scale for Females: Correlations with Measures of Relative Fatness, Weight Dissatisfaction, and Body-Esteem

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1075-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne P. Goldberg ◽  
Elizabeth B. Lenart ◽  
Stephen M. Bailey ◽  
Elissa Koff
Keyword(s):  
Women Of Color ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Visual Image ◽  
The Body ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Image Rating ◽  
Highly Correlated

A new Visual Image Rating Scale for females was developed from a computer-reconstructed photograph to produce figures with realistic three-dimensional contour and different types of fat and muscle distribution. Correlations between choice of figures selected by a group of college women on two occasions two weeks apart gave significant test-retest stability. To estimate the construct validity of the scale in assessing body satisfaction, at the time the scale was first administered 77 undergraduate women were asked to select the figure closest to their current physique and to complete the Body-esteem Scale. Figure selection was highly correlated with relative fatness as measured by Body Mass Index and with scores on the Weight Concern subscale of the Body-esteem Scale. The utility of the scale for women of color or for women of a wider range of age and socioeconomic status remains to be evaluated.

scholarly journals Mediating Effects of Group Cohesion on Physical Activity and Diet in Women of Color: Health is Power

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. e116-e125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Lee ◽  
Daniel P. O'Connor ◽  
Renae Smith-Ray ◽  
Scherezade K. Mama ◽  
Ashley V. Medina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Group Cohesion ◽  
Mediating Effects

Improving Body Satisfaction

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolien Martijn ◽  
Jessica M. Alleva ◽  
Anita Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Automatic System ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Women And Girls

Feelings of body dissatisfaction are common in Western society, especially in women and girls. More than innocent discontent, body dissatisfaction can have serious consequences such as depression and eating disorders. The current article discusses the nature of body dissatisfaction, how it develops and how it is currently being treated. We also discuss novel strategies to increase body satisfaction that work on the automatic system (e.g., by retraining attentional and conditioning processes), since recent research suggests that appearance-related information is processed automatically. We suggest that extant methods should be combined with these novel strategies, in order to optimally improve body dissatisfaction and to prevent its detrimental consequences.

Challenge Demands, Hindrance Demands, and Psychological Need Satisfaction

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon L. Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Practical Implications

The job demands-resources (JD-R) model provides a well-validated account of how job resources and job demands influence work engagement, burnout, and their constituent dimensions. The present study aimed to extend previous research by including challenge demands not widely examined in the context of the JD-R. Furthermore, and extending self-determination theory, the research also aimed to investigate the potential mediating effects that employees’ need satisfaction as regards their need for autonomy, need for belongingness, need for competence, and need for achievement, as components of a higher order needs construct, may have on the relationships between job demands and engagement. Structural equations modeling across two independent samples generally supported the proposed relationships. Further research opportunities, practical implications, and study limitations are discussed.

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