Pornography and Body Image

2021 ◽  
pp. 147-165
Author(s):  
Emily F. Rothman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Pubic Hair ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sexually Explicit Media ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Harmful Behavior ◽  
Shape And Size

There is a concern that the bodies that are shown to us in sexually explicit media are changing what we think is beautiful, are making us anxious and depressed, and even are pushing us to engage in self-harmful behavior. This chapter provides theoretical explanations for why pornography images could impair health and reviews studies that have investigated this question. The chapter covers findings related to pubic hair removal, labiaplasty, vulva acceptance, men’s genital dissatisfaction, satisfaction with body shape and size, self-esteem and self-confidence, and expectations of partners’ bodies. The chapter concludes that pornography likely harms some people’s self-image, and for a minority of those who are harmed, it drives them to extreme behaviors and has mental health consequences. For the majority, pornography either has no effect, improves how they feel about their bodies, or underscores the body-related attitudes that they have already acquired from non-sexually-explicit media.

scholarly journals Using SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) to Examine the Effects of the Body's Image on what Women Like and Choose in Clothing

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Berna Yildirim Artac ◽  
Fatma Koc
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Clothing Choices

For women the body is an important concept in clothing aesthetics. Body image is an important factor influencing what women like in clothing and what they choose to wear.In this study, which has been prepared with the aim of stressing the importance of the relationship between "Clothing Preference" and "Body Image", women's ability to minimize the difference between their ideal appearance and their actual appearance, as well as their ability to possess a good self-image and powerful self-confidence, have been studied.Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used in this study. The sample is 150 women aged 18-50 within the Konya Province in Turkey limits. The research concluded that while there was a relationship between the visual and verbal clothing choices for the women in the sample group, there was less of a match among their visual choices.

scholarly journals Viewing Sexually Explicit Media and Its Association with Mental Health Among Gay and Bisexual Men Across the U.S.

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1163-1172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H. F. Whitfield ◽  
H. Jonathon Rendina ◽  
Christian Grov ◽  
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Sexually Explicit Media ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
The U.S

Body Awareness and its Relation to Quality of Life in Individuals with Idiopathic Scoliosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (5) ◽  
pp. 841-857
Author(s):  
Gozde Yagci ◽  
Merve Karatel ◽  
Yavuz Yakut
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Idiopathic Scoliosis ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Research Society ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lumbar Region ◽  
Scoliosis Research Society

An individual’s body awareness depends on the integration of bodily signals from both inside and outside the body. The etiology of idiopathic scoliosis includes a variety of somatosensorial and biomechanical alterations that may affect an individual’s body awareness. In this study, we investigated body awareness and its relation to quality of life among individuals with idiopathic scoliosis. We studied 96 participants with scoliosis and 71 healthy control participants. We evaluated both participant groups’ body awareness using the Awareness-Body-Chart, and we assessed the quality of life of those with scoliosis using the Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) questionnaire. The overall body awareness score and the body awareness values for the face, cervical/lumbar region, back, shoulder, upper arm, lower arm/elbow, hand, genital area, thigh/hip, lower leg, and foot were all found to be significantly lower among the participants with scoliosis than among healthy participants. Among participants with scoliosis, the body awareness value for the back region was positively correlated with pain, body image, mental health, and overall quality of life scores on the SRS-22, whereas the pain score on the Awareness-Body-Chart was negatively correlated with the function/activity, pain, mental health, and overall scores for the SRS-22. This study showed that participants with idiopathic scoliosis have poorer body awareness than control participants without scoliosis, and body awareness among participants with scoliosis was correlated with their self-reports of pain, body image, function, and mental health. These findings highlight the particular importance of body awareness to quality of life for individuals with scoliosis.

scholarly journals Decoding the Role of Advertisements and Exploring the Motivators that Influence the Perception of Self - Image

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5392-5404
Author(s):  
Niharika Thapliyal ◽  
Mun Mun Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Perception Of Self ◽  
Method Approach

The study of a person's opinion of their own body is the study of "body image." While the definition was not much complicated, the arguments around the "Body Image" have numerous folds, from weight and size to appearance and normality. There can be a long list of things that can affect a person's body image concept and make them feel good about themselves or even dread being in their bodies. The source can be anything from one’s peers to the brands advertising their products with the help of models and celebrities. In this research, we will focus on the advertisements impacting the self-body image. The advertisers take the help of models and celebrities to impact the minds of their viewers and nudge them to try their product. In today’s world, a consumer’s self-image is targeted by how an advertisement is made. The research used a mixed-method approach to imply the finding of the study. The study validated and established the identified and the proposed construct and implied that the advertisements impact the viewers to attain or aspire for the sure self-body image. However, for a brief period, the effect and impact it creates cannot be overruled entirely.

scholarly journals Repercussions of Social Networks on Their Users’ Body Image: Integrative Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Flávia de Sousa Silva ◽  
Camila Cremonezi Japur ◽  
Fernanda Rodrigues de Oliveira Penaforte
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Body Type ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Body Self

Abstract This integrative review of literature followed the PICO strategy to investigate the repercussions of the use of social networks on the body image of their users. PubMed, LILACS, PsycINFO and SciELO databases were included as well as articles published between January 2006 and February 2019. Thirty-three articles were analyzed, which compose the corpus of this review. The studies revealed that social networks have a predominantly negative repercussion on the body self-image of their users, increasing levels of body dissatisfaction, also having a negative impact on mood and self-esteem. Added to this, social networks influenced the body type that users would like to have, translated by the lean body profile, considered a model of beauty.

scholarly journals Overweight, Thinness, Body Self-Image and Eating Strategies of 2,121 Italian Teenagers.

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 812-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Guarino ◽  
Alberto Pellai ◽  
Luca Bassoli ◽  
Mario Cozzi ◽  
Maria Angela Di Sanzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
The Body ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Image Perception ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Body Images ◽  
Actual Weight ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Body Self

This study describes the prevalence rate of overweight and thinness in a population of teens living in two different areas of Italy and explores the body self-image perception and unhealthy eating behaviours and strategies to lose weight. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 2,121 teenage students (1,084 males; 1,037 females). Results showed that teen females and males build and perceive their body images in very different ways. Most of the overall sample perceived their weight as normal, while a relevant 31.6% defined themselves as overweight and another 4.4% as heavily overweight. Analysis based on BMI (calculated through self-referred weight and height) showed that only 9.2% of our sample could be considered overweight and 1,7% obese. Most of female teen students (485 out of 1,037) were trying to lose weight, demonstrating that strategies to lose weight were undertaken also by girls perceiving themsleves as normal in relation to body weight; 46.8% girls were using strategies to lose weight compared with 21.9% boys. These strategies included very problematic behaviours like self-induced vomiting (3.3% F vs. 1.7% M) and dieting pills (2.8% F vs. 1.5% M) undertaken along with more usual thinning strategies like dieting and exercising. Girls were more prone than boys to exercise as a way to lose weight (41% vs. 31.7%). This study showed that there is a deep gap between actual weight and perceived body-image and weight. This study is one of the first of this kind in Italy and calls for primary prevention and health education programs aimed at improving teen body-image as a strategy to reduce the eating disorder epidemics spreading among young people.

scholarly journals Imagem corporal de mulheres que sofreram violência física

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2276
Author(s):  
Anna Paula Lima de Souza ◽  
MARGARET OLINDA DE SOUZA CARVALHO E LIRA ◽  
Maria de Fátima Alves Aguiar Carvalho ◽  
Michelle Christini Araújo Vieira ◽  
Fernando Vitor Alves Campos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
The Body ◽  
Image Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Image

RESUMO Objetivo: compreender as repercussões da violência física na imagem corporal da mulher. Método: estudo qualitativo, descritivo e exploratório desenvolvido com cinco mulheres acompanhadas pelo Centro de Atenção à Mulher em situação de violência. Os dados foram produzidos a partir de entrevistas semiestruturadas e analisados pela técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Resultados: dos discursos, emergiram quatro Ideias Centrais Síntese - Repercussões da violência na imagem corporal da mulher; Associação do local da lesão e imagem corporal; Adoecimento físico e Adoecimento mental. Conclusão: a violência física sofrida por parceiro íntimo afetou a autoimagem e desencadeou o adoecimento físico e emocional das participantes, sendo necessário, às equipes interprofissionais no atendimento à mulher que sofreu violência física, um olhar sensível e solidário no planejamento e na execução do cuidado de forma a não se limitar ao tratamento das lesões físicas. Descritores: Violência Contra a Mulher; Violência por Parceiro Íntimo; Ferimentos e Lesões; Imagem Corporal; Autoimagem; Violência Doméstica.ABSTRACTObjective: to understand the repercussions of physical violence on women's body image. Method: qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study developed with five women accompanied by the Center for Women 's Attention in a situation of violence. The data were produced from semi-structured interviews and analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse technique. Results: from the discourses, four Central Ideas Synthesis emerged - Repercussions of violence in the body image of the woman; Association of lesion site and body image; Physical dehydration and Mental exhaustion. Conclusion: the physical violence suffered by an intimate partner affected the self-image and triggered the physical and emotional illness of the participants, being necessary, the interprofessional teams in the care of the woman who suffered physical violence, a sensitive and supportive look in the planning and execution of the care of not be limited to the treatment of physical injuries. Descriptors: Violence Against Women; Intimate Partner Violence; Injury and Injury; Body image; Self-image; Domestic violence. Descriptors: Violence Against Women; Intimate Partner Violence; Wounds and Injuries; Body Image; Self Concept; Domestic Violence.RESUMENObjetivo: comprender las repercusiones de la violencia física en la imagen corporal de la mujer. Método: estudio cualitativo, descriptivo y exploratorio, desarrollado con cinco mujeres acompañadas por el Centro de Atención a la Mujer en situación de violencia. Los datos fueron producidos a partir de entrevistas semiestructuradas y analizados por la técnica del Discurso del Sujeto Colectivo. Resultados: de los discursos surgieron cuatro Ideas Centrales Síntesis - Repercusiones de la violencia en la imagen corporal de la mujer; Asociación del lugar de la lesión e imagen corporal; Enfermedad física y Enfermedad mental. Conclusión: la violencia física sufrida por un socio íntimo afectó la autoimagen y desencadenó enfermedad física y emocional de las participantes, siendo necesario, a los equipos interprofesionales en la atención a la mujer que sufrió violencia física, una mirada sensible y solidaria en la planificación y en la ejecución del cuidado de forma que no se limita al tratamiento de las lesiones físicas. Descriptores: Violencia Contra la Mujer; Violencia de Pareja; Heridas y Lesiones; Imagen Corporal; Autoimagen; Violencia Doméstica.

scholarly journals Community mental health nursing training package on body image quality among mental disorders patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 387
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Rahmat ◽  
Mohammad Hakimi ◽  
Soewadi Soewadi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Community Health ◽  
The Body ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mental Health Nursing

Mental health disorder could affect the physical, mental, social, and spiritual problems, leading to psychosocial issues such as body-image problem. Body-image is a basic need of human being to fulfill and therefore, the multidisciplinary team; physicians, nurses, and family should have adequate knowledge on the body-image. Increasing knowledge by training the nurses and community health volunteers can be performed to address body-image issues in patients with mental disorders among the community. This study held to identify the effects of community mental health nursing (CMHN) and Self-Concept Assessment Guidelines training on nurse and community health volunteer in increasing the body-image quality of patients with mental disorders. This study used pre and post quasi experimental test with nonequivalent control group design. By comparing the pre-test and post-test scores, nurse’s and community health volunteer’s knowledge were increasing after being given training. Data of body image was collected from 129 patients with mental disorder (treatment group of 69 and control group of 60) as volunteers. After the intervention, treatment group (p= 0.033) and control group (p= 0.075) show that significant increase in the quality of body-image only applies to the treatment group. Providing training on CMHN was effective to improve body-image quality of patients with mental disorders.

scholarly journals The Body Image Profile of Student of Universitas Negeri Padang in Terms of Their Admission

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 4102-4108
Author(s):  
Verlanda Yuca Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Body ◽  
Mental Picture ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Research Findings

The most basic human needs are physiological needs. Human physical appearance, as a part of physiological needs, is considered as an essential part of people's lives. That essential part determines the formation of body image (self-image) in the community. Body image is a mental picture of the state of the human body. That is how people give values of the size and shape of their bodies or others' opinions about them. This study aims to describe the body image of students in terms of their admission. This study uses a quantitative approach to the type of descriptive research. The sampling technique used Simple Random Sampling on 161 students of Universitas Negeri Padang. Data collection techniques through questionnaires with descriptive analysis. The research findings show that a picture of the body image condition of UNP students on average is in the medium category with the reliability of 0.824.

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