scholarly journals Virtual Reality for Assessing Body Image: The Body Image Virtual Reality Scale (Bivrs)

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Riva ◽  
Luca Melis ◽  
Mirco Bolzoni
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Image Data ◽  
The Body ◽  
Graphical Interface ◽  
Desktop Computer ◽  
Body Image Scale ◽  
Single User ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Affective Components

BIVRS, Body Image Virtual Reality Scale, is a prototype of a diagnostic freeware tool designed to assess cognitive and affective components of body image. It consists of a non- immersive 3D graphical interface through which the patient is able to choose between 7 figures which vary in size from underweight to overweight. The software was developed in two architectures, the first (A) running on a single user desktop computer equipped with a standard virtual reality development software, and the second (B) split into a server (B1) accessible via Internet and actually running the same virtual ambient as in (A), and a VRML client (B2) so that anyone can access the application. The importance of a virtual reality based body image scale relies on the possibility to rapidly test one's perceived body image in better and different ways. It also provides an opportunity to easily develop a trans-cultural database on body image data. Furthermore, the possibility of using 3D can improve the effectiveness of the test because it is easier for the subject to perceive the differences between the various proposed silhouettes.

The Spanish version of the Body Image Scale (S-BIS): psychometric properties in a sample of breast and gynaecological cancer patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paloma Gómez-Campelo ◽  
Carmen Bragado-Álvarez ◽  
M. José Hernández-Lloreda ◽  
M. Luisa Sánchez-Bernardos
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gynaecological Cancer ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Body Image Scale

scholarly journals Associations between Reoperations and Psychological Factors after Contralateral Risk-Reducing Mastectomy: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmytro Unukovych ◽  
Marie Wickman ◽  
Kerstin Sandelin ◽  
Brita Arver ◽  
Hemming Johansson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Breast Reconstruction ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Image Scale ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Risk Reducing ◽  
Image Problems

Introduction. The aim of the study was to investigate associations between reoperations after contralateral risk-reducing mastectomies (CRRM) and emotional problems, body image, sexuality, and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with breast cancer and hereditary high risk.Patients and Methods. Patients scheduled for CRRM with breast reconstruction between 1998 and 2010 completed questionnaires, comprised of SF-36, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Body Image Scale, and the Sexual Activity Questionnaire, preoperatively and two years after CRRM. Data on reoperations was collected from medical charts.Results. A total of 80 women participated, with a response rate of 61 (76%) preoperatively and 57 (71%) at the two-year follow-up. At the two-year assessment, 44 (55%) patients had undergone ≥1 reoperation (reoperation group), whereas 36 (45%) had not (no reoperation group). No statistically significant differences between the groups were found for HRQoL, sexuality, anxiety, or depression. A higher proportion of patients in the “reoperation group” reported being dissatisfied with their bodies (81% versus 48%,p=0.01).Conclusion. The results suggest associations between reoperation following CRRM with breast reconstruction and body image problems. Special attention should be paid to body image problems among women who are subject to reoperations after CRRM.

scholarly journals Visual self-motion feedback affects the sense of self in virtual reality

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aubrieann Schettler ◽  
Ian Holstead ◽  
John Turri ◽  
Michael Barnett-Cowan
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Body Schema ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Self Motion

AbstractWe assessed how self-motion affects the visual representation of the self. We constructed a novel virtual reality experiment that systematically varied an avatar’s motion and also biological sex. Participants were presented with pairs of avatars that visually represented the participant (“self avatar”), or another person (“opposite avatar”). Avatar motion either corresponded with the participant’s motion, or was decoupled from the participant’s motion. The results show that participants identified with i) “self avatars” over “opposite avatars”, ii) avatars moving congruently with self-motion over incongruent motion, and importantly iii) identification with the “opposite avatar” over the “self avatar” when the opposite avatar’s motion was congruent with self-motion. Our results suggest that both self-motion and biological sex are relevant to the body schema and body image and that congruent bottom-up visual feedback of self-motion is particularly important for the sense of self and capable of overriding top-down self-identification factors such as biological sex.

scholarly journals Characteristics of body image as a structural component of subjective well-being

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 10021
Author(s):  
Anna Danilova
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Structural Component ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
The Subject

There have been many foreign studies verifying a robust link between body image and a person's subjective well-being. However, unlike their foreign counterparts, Russian researchers have been limiting themselves to covering general questions pertaining to a relation between a person’s well-being and their body image. Thus, the coverage for the body image as a structural component of subjective well-being has been insufficient. The present study appears relevant given the need for a deeper understanding of mechanisms that maintain mental health in adolescent girls and the need for a deeper understanding of factors contributing to the formation of their subjective well-being. In the context of this paper we view the body image as a key component of a person’s well-being. The present study surveyed female students of the Philological Faculty of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN). The sample included 100 (N=100) participants aged from 18 to 22 years, with the average age being 22. We analyzed and compiled the theoretical studies on the subject of subjective well-being (SWB) and body image as well as their correlation, by both foreign and Russian researchers. We also compiled some empirical data on the subject of body image as a component of a person’s well-being. Statistical methods such as the Spearman’s rank-order correlation analysis and factor analysis were employed. The data suggested that the subjective perception of one’s body image had a great influence on various structural components of one’s personality.

scholarly journals MEMBEBASKAN TUBUH PEREMPUAN DARI PENJARA MEDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Iswandi Syahputra
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
The Body ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Global Media ◽  
The Subject

This article discuss on body as reality subject. Awareness of body as subject is awareness of existed, placed and different. But as object, body is battle field for many ideologic interests. Those ideologic interests are competing to determine the body. Therefore body emerge as false body, an exhibit for many ideologic interests. Those ideologic interests could enter through sign consumption practice on body. The needs of body for many consumptions is stimulated by many pleasures provided by media. Sign consumption for body and body mediated by media are actually bodies that are imprisoned.Those bodies are watched, arranged, and being disciplined so they can reach the desirable body image condition. Body image that is mediated by media through many sign consumptions can be seen as a symptom of the death of human as subject. This symptom is part of dehumanisation as the result of global media industry. Through media persuasion, the process of the death of the body felt so smooth, relax, entertaining, flattering, and happy. Anyone who caught into the trap will not realise it and will become addicted and in the end he/she will experience decentering of the subject.[Artikel ini mendiskusikan studi tentang tubuh sebagai subjek realitas (khalifah). Kesadaran tubuh menjadi subjek ini adalah kesadaran menjadi ada, berada dan berbeda. Namun sebagai objek, tubuh merupakan ruang pertarungan bagi berbagai kepentingan ideologis. Berbagai kepentingan tersebut saling berlomba mendeterminasi tubuh. Sehingga tubuh yang hadir adalah tubuh palsu sebagai ruang pamer berbagai kepentingan ideologis. Kepentingan ideologis tersebut masuk melalui praktek konsumsi tanda pada tubuh. Kebutuhan tubuh terhadap berbagai konsumsi tersebut dirangsang melalui berbagai kenikmatan yang dijajakan oleh media. Konsumsi tanda bagi tubuh dan tubuh yang termediasi oleh media sesungguhnya adalah tubuh-tubuh yang dipenjara. Tubuh-tubuh tersebut diawasi, diatur dan didisiplinkan agar sampai pada satu kondisi body image yang diinginkan. Body image yang termediasi melalui media lewat berbagai konsumsi tanda dapat dilihat sebagai suatu gejala kematian manusia sebagai subjek. Gejala kematian ini bagian dari dehumanisasi sebagai dampak dari industri media global. Melalui rayuan media, proses kematian tubuh tersebut begitu cair, rileks, menghibur, menyanjung dan menyenangkan. Hingga tanpa terasa bagi siapa saja yang masuk dalam perangkap hasrat tubuh tersebut akan ketagihan hingga akhirnya mengalam decentering of the subject.]

scholarly journals Influence of Resilience and Social Support on Body Image of Patients in an Acute Stage Following Traffic Accidents

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-164
Author(s):  
Jihye Shin ◽  
Jieun Cha
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Acute Stage ◽  
The Body ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Body Image Scale ◽  
And Gender

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships between resilience, social support, and body image in patients in an acute stage following traffic accidents and to investigate factors affecting body image.Methods: Data were collected from 86 patients at local hospitals from January 2019 to February 2020. To measure the variables, the body image scale, Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression.Results: Mean age of participants was 43.40±14.75 and the proportion of men was 73.3%. The average score for resilience, social support, and body image were 65.16±16.89, 72.93±8.11, and 12.24±6.63, respectively. The highest item on the body image scale was “Are you dissatisfied with the appearance of your scar?”. There were differences in scores for body image according to gender, age, and living status. Resilience (r=-.68, p<.001) and social support (r=-.65, p<.001) were negatively correlated with body image. In the regression model, resilience (β=-.41), social support (β=-.30), and gender (β=.22) accounted for 57.6% of the variance in body image.Conclusion: Resilience and social support were identified in this study as significant factors protecting body image of patients during the acute stage following a traffic accident. It is recommended that psychosocial nursing interventions be conducted throughout the course of treatment.

Psychometric Properties of the Body Image Scale in Turkish Ostomy Patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özgül Karayurt ◽  
Aylin Durmaz Edeer ◽  
Gülseren Süler ◽  
Hatice Dorum ◽  
Deniz Harputlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Image Scale

The Perceptual and Affective Components of Body Image Disturbances in Anorexic and Normal Females

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie C. Uys ◽  
Douglas R. Wassenaar
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Size Perception ◽  
White Female ◽  
Body Image Disturbances ◽  
Affective Components ◽  
Perceptual Aspect

The literature is inundated with studies reporting the body image experiences of anorexia nervosa patients and normal weight people. Such studies have not, however, yielded consistent results. The present study reinvestigated the issue bearing in mind the theoretical and methodological limitations of previous research. The perceptual and affective aspects of body image were investigated in 11 white, female anorexic patients and 51 white, female psychology undergraduate university students. A combination of the movable caliper technique and image-marking procedure was used to assess body size perception, that is, the perceptual aspect, and the Body Cathexis scale was used to assess body satisfaction, that is, the affective aspect. It was found that anorexic females overestimate the width of their waist and thighs significantly more than normal females ( p < 0.05) and that they have a significantly lower body satisfaction ( p < 0.001). It was concluded that the DSM IV criterion of a disturbance in body image has specific diagnostic relevance in anorexia nervosa.

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