scholarly journals Actual, social and ideal body image in Mexican adolescents and their relation with body dissatisfaction: gender differences (Imagen corporal actual, social e ideal y su relación con el descontento corporal en adolescentes mexicanos: diferencias por género

Retos ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 189-192
Author(s):  
Armando Cocca ◽  
José René Blanco Ornelas ◽  
Jesús Enrique Peinado Pérez ◽  
Jesús Viciana Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Images ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Body ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Ideal Body

The purpose of the present study was to compare the perception of current (CBI), ideal (IBI), social body images (SBI), and body dissatisfaction (BD) by gender in Mexican primary and secondary school students. A total sample of 1,146 participants (550 girls and 596 boys) aged 11-16 participated in the study. All participants completed the Mexican computerized adaptation of the Contour Drawing Rating Scale. Results of one-way multivariate analysis of variance, followed by one-way univariate analyses of variance, showed that girls (ABI = 4.26; IBI = 3.53; SBI = 4.28; BD = 0.89) expressed a greater discrepancy between ideal and actual body shape, as well as lower scores of ideal body shape than boys (ABI = 4.28; IBI = 3.93; SBI = 4.31; BD = 0.61). However, no statistical differences were found between boys and girls in actual and social body shape. Although current and social body images are perceived in a similar way by adolescents in our sample regardless of gender, yet girls seem to be more responsive to social and environmental pressures related with body stereotype, this being reflected by a higher dissatisfaction and a thinner idealization of the body. Our findings suggest that we need to focus our attention on girls, especially in a phase of changes such as puberty, if we aim to design any intervention that could positively impact youth’s health through a proper body image.Resumen. El propósito de este estudio fue de comparar por género la percepción de la imagen corporal actual (CBI), ideal (IBI) y social (SBI), así como el descontento con el propio cuerpo (BD), en una muestra de estudiantes mexicanos de escuelas primarias y secundarias. Se seleccionó una muestra de 1.146 participantes (550 niñas y 596 niños) de entre 11 y 16 años de edad, que completaron la adaptación mexicana de la Contour Drawing Rating Scale. Los resultados de los análisis multivariados y univariados demuestran que las niñas (ABI = 4.26; IBI = 3.53; SBI = 4.28; BD = 0.89) sufren un mayor descontento corporal que los niños (ABI = 4.28; IBI = 3.93; SBI = 4.31; BD = 0.61), así como consideran que el cuerpo ideal sea mucho más delgado. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre niños y niñas en la imagen corporal real y social. Aunque los adolescentes perciban de una manera similar su cuerpo independientemente del género, las niñas son más receptivas en lo que refiere a las presiones sociales del estereotipo corporal, reflejándose esto en un mayor descontento y en un ideal excesivamente magro de su cuerpo. Nuestros resultados sugieren la necesidad de enfocar la atención en las niñas, especialmente durante la pubertad, de cara a implementar intervenciones apropiadas que tengan un impacto real sobre la salud de los jóvenes a través de la construcción de una apropiada imagen corporal.

scholarly journals Body dissatisfaction: how is it related to stress and one's perception of individual and cultural ideal body? A comparison of Bosnian and American university students

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Šejla Šerifović ◽  
Dale L. Dinnel ◽  
Osman Sinanović
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
The Body ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Cultural Ideal ◽  
Ideal Body ◽  
Bosnian Women ◽  
The Impact

Cultural differences in body dissatisfaction, the relationship of stress to body dissatisfaction and individual and cultural body ideals were investigated. Forty-eight United States women and 48 Bosnian women completed the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), the Impact of Event Scale (IES), and a Body Figure Rating Scale. When Body Mass Index was controlled, United States women demonstrated more body dissatisfaction and chose smaller cultural ideal body sizes than Bosnian women, but did not differ on personal ideal body size ratings. Furthermore, stress was only related to body dissatisfaction for Bosnian women. Additional research is needed to further elaborate the body dissatisfaction differences as they relate to cultural values.

scholarly journals Imagen corporal percibida en mujeres adolescentes deportistas y no deportistas (Perceived body image in female adolescent athletes and non-athletes)

Retos ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 233-237
Author(s):  
Martha Ornelas Contreras ◽  
Omar Solis ◽  
Natalia Solano Pinto ◽  
Judith Margarita Rodríguez-Villalobos
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Social Body ◽  
The One ◽  
Female Teenagers ◽  
Univariate Analyses

El presente estudio evaluó la percepción sobre su imagen corporal actual, ideal, social e inconformidad corporal entre adolescentes mexicanas deportistas vs no-deportistas. La muestra fue obtenida por conveniencia con un total de 408 mujeres con una edad de M= 14.24 y DE= 1.69 años; 198 de ellas conforman el grupo de deportistas (M=14.30 y DE= 1.57) ya que practican algún deporte y participan regularmente en torneos o competencias deportivas, las otras 210 participantes son del grupo de no deportistas (M= 14.18 y DE= 1.79). Todas contestaron la Escala Informatizada para la Estimación del Contorno de la Figura (EIECF) adaptada e informatizada. Los resultados del análisis de la varianza, muestran que las adolescentes no deportistas son quienes eligen modelos más gruesos para su figura actual y social, además de mostrar mayor inconformidad corporal. Resultados que permiten concluir que, en general, las personas activas tienen una mejor percepción de su imagen corporal, que las sedentarias.Abstract. This study consisted in determining differences and similarities between Mexican adolescents who practice a sport and those who do not with regard to their perception of their actual, ideal, and social body image, as well as their body dissatisfaction. A total sample of 408 female teenagers aged 12-17 years old participated in this study; 198 of them practiced a sport and regularly participated in tournaments or competitions. All the participants completed the Contour Drawing Rating Scale adapted and computerized by Gastélum and Blanco (2006). The results of the one-way multivariate analysis of variance, followed by the one-way univariate analyses of variance, showed that adolescents who do not regularly participate in sports show thicker models in their present and social body image, in addition to displaying higher body dissatisfaction.

Penurunan Body Dissatisfaction Pada Perempuan Dalam Masa Emerging Adulthood Dengan Gratitude Intervention

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliffia Ananta
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Positive Result ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Gratitude Intervention ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Ideal Body

This study aims to reduce body dissatisfaction in women in the period of emerging adulthood with gratitude intervention. Subjects of this study consisted of two people experiencing body dissatisfaction. This study used a quasi-experimental methods. Data making assessment conducted by interview, observation, body shape questionnaire, and gratitude questionnaire. Statistically the result showed that there is no gratitude intervention can not reduce body dissatisfaction (p= 0,180 > 0,05), but descriptive analysis showed that gratitude intervention gave positive result by reducing body dissatisfaction. The characteristic of body dissatisfaction are not confidence, never satisfied with their body, comparing their self to others who has more ideal body, sensitive, have a need for support and happy to get a compliment.Keywords : body dissatisfaction, gratitude intervention

Influenza dei media, autostima e insoddisfazione corporea in un gruppo di preadolescenti maschi e femmine

2009 ◽  
pp. 69-84
Author(s):  
Amanda Nerini
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Thin Body ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Thin Ideal ◽  
Sociocultural Attitudes ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Source Of Information

- The present study analyses the relation among media influence, self esteem and body dissatisfaction in a group of preadolescent boys and girls. 243 preadolescents with the mean age of 12 were involved. The group consisted of 127 boys and 116 girls. They were asked to complete the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3; Thompson et al., 2004), the Body Shape Questionnaire (Dowson e Henderson, 2001) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965). Preadolescent females reported higher levels of body dissatisfaction than preadolescent males. They also scored higher in three SATAQ-3 subscales: whether media are important source of information about being attractive, internalization of a media thin ideal and perceived media pressures to be thin. Body mass index and internalization of a thin ideal emerged as significant predictors of body dissatisfaction for both sexes. Perceived media pressures predict body dissatisfaction only among girls.Key words: media influence, self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, preadolescenceParole chiave: influenza dei media, autostima, insoddisfazione corporea, preadolescenza.

scholarly journals Weight-Related Selves and Their Relationship With Body Mass Index Among Young Individuals in Curaçao

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieternel Dijkstra ◽  
Odette Van Brummen-Girigori ◽  
Dick P. H. Barelds
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
The Body ◽  
School Students ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Body Sizes

Based on the assumptions of self-discrepancy theory, the present study examined the degree of overweight, weight-related body images, and the relation between these images and body mass index (BMI) among two samples of young people from Curaçao (secondary school students, n = 176; undergraduate students, n = 205). In addition to BMI, participants reported their current, ideal, and most feared body sizes, the thinnest and largest body sizes still acceptable to them, and the body size they considered the healthiest by means of the Contour Drawing Rating Scale. We expected females to show a larger discrepancy between current and ideal body size than males (Hypothesis 1) and that this discrepancy (as an indicator of body dissatisfaction) would be related more strongly to BMI among females than among males (Hypothesis 2). Results yielded support for Hypothesis 1 among secondary school students only. Only in the undergraduate sample, BMI and body dissatisfaction were related, but equally so for males and females. Possible explanations are discussed as well as implications for weight management interventions.

scholarly journals PARENTS BODY SHAPE PROFILE AND OVERWEIGHT AMONG STUDENTS AT SINGKAWANG ADVENTIST SCHOOL

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Sultan Fredyansyah Bagaskara Djula ◽  
Sapti Widyarti Djula
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Body Height ◽  
The Body ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Overweight Or Obesity

Introduction: When both parents are obesity, thus the children are 80% potentially become overweight or obesity. If one of the parent is overweight or obesity, thus the children are 40% potentially to become overweight or obesity. The purpose of the study is to analyze is there any significant relationship between parents’ body shape with overweight among students at Singkawang Adventist School.  Method: The method of the study is descriptive with quantitative method and the cross sectional design. Sampling technique is total sampling among the overweight students. Number of respondens are 35 persons which have been measure body height, body weight and determined Body Mass Index (BMI). Data processing using SPSS Program.  Result: The results of the study show that the status of overweight students is obesity and parents’ body shape are overweight (there is no significant relationship between obesity in adolescents with the body shape of the father with a significance of (0.086) with a ρ value> 0.05 as well as no significant relationship between obesity in adolescents with the body shape of their mothers, with a significance of  (0.411) with ρ value> 0.005). There is no significant relationship between overweight students with parents’ body shape. There is not enough evidence to refuse null hypothesis.  Disscussion: Recommendation are given to Singkawang Adventist School Students in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and give effort to reduce body weight. To the next researcher to do research with bigger sample size.   Keywords : overweight, obesity, Body Mass Index(BMI), body shape 

La medicalizzazione della bruttezza

2009 ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Rossella Ghigi
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
The Body ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Patient Interactions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ideal Body ◽  
Physician Patient

- The history of Western scientific and philosophical thought with regard to the human body is marked by a fascination for establishing the parameters of an ideal body shape. During the nineteenth century physiognomy and cosmetic surgery both took inspiration from the illusion of perfect geometrization of the body and its parameterization. The legitimation of cosmetic surgery, in particular, was based on the medicalization of deviations from ideal forms (normal and normative at the same time) of the body, producing the body as an object operable in potentia. This still occurs today particularly in physician-patient interactions and in media discourse. Through an analysis of cosmetic surgery texts (produced respectively by the most important Italian society for plastic surgery, a clinic and a handbook of cosmetic plastic surgery for surgeons) repertoires reading physical appearance through the lenses of normality and pathology are investigated. Based on a qualitative survey of plastic surgeons, the inertia encountered by the process of medicalization of ugliness in everyday practice is discussed.Keywords: cosmetic surgery, medicalization, social costruction of the body, ugliness, normalizationParole chiave: chirurgia estetica, medicalizzazione, costruzione sociale del corpo, bruttezza, normalizzazione

scholarly journals Body dissatisfaction and sociodemographic, anthropometric and maturational factors among artistic gymnastics athletes

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Mockdece NEVES ◽  
Juliana Fernandes Filgueiras MEIRELES ◽  
Pedro Henrique Berbert de CARVALHO ◽  
Maria Elisa Caputo FERREIRA
Keyword(s):  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Elite Athletes ◽  
The Body ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Body Area ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The City

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the overall body dissatisfaction and in specific areas in adolescents who practice artistic gymnastic in elite and non-elite levels, and to analyze the influence of sociodemographic, anthropometric and maturational factors on body dissatisfaction. The research is characterized as transversal, quantitative, descriptive and correlational. The sample consisted of 285 adolescents, of both sexes, practicing gymnastics. They were divided into two groups: 245 non-elite athletes and 40 elite athletes. The participants were aged between 10 and 18 years (mean 12.86 ± 1.80) and were resident of the city of Três Rios-RJ. The assessment instruments were: Body Shape Questionnaire, Body Areas Scale, Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil and socio-demographic questionnaire. Anthropometric and somatic maturation data were collected. The results showed that 24.9% of the non-elite athletes and 15% of elite athletes were dissatisfied with their body as a whole. For specific body areas, nonelite athletes were significantly more dissatisfied with their body area “weight” than the elite athletes. Sociodemographic and economic factors had no influence on overall body dissatisfaction. For non-elite athletes, only the body percentage of fat and somatic maturation were predictors for the overall body dissatisfaction and in specific areas, respectively. It was concluded that the non-elite athletes were more dissatisfied with their body and weight than the elite athletes.

Body Dissatisfaction

Human Affairs ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
L'Uboslava Sejčová
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Outward Appearance ◽  
Value System ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Universal Values

Body DissatisfactionThe author concentrates on the preference of the values of "the cult of the body" increasingly affecting the behaviour of young people and their position in the value system relating to generally recognized values. Too much emphasis on physical beauty and outward appearance significantly determines behaviour and can lead to a reduction in values relating to the body and body shape but also to unhealthy eating disorders such as bulimia or anorexia nervosa. The focus is on the pathological perception of the body, on how culture and cultural norms affect body dissatisfaction. A research questionnaire on universal values and the cult of the body (2006) was used. The research sample consisted of 508 respondents aged between 18 and 26 (292 women and 216 men).

scholarly journals Correlates of Body Image in Polish Weight Trainers

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Guszkowska ◽  
Tomasz Maziarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Resistance Training ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
The Body ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Figure Rating Scale ◽  
Ideal Body

AbstractPurpose. The purpose of this study was to determine body image and body satisfaction in Polish adult men involved in resistance training and to investigate their relationships with objective anthropometric and training characteristics. Methods. The study included 176 males aged 18-31 years with 1-14 years resistance training experience. The Figure Rating Scale, Body Satisfaction Scale and a self-designed questionnaire were administered. Results. Approximately 62% of the participants would like to be more muscular, only 29% accepted their appearance and 9% would like to be less muscular. The body selected as the personal ideal (M = 5.34) was less muscular than the body considered by the participants to be ideal by other men (normative body; M = 6.07) and was more muscular than the body thought to be most attractive to women (M = 5.10). Actual and ideal body muscularity correlated positively with age and body mass, height and BMI. Dissatisfaction with trunk and motor characteristics correlated positively with ideal body and the body considered most attractive to women as well as with the discrepancy indices between the above factors and the actual body. Conclusions. Men regularly involved in resistance training were found to strive for a muscular physique. The normative body, the physique believed to be desired by other men, was more muscular than what was considered preferential to women. However, the latter constitutes a stronger determinant of the level of body satisfaction in men engaged in resistance training.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document