Body Image最新文献

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming digital, clinical, and cultural landscapes in ways that hold significant implications for body image and eating disorder (ED) prevention. This article outlines how traditional and generative AI technologies influence societal appearance ideals as well as digital environments, including online mental health tools. While AI offers opportunities for early detection, personalized and scalable prevention, and the promotion of more inclusive representation, it also poses ethical and psychological risks, including amplification of harmful appearance ideals, algorithmic bias, and overreliance on technology. This article identifies key research priorities relevant to body image spanning macro-level impacts, emerging use cases, ethics and safety, equity and representation in datasets, public perceptions, and the need for interdisciplinary and participatory governance. As AI becomes embedded in everyday life, its responsible and safe use will be critical to ensuring it does not exacerbate body image concerns or increase ED risk.

During teenage years and early adulthood, many women experience high stress levels regarding their appearance. Especially appearance-related comparisons on social media fuel body dissatisfaction. To remedy this, both social media literacy and self-compassion interventions have each been shown as separately effective but are rarely implemented together. The SoSelf training does so in the context of an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) study. This feasibility study was run with a convenience sample of 26 young women (age range 15-21, M = 19.0, SD = 1.8) throughout 30 days. Feasibility, engagement, acceptability and potential effectiveness of the SoSelf training were assessed using data from pre-, post- and follow-up questionnaires, Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and a semi-structured feedback interview. In favor of feasibility, we found high engagement (EMA compliance rates: M = 90.7 %, SD = 9.5 %) and acceptability (high satisfaction ratings in semi-structured interviews). As for potential effectiveness, increases in self-compassion and body appreciation, along with decreases in social appearance anxiety were observed post-intervention and maintained at the one-month follow-up. The combination of two fundamentally different training elements was well received and points to the potential of multi-componential interventions. Formal randomized controlled trials are necessary prior to dissemination.

Perceived acceptance of one's body by important others is a key factor in cultivating positive body image. The present study aims to examine the psychometric properties of a Mandarin Chinese Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 (BAOS-2) among Chinese adolescents. A sample of 1,122 Chinese adolescents (546 girls, 576 boys), with a mean age = 13.47 years (SD =1.81 years; range = 11-17 years), completed the Mandarin Chinese BAOS-2. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported its unidimensionality among Chinese adolescents. Measurement invariance across gender was also upheld. Internal consistency was supported via McDonald's omega. A total of 45 girls and 52 boys completed the Mandarin Chinese BAOS-2 twice at a 15-day interval, and test-retest reliability was supported via intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs). Convergent validity was supported by its strong relationship with body appreciation and small-to-moderate relationship with functionality satisfaction. Criterion-related validity was upheld via its small-to-moderate relationship with pressure to conform to appearance ideals, and moderate-to-strong relationship with self-esteem. Additionally, it explained unique variance in self-esteem, body appreciation, and functionality satisfaction beyond age and pressure to conform to appearance ideals, providing incremental validity evidence. Taken together, the Mandarin Chinese BAOS-2 is reliable and valid in assessing body acceptance by others among Chinese adolescents.

This qualitative study explored the complex interplay between masculinity, body image, and yoga within the socio-cultural context of South Korea, a society shaped by collectivism, traditional Confucian gender norms, and heightened appearance orientation. Guided by Straussian grounded theory and a constructivist-interpretivist framework, in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 male practitioners that had been practicing yoga for at least one year. The core concept of embodied renegotiation was identified through interpretive analysis of emergent themes constructed from the narratives of the participants, illustrating a process in which respondents redefined and navigated perceptions of body image through their engagement with yoga. The findings of our study revealed the following themes: a) rejection of Western male body image ideals, b) reframing the body through yoga, and c) connection with the inner self. The narratives of the participants indicated a shift from external self-perception towards internalized self-acceptance which fostered body appreciation and enhanced psychological well-being. Our study extends existing literature by highlighting how leisure-based practices that promote mindfulness and interoceptive awareness such as yoga may act as a counter-narrative to hegemonic masculinity by promoting body positivity. Implications underscore the need for culturally sensitive and gender-inclusive interventions that enhance body image and self-perceptions for men, particularly within non-Western cultural settings.