Pub Date : 2024-12-12DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101817
Tracey Thornborrow , Lynda G. Boothroyd , Martin J. Tovee
Abundant published literature evidences the harmful effects of appearance-idealized media imagery on women’s body image in predominantly Western populations. Most countries in Latin America (LA) have received little empirical attention. The current study qualitatively explored Nicaraguan women’s ideas about appearance, and the role of televisual media in shaping their body image. A total of 24 women of Creole and Mestizo ethnicities from small communities on the rural Caribbean coast of Nicaragua took part in 4 focus groups. A semi-inductive thematic analysis was used to interpret the women’s transcribed conversations. Findings suggest that local cultural appearance ideals for women are relatively loosely defined and center on a curvy body shape and other aspects of appearance rather than a low body weight. Most women reported being satisfied with their ‘God-given’ bodies and showed little desire to modify them, although Mestizo women tended to diet more. Television (TV) was seen as both a positive and a negative influence on women’s attitudes towards and behaviours around their appearance and their bodies. Our findings contribute to the scant literature on media influence on body image in under researched contexts and could provide evidence for alternative approaches to preventative work in ethnically diverse Latin American populations.
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Pub Date : 2024-12-12DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101836
Isabella Anderberg , Eva Kemps , Ivanka Prichard
Diet and fitness applications (apps) are marketed as health tools. Emerging research suggests that these apps may be linked to disordered eating symptomology. This systematic review aimed to collate and synthesise research examining the relationship between diet and fitness app use and disordered eating, including body image concerns and compulsive exercise. Additionally, it sought to identify how app type, frequency of use, and other contributing factors may influence the relationships investigated. A systematic search of peer-reviewed and published journal articles was undertaken using five electronic databases (Medline, PsycINFO, ProQuest, Scopus, and Web of Science). Thirty-eight articles were included. Disordered eating symptomology was higher in young adults who use diet and fitness apps and among those who use them more frequently, than non-users. Qualitative research indicated unintended consequences of this type of app use (e.g., pressure to meet goals and guilt). No causal conclusions could be drawn. Cross-sectional evidence suggests that the use of diet and fitness apps is associated with disordered eating, body image concerns and compulsive exercise. Future research should attempt to disentangle potential differences between app types and features, investigate potential risk and protective factors, and extend work to under researched populations (e.g., adolescents).
饮食和健身应用程序（Apps）被作为健康工具推向市场。新近的研究表明，这些应用程序可能与饮食失调症状有关。本系统性综述旨在整理和归纳有关饮食和健身应用程序的使用与饮食失调（包括身体形象问题和强迫性运动）之间关系的研究。此外，它还试图确定应用程序的类型、使用频率和其他促成因素会如何影响所调查的关系。我们使用五个电子数据库（Medline、PsycINFO、ProQuest、Scopus 和 Web of Science）对经过同行评审并已发表的期刊论文进行了系统检索。共收录了 38 篇文章。使用节食和健身应用程序的年轻人以及使用频率较高的年轻人的饮食失调症状高于未使用的年轻人。定性研究表明，这类应用程序的使用会带来意想不到的后果（如达到目标的压力和负罪感）。但无法得出因果关系的结论。横断面证据表明，饮食和健身应用程序的使用与饮食失调、身体形象问题和强迫性运动有关。未来的研究应尝试区分应用程序类型和功能之间的潜在差异，调查潜在的风险和保护因素，并将工作扩展到研究不足的人群（如青少年）。
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Pub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101838
Ann Rousseau , Rachel F. Rodgers
Research has shown that young people manage their body image by relying on appearance-ideals conveyed by social media and such use of social media maintains and/or reinforces existing body image issues. While useful, this research exclusively focuses on intentional social media exposure/use: the purposeful use of appearance-related social media content to fulfill particular needs. However, oftentimes young people incidentally encounter appearance content without actively searching for it; i.e., incidental appearance social media exposure. To date, research has yet to differentiate between incidental and intentional appearance exposure and investigate how each of these relates to body image. This review addresses this gap by identifying different ways in which social media incidental exposure may relate to young people’s body image. We first explain the potential of incidental social media exposure to promote positive body image, focusing on exposure diversity (exposure to diverse appearance content). Then we reflect upon conditions under which social media incidental exposure may facilitate exposure diversity. Lastly, we discuss how cognitive response states mediate the relationship between social media incidental exposure and body image outcomes, and the role of social identities. We conclude with recommendations for how to include social media incidental appearance exposure in future body image research.
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Pub Date : 2024-12-02DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101820
Lenny R. Vartanian , Rebecca T. Pinkus , Jasmine Fardouly
Individuals who lack a clear sense of their own identity tend to make more appearance-based comparisons and experience more body dissatisfaction, but previous research in this domain has primarily relied on cross-sectional data reflecting people’s retrospective recall of their general appearance-comparison tendencies. In this study, we examined the association between trait self-concept clarity and the frequency and impact of appearance comparisons in women’s everyday lives. Participants (146 women) completed a trait measure of self-concept clarity, and then participated in an ecological momentary assessment study in which they were signaled 5 times per day for 5 days and reported any appearance comparisons they made as well as their body image, affect, dieting/exercising thoughts, and dieting/exercise behavior. Self-concept clarity was negatively associated with the total number of signals at which an appearance comparison was reported, and with the number of upward (but not downward or lateral) comparisons made. However, self-concept clarity did not moderate the impact of making an appearance comparison on any of the outcomes (body image, affect, dieting/exercising thoughts, dieting/exercise behavior). These findings suggest that the increased risk associated with low self-concept clarity comes from the fact that these individuals are more frequently making (upward) appearance comparisons in their daily lives, the cumulative effects of which may result in greater body dissatisfaction over time.
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Pub Date : 2024-12-02DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101821
Philippa Granfield , Eva Kemps , Catherine Johnson , Veya Seekis , Ivanka Prichard
Universal body image interventions have the potential to reach the large groups of young people affected by body dissatisfaction. Two common limitations of these interventions are their ability to be delivered at scale, and for the task of intervention delivery to be shifted to non-professional facilitators. The Embrace Kids Classroom Program (EKCP) seeks to address these limitations, through its school-based, teacher-led format, and positively-focused content that seeks to boost young people’s strengths. The current study evaluated the Australian primary school version of the program, intended for students in Years 5 and 6. Five schools (N=361 students, 10–12 years old) participated in a pilot trial of the EKCP. Students completed two surveys pre-program to establish a within-subjects control period, and then completed follow-up surveys at one-week and one-month post-program. The EKCP was acceptable to both students and teachers. Students who participated in the program showed a small increase in self-compassion at one-week post-program, but this did not persist at one month. Girls showed stronger intentions to behave positively on social media compared to boys. Findings provide preliminary evidence that the EKCP is a safe and acceptable intervention. Future research directions include evaluating the program in more rigorous controlled trials.
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{"title":"Corrigendum to “Body talk and body dissatisfaction in Japanese university students: Longitudinal study using the Japanese Body Talk Scale” [Body Image 51 (2024) 101740]","authors":"Nahori Ito , Akira Hasegawa , Masaki Adachi , Shin-ichi Oura , Tetsuya Yamamoto , Yuko Matsuda , Takuro Tomita","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101785","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101785","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 101785"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142113476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101819
Ivonnia M. Flores Bravo , Gastón Saux I , Trinidad B. Speranza , Verónica C. Ramenzoni
Social media has affected how we relate to our body image. Digital makeovers have both reinforced existing beauty ideals and created new ones. This project investigated whether young adults’ recognition of image filters was associated by the beliefs of beauty ideals and gender. Participants completed a visual detection task (forced choice paradigm) where contrast filter correction was assessed for images of female and male bodies that were thin, average, or curvaceous/muscular. Results showed that people respond faster, and accuracy is higher when filters are applied to bodies that represent the historical beauty ideals: thin female bodies and muscular male bodies. These findings suggest that the perception of low-level image features is associated to fit the beliefs about beauty.
{"title":"Beauty ideals modulate recognition of filtered images","authors":"Ivonnia M. Flores Bravo , Gastón Saux I , Trinidad B. Speranza , Verónica C. Ramenzoni","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101819","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101819","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social media has affected how we relate to our body image. Digital makeovers have both reinforced existing beauty ideals and created new ones. This project investigated whether young adults’ recognition of image filters was associated by the beliefs of beauty ideals and gender. Participants completed a visual detection task (forced choice paradigm) where contrast filter correction was assessed for images of female and male bodies that were thin, average, or curvaceous/muscular. Results showed that people respond faster, and accuracy is higher when filters are applied to bodies that represent the historical beauty ideals: thin female bodies and muscular male bodies. These findings suggest that the perception of low-level image features is associated to fit the beliefs about beauty.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101819"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142747886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-27DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101816
Anne-Mette Hermans , Jolanda Veldhuis
Most previous research into cosmetic surgery acceptance/intention is quantitative in nature and focuses on (female) adults. Yet, qualitative explorations of adolescents are required, as they form the next generation of cosmetic consumers and are growing up in a culture in which procedures are unprecedentedly normalized. Moreover, the number of young people undergoing cosmetic procedures is increasing. This study explores adolescents’ attitudes towards cosmetic procedures and (future) cosmetic procedure intention through 13 focus groups with a total of 42 adolescents (aged 15–19). The sample included variation in terms of gender identity, educational level/attainment, and regionality. The focus groups were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis, which resulted in five main themes, providing a comprehensive overview of adolescents’ attitudes towards cosmetic procedures. The first theme, information (sources) illustrates adolescents’ knowledge of cosmetic procedures and how adolescents obtain information related to cosmetic procedures, which may also explain some of their views and attitudes. The second theme, normalization of a commercial industry, explores the adolescents’ discussion of the normalized status of cosmetic procedures, both in the Netherlands and abroad. The third theme, attitudes towards cosmetic procedures, engages with the varied, variable, and context-specific (dis)approval and evaluation of cosmetic procedures. Following this, the fourth theme – cosmetic procedure intention – elaborates on the adolescents’ expressions of their own (lack of) intention to undergo cosmetic procedures. The fifth and final theme was construction and identification of ‘the cosmetic consumer’, where adolescents distanced themselves from the cosmetic surgery industry and/or shared particular (stereotypical) constructions of recipients of cosmetic procedures. This study provides an examination of adolescents’ perceptions of and attitudes towards cosmetic procedures. Importantly, we found that adolescents’ attitudes can be characterized as complex and ambiguous. To explain this ambiguity, we consider insights from Cultivation Theory (Gerbner et al., 2002), the cosmetic surgery paradox (Bonell et al., 2021), and connect the adolescents’ discussions to issues of diversity.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-25DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101818
Edward Runquist III , Mackenzie Cox , Ariayna Meyer , Rachel F. Rodgers
Recent studies have identified athletes to be at elevated risk for developing disordered eating habits. However, few studies have investigated the association between teammate interactions and athletes’ relationships with food and their body. To address this gap, the current study examined a model in which teammate appearance pressures were associated with disordered eating behaviors and body image concerns among varsity and club athletes who competed in a variety of sports at a US university. A sample of 156 university athletes, mean age = 20.7 years (SD = 1.2) (19.2 % varsity, 80.8 % club, 63.5 % female-identifying), completed self-report measures that assessed teammate pressures, depth of teammate relationships, internalization of athletic body ideals, teammate body comparisons, weight and shape concerns, and muscularity oriented disordered eating behaviors. Path analysis was used to test the hypothetical model, which after modification revealed a good fit to the data. The findings suggest that social frameworks are useful for conceptualizing relationships between teammate pressures and associated body image concerns and disordered eating behaviors. Further, the findings provide insight into how team environments may play an important role in shaping athletes’ body image and relationship with food and support the development of prevention interventions that can be implemented at team levels.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101812
Latika Ahuja , Oliver Pearson , Kirsty M. Garbett , Phillippa C. Diedrichs , Farheen Hasan , Silia Vitoratou , Preeti Khanna , Megha Dhillon , Hemal Shroff , Helena Lewis-Smith
Body image concerns are prevalent among adolescents globally, including in urban and semi-rural India. These concerns have the potential to hinder adolescents' participation in everyday activities, thereby obstructing both social and academic development. In semi-rural India, where opportunities are constrained by limited resources, the impact of these concerns can be particularly detrimental. Given the scarcity of psychometrically valid measures to evaluate the impact of these concerns specifically within the semi-rural Indian context, this study aimed to culturally adapt and validate the Body Image Life Disengagement Questionnaire (BILD-Q) for use in Hindi among adolescents in semi-rural India. A total of 960 adolescents completed the Hindi version of the BILD-Q, alongside supplementary measures related to body image. Through exploratory factor analysis, a singular dimension of body image life disengagement emerged as the most fitting. The 9-item one-factor model gained further support through confirmatory factor analysis. The scale demonstrated robust internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Analysis confirmed the scale's ability to compare scores between boys and girls without measurement bias. This study introduces a culturally adapted version of the BILD-Q as a valid and reliable measure for assessing the impact of body image concerns on life disengagement among Hindi-speaking adolescents in semi-rural India.
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