Body image in female professional and amateur dancers

Study of Body Image in Professional Dancers: A Systematic Review

“…Different instruments were used to evaluate the perception of the body image in the participants, among them, the silhouette scale of Stunkard, being the most used one, studies 1, 3 and 7 15,17,24 , followed by Body Shape Questionnaire used in the study 2 (HAAS; GARCIA; BER-TOLETTI, 2010), the Multidimensional Body Self Relations Questionnaire in the study 4 21 , Beck Depression Inventory in study 5 22 , and the Body mass index-silhouette matching test in the study 6 23 . The nine silhouettes scale, proposed by Stunkard, used in three of the seven included studies in this review, presents nine silhouettes, to each gender, with different body sizes, enumerated from the smallest (thinner -1) to the bigger (fatter -9).…”

“…The main methodological characteristics of the seven included studies in this review are presented in the Table 1, naming author/year, title, study localization, study section, population/sex/age average, periodic and qualis where it was publish 10,15,17,[21][22][23][24] . The findings show that the major number of publications happens between 2009 and 2014, and just one of the articles was publish in 1998.…”

Imagem corporal e sua relação com peso e índice de massa corporal em bailarinos profissionais

“…Isto pode indicar que o universo da dança contemporânea está atualmente mais aberto à diversidade corporal que a dança moderna. Sabe-se que a dança contemporânea incorpora diversas técnicas, movimentos e estilos e, comparado ao balé, a dança contemporânea é caracterizada por uma maior variedade de exigências técnicas impostas por coreógra-fos durante a performance 32 . Sendo assim, é natural que os bailarinos contemporâneos por executarem um repertório mais diversificado e serem melhor aceitos na sua diversidade corporal, estejam satisfeitos com sua imagem corporal.…”

“…Os resultados desta investigação não vão de encontro dos achados de Pollatou et al 32 que indicam uma associação entre satisfação corporal e preocupação com excesso de peso. Acredita-se que a diferença encontrada no nosso estudo poderá ser resultados de atitudes estéticas menos estereotipadas e mais voltadas para a diversidade corporal.…”

Challenging Perceptions on Body Image Using a Bariatric Weighted Suit with Female University Dancers

“…Whereas Tiggemann implies that one of the positive efects of body image is that it can encourage individuals to have an aspiration to work towards a target alongside health beneits [5]. Due to the positive and negative aspects on body image Blood [6] suggested that it becomes a challenging subject, as everyone has an opinion on whether it is Page -02 ISSN: 2377-9284 [16,17]. As a consequence, this creates more pressure for female dancers to achieve a particular body image and may face dilemmas that if they do not have the appropriate physique this may lead to a negative self-evaluation [18].…”