Changes in body image satisfaction during pregnancy: A comparison of high exercising and low exercising women

Boscaglia, Nadia; Skouteris, Helen; Wertheim, Eleanor H.

doi:10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00016.x

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“…Por estes possíveis efeitos, o controle e administração do estresse se fazem necessários, consistindo a prática de atividades físicas um importante aliado (ARTAL; WISWELL; DRINKWATER, 1999;GOODWIN;ASTBURY;MCMEEKEN, 2000;GREENBERG, 2002;BOSCAGLIA;SKOUTERIS;WERTHEIM, 2003;BATISTA et al, 2003).…”

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Ocorrência e controle do estresse em gestantes sedentárias e fisicamente ativas

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RESUMOCom o objetivo de investigar a ocorrência e controle do estresse em gestantes sedentárias e fisicamente ativas, 30 gestantes usuárias do Sistema Único de Saúde/São José/SC responderam a Escala de Estresse Percebido, questões referentes às fontes, estratégias de controle do estresse e nível de atividade física. Foi empregada estatística descritiva e inferencial. Verificou-se que 66,7% das gestantes são sedentárias e 93% apresentaram elevados níveis de estresse proveniente de fontes intrínsecas e extrínsecas à gestação. As estratégias de controle do estresse foram semelhantes entre os grupos, porém as ativas incluem significativamente mais a prática de atividade física (p= 0,00), ler, descansar ou dar uma curta caminhada (p= 0,045) que as sedentárias. Embora a atividade física não tenha relação com menores níveis de estresse, diferenças entre os grupos foram encontradas para fontes e estratégias de controle do estresse, apontando para os benefícios da adoção de um estilo de vida mais ativo.

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“…Given past research indicating that exercise is positively associated with body satisfaction during pregnancy (Boscaglia et al, 2003;Goodwin et al, 2000;Prather et al, 2012;Symons Downs et al, 2008), it is somewhat surprising that physical activity habit strength did not protect women against declines in body satisfaction. This may be because the current sample exhibited a restricted range of physical activity habit strength, which may have decreased the chances of detecting an association between physical activity habit strength and body satisfaction.…”

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“…Several studies indicate that regular exercise and positive dietary behaviours are related to body satisfaction in pregnant women (Boscaglia, Skouteris, & Wertheim, 2003;Crow, Agras, Crosby, Halmi & Mitchell, 2008;Goodwin, Astbury, & McKeeken, 2000;Prather, Spitznagle, & Hunt, 2012). Repetition of health behaviours is particularly important, as it forms the basis of habits, which can be defined as "learned sequences of acts that have become automatic" (Verplanken & Aarts, 1999, p. 104).…”

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Body Satisfaction During Pregnancy: The Role of Health-Related Habit Strength

Pullmer

Zaitsoff

Cobb

2017

Matern Child Health J

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Body satisfaction during pregnancy is an important determinant of maternal and fetal health outcomes. It is therefore critical to investigate factors related to changes in body satisfaction and to elucidate how body satisfaction changes over time in pregnant women.I examined the relation between two novel factors (i.e., healthy eating and physical activity habit strength) and body satisfaction in 67 pregnant North American women from the beginning of their second trimester (T1) until the end of pregnancy. Strength of healthy eating and physical activity habits remained stable over time, body satisfaction decreased over time, and healthy eating habit strength at T1 predicted increases in body satisfaction from the second trimester to the end of pregnancy, even when controlling for gestational weight gain. Results highlight how increasing health-related habit strength in women of reproductive age may offer protection against low levels of body satisfaction during pregnancy.

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“…This change not only may be seen in conditions such as skin diseases, fatness, burnings, and alopecia, but also it is inevitable in changes arising from puberty, aging, pregnancy, and menstruation period. The most noticeable alterations in pregnancy are gaining weight and body deformation, i.e., growing belly, breasts heaviness and tenderness, skin changes such as chloasma, spider telangiectasia, varicose veins, and stretch marks (7). Being concerned about continuation of inappropriate pregnancy changes after delivery is one of the most important concerns among pregnant women (6).…”

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The Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Based on Cash’s Eight-Step Model in Body Image of Primiparous Women

Navidian¹,

Moudi²,

Esmaealzade³

2016

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Prevalence of body image disorder in postpartum period, especially in primiparous women is relatively high. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy based on the cash's eight-step model in body image of primiparous women. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy based on the cash's eight-step model in body image of primiparous women. Methods: This research was a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study in which, 61 primiparous women referring to health centers in Zahedan were selected according to convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. The multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire (MBSRQ) was used to collect data. The intervention group received group cognitive behavioral body image therapy based on the Cash model and the control group remained pending. After six weeks, both groups completed the MBSRQ again. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance in SPSS 22. Results: Analysis of covariance showed that the mean scores on appearance evaluation (P = 0.0001), body areas satisfaction (P = 0.0001), and the total score of body image (P = 0.0001) in the intervention group were significantly higher than those in the control group. However, in terms of appearance orientation, fitness evaluation, fitness orientation, and subjective weight, there was no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusions: Due to the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy based on Cash model in primiparous women's body image, it is recommended to use this method of consultation in health care programs after child birth to improve the women's body image and prevent subsequent psychological problems.

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Changes in body image satisfaction during pregnancy: A comparison of high exercising and low exercising women

Abstract: The findings suggest that women are able to assimilate the bodily changes of pregnancy without a negative shift in BIS. However, women who exercise during pregnancy may respond more favourably to changes in their bodies at early pregnancy compared to women who remain sedentary.

Cited by 79 publications

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Ocorrência e controle do estresse em gestantes sedentárias e fisicamente ativas

Ocorrência e controle do estresse em gestantes sedentárias e fisicamente ativas

Body Satisfaction During Pregnancy: The Role of Health-Related Habit Strength

The Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Based on Cash’s Eight-Step Model in Body Image of Primiparous Women

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