Coorientation of body image among older married couples

Oh, Keunyoung; Damhorst, Mary Lynn

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2008.09.005

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“…The sample of spouses in a registered marriage showed the relationship of the wife's attitude to her AP, and her husband's relationship to his AP was found. This conclusion is a confirmation of the pattern found by Oh and Damhorst [12] on a sample of older couples (over 60 years old). At the same time, the second pattern discovered by scientists and concerning the reciprocity of self-assessment and the AP assessment was not confirmed for younger couples (under 45 years old).…”

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“…Furthermore, studies have shown the connection between the self-assessment of AP by husbands and wives, as well as between the self-assessment of AP by husbands/wives themselves and their AP assessment by the other spouse [12]. This pattern was detected for elderly couples (over 60 years old).…”

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“…Moreover, there was the task of identification of the influence of the type of marriage (registered/unregistered) on the attitude toward own AP and the partner's AP. We also decided to check (on our sample) the pattern found in the work by Oh and Damhorst [12] for older couples that the relationship of the spouses may be interrelated to own AP and AP of the partners.…”

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Emotional Attitude to Own Appearance and Appearance of the Spouse: Analysis of Relationships with the Relationship of Spouses to Themselves, Others, and the World

Vorontsova

Labunskaya

2020

Behavioral Sciences

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The study analyzed the relationship of attitudes toward one’s appearance and appearance of the partner with attitude toward the own personality and that of the other persons’ in married men and women. The empirical object of the study included 52 married couples in a registered (26 couples) and unregistered (26 couples) marriage with a duration from 5 months to 26 years (M = 7.31; SD = 6.78). The age of the respondents was 20–45 years old (M = 30.26; SD = 7.31; all are residents of the Russian Federation; Russians). Methods included the following questionnaires: (1) “History of the couples’ relationships”; (2) “Estimated and informative interpretation of one’s appearance and its compliance with gender–age constructs”; (3) “Color test of relationships”; (4) “Method of diagnosing interpersonal relationships”; (5) “Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior questionnaire”. Empirical data were analyzed with Spearman correlation analysis, Mann–Whitney U-test, Kruskal–Wallis H-test. The results were as follows: (1) in men and women the attitude to their appearance is related to the attitude to themselves; attitude to the spouse’s appearance is associated with the attitude to him or her; (2) in women, the assessment of their appearance is related to the attitude to their appearance; in men, the assessment of their appearance is related to the attitude to appearance of their spouses; (3) women’s attitude to their appearance is associated with the need for inclusion, while in the men’s case it is associated with the need for love; (4) men who emotionally reject their mothers are dissatisfied with the appearance of their wives.

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Emotional Attitude to Own Appearance and Appearance of the Spouse: Analysis of Relationships with the Relationship of Spouses to Themselves, Others, and the World

Vorontsova

Labunskaya

2020

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“…Perception of physical attractiveness was measured using two items similar to those used in other studies of body image (Wilcox 1997, Oh andDamhorst 2009). The first item asked respondents to rate their physical attractiveness on a scale ranging from 1 (very ugly) Journal of Gender Studies 337 to 100 ( perfect beauty or ultimate handsomeness).…”

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Why do men feel more attractive after childbirth?

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2013

Journal of Gender Studies

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A great deal of research has examined women's bodily experiences with respect to pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Men's experience of this significant life event is less scrutinized. Using longitudinal data from 182 newly married couples in the United States, we examine the effects of childbearing on wives' and husbands' feelings about their bodies. Our results suggest that whereas wives' perceived physical attractiveness declines after the birth of a child, husbands' perceived physical attractiveness increases.

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“…However, there is some evidence that within the comfort of a relationship, body dissatisfaction may be lessened among older adults (Thorpe et al, 2015). What seems likely is that individuals’ assessment of their own and their partners’ views of their bodies are related and this has implications for body image development and overall physical and mental well-being in mid- to late-life (Markey and Markey, 2006; Oh and Damhorst, 2009). However, romantic partners have received limited empirical attention in body image research among middle-aged and older adults.…”

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Understanding body image among adults in mid-late life: Considering romantic partners and depressive symptoms in the context of diabetes

2018

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Although our bodies change as we age, there is limited research exploring body image among middle-aged and older adults. This study considered 70 adults with diabetes' ( M = 60.01 years) body image and revealed relatively high levels of body dissatisfaction in this sample. Furthermore, participants' own and perceptions of their partners' dissatisfaction with their bodies were moderately associated, and participants' body dissatisfaction was associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms. These findings highlight the need for further research, exploring the social and psychological correlates of body image among men and women in mid-late adulthood.

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Coorientation of body image among older married couples

Cited by 12 publications

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Emotional Attitude to Own Appearance and Appearance of the Spouse: Analysis of Relationships with the Relationship of Spouses to Themselves, Others, and the World

Emotional Attitude to Own Appearance and Appearance of the Spouse: Analysis of Relationships with the Relationship of Spouses to Themselves, Others, and the World

Why do men feel more attractive after childbirth?

Understanding body image among adults in mid-late life: Considering romantic partners and depressive symptoms in the context of diabetes

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