Differences in functional and aesthetic body image between sedentary girls and girls involved in sports and physical activity: Does sport type make a difference?

Abbott, B.D.; Barber, Bonnie L.

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.10.005

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“…Homan and Tylka cited that messages promoting exercise need to deemphasize weight loss and appearance for positive body image (13). In the main purpose of this research, we showed that body image was predicted by PPFS, aerobic endurance, body composition, muscular strength, flexibility, and BMI which is consistent with other researches (9,10). On the other hand, PA could not predict body image.…”

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“…Hausenblas and Fallon showed that exercisers had a more positive body image than nonexercisers and exercise intervention promoted body image (8). Abbott and Barber indicated that involvement in sport activities was associated with more functional body image (9). Fox found that 78% of the reviewed studies demonstrated that physical self-perceptions improved following exercise (10).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Body Image, Perceived Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, Body Mass Index and Age in Women

Sani¹,

Fathirezaie²

2016

Women's Health Bull

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Background: Body image is an important factor in women's lives. Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to explore the association among body image, perceived physical fitness and its subscales, physical activity, body mass index and age in women. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 82 women from University of Tabriz staff and masters. Participants were selected through convenience sampling. Individual characteristics, physical activity rate, body image and perceived physical fitness questionnaires were completed. Data were analyzed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Pearson's correlation coefficient and regression. Results:The results of the study indicated a significant linear association of body image with body mass index (r = 0.769, P = 0.0001), body composition (r = 0.587, P = 0.0001), and aerobic endurance (r = -0.229, P = 0.038). In addition, there was no significant linear relationship between physical activity and other variables, except for flexibility (r = 0.258, P = 0.019) and age (r = 0.418, P = 0.0001). Regression analysis showed that physical self-perception, aerobic endurance, body composition, muscular strength, flexibility, and body mass index could predict 64% of the variance of body image. Conclusions: Physical self-perception and its factors along with body mass index are important to build up body image. Some interpretations and limitations about physical activity motives and measurements were also cited.

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Body Image, Perceived Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, Body Mass Index and Age in Women

Sani¹,

Fathirezaie²

2016

Women's Health Bull

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“…The small or nonsignificant effects of BMI may suggest that other potentially body weight-and shape-related factors like body image need to be assessed in future behavioral models for girls. Different from BMI, the construct of body image measured physical appearance attitudinally, consisting of subjective feelings and beliefs on one's own appearance (e.g., body dissatisfaction) [53] and perceptions of how the body moves and functions, or what the body can "do" [54]. Considering cultural influences and norms on poor and ideal body image and that girls tend to be more concerned about their physical appearance than boys during adolescence, body image rather than BMI is often thought to be more likely to reflect variances of physical activity or other weight-related behavior in adolescent girls [43,55].…”

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Mediation effects of social support on relationships of perceived environment and self-efficacy with school-based physical activity: A structural equation model tailored for Japanese adolescent girls

He¹,

Ishii²,

Shibata³

et al. 2013

OJPM

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Background: Identifying correlates of physical activity that can be targeted as potential mediators is important for developing interventions to promote physical activity in adolescent girls. However, the mediated effects of multilevel correlates of physical activity remain poorly understood. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine direct and mediated effects of personal, social and perceived school physical environmental factors on school-based physical activity of Japanese adolescent girls. Methods: In this cross-sectional survey of the Japanese adolescent lifestyles, 344 junior high school girls were invited to complete self-report measures of age, grade, weight, height, self-efficacy, social support (family, friends and teachers), perceived school physical environment (equipment, facilities and safety) and physical activity at school (min per week during lunch time and after-school hours). Structural equation modeling analysis controlling for age was performed to examine the effects of body mass index (BMI), self-efficacy, social support and school physical environmental variables on lunchtime and after-hours physical activity. Results: The final structural model demonstrated an acceptable fit for each context-specific physical activity. During lunch recess, perceived equipment and friend support exhibited direct effects on physical activity; perceived facilities, safety, and selfefficacy were indirectly associated with physical activity through friend support. During afterschool hours, both family and friend support directly affected physical activity at school; perceived safety, facilities and self-efficacy exhibited indirect effects on physical activity through family or friend support. However, there were no significant associations between equipment and after-school-hours physical activity. Regardless of contexts, BMI had neither direct nor indirect effects on physical activity. Conclusion: Social support from family and friends was identified as factors mediating the effects of perceived environment and self-efficacy on school-based physical activity among Japanese adolescent girls. This finding encourages the future development of effective interventions to promote physical activity through family and friend support in the future.

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“…Females need information, education, and a suitable environment so that they can adapt to the consequences of menstruation (5). Since transition from adolescence is inevitable, the speed and magnitude of these changes create pressure on the coping ability of individuals, and consequently lead to stress (7). Stress results from hormonal changes, which occur within sexual and physical maturity (8).…”

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confidence: 99%

Chronological Age and Puberty Coping Strategy Among Iranian Adolescent Females

Kamrani¹,

Farid²

2017

Int J School Health

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Background: The speed and magnitude of physical, mental, social, and emotional changes during adolescence result in stress. Improper coping strategies toward stress have a negative impact on the mental health of adolescents that may continue to their adulthood. Objectives: The present study aimed at investigating puberty coping strategies, puberty knowledge, and attitude of early and late adolescent females living in Karaj, Iran. Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional study conducted on 513 female high school students using the multi-stage random sampling method. The Persian form of Endler and Parker coping inventory for stressful situations, the scale for the assessment of knowledge and attitudes of adolescent females towards puberty, and socio-demographic questionnaire were used to gather data. The SPSS v21 and Chi-square, Kruskal Wallis, and Spearman were used to analyze data at a significance level of 0.05. Results: The average age of participants was 15.40 (± 1.52). Results showed that avoidance was the dominant puberty coping strategy and the least frequent was related to the problem-focused strategy. A significant difference was observed between the frequency of

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Differences in functional and aesthetic body image between sedentary girls and girls involved in sports and physical activity: Does sport type make a difference?

Cited by 78 publications

References 50 publications

Body Image, Perceived Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, Body Mass Index and Age in Women

Body Image, Perceived Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, Body Mass Index and Age in Women

Mediation effects of social support on relationships of perceived environment and self-efficacy with school-based physical activity: A structural equation model tailored for Japanese adolescent girls

Chronological Age and Puberty Coping Strategy Among Iranian Adolescent Females

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