Healthy appearances – distorted body images? Young adults negotiating body motives

Liimakka, Satu

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“…An increased awareness of their bodies can help women maintain a sense of empowerment over their own lives and a sense of self-acceptance, self-efficacy and self-worth. Such notions of empowerment resonates withLiimakka's (2014) assertions that the body has become a central part of the modern person's self-identify, and as such there is an individual project to work on focusing on good health and appearance. The point of view expressed by Liimakka (2011) corresponds well with the statements of the women in our study, where views on health and appearance intertwine in cultural discourses and, consequently, serves as the motivations of individuals to maintain and improve their bodily mediated societal advantages(González et al, 2013;Kwan, 2009).…”

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Aging and exercise: Perceptions of the active lived-body

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Bergland

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2018

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

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Exploring older people's evocation of their positive experiences of aging has been proposed as a counterweight to the Western stereotype of aging as a process of decline. The aim of this article is to explore how aging women, who participate regularly in group exercise classes, perceive their own bodies and the bodies of others. This article reports on the findings from interviews with 16 women between the age of 70 and 85. We analyzed the data using qualitative content analysis. Two overarching and interrelated themes concerning body perception emerged from the interviews: "The aging body and appearance" and "The body as subject and object." The binary discourse of old age, as either a decline or a success appears in our findings. The training contributes to a sense of well-being experienced through perceived increased physical abilities, self- image and self-esteem. Physical ability was perceived as being more important than appearance by the participants in this study, considering their preconception of an association between declining health, abilities, and older age. Involvement in physical activity appears to play a significant role in the perception of the women's own aging. Although physical attractiveness is a desirable outcome, the most important positive impact of the group exercise was related to increased social belonging and well-being, physical abilities, and capabilities. Thus implications for practice suggests that an intensive group training contributes to the opinion that an aging body is not necessarily a barrier to positive and successful aging.

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Aging and exercise: Perceptions of the active lived-body

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“…rigid dietary restraint and bulimic behaviours; Anton et al, 2000; Heatherton et al, 1995, 1997; Heywood and McCabe, 2006; Pinto-Gouveia et al, 2014) and eating disorders (Stice et al, 2011). Research has also demonstrated that BD can negatively affect one’s QoL in various domains, namely, psycho-social functioning and mental health (Liimakka, 2014; Mond et al, 2013; Pimenta et al, 2009). Nonetheless, the mechanisms mediating the association between negative perceptions of body image and impaired QoL remain unexplored.…”

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“…From this perspective, pathological eating behaviours (e.g. diet) may be seen as means to reach a body shape closer to the thin-ideal (Liimakka, 2014), and thus to avoid feelings of inferiority. However, this strategy can be in itself detrimental.…”

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Body image and college women’s quality of life: The importance of being self-compassionate

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Abstract:This study explores self-compassion as a mediator between body dissatisfaction, perceptions of inferiority based on body image, and quality of life, in 662 female college students. Quality of life was negatively correlated with body dissatisfaction and positively correlated with favourable social comparisons and selfcompassion. A path analysis revealed that, while controlling for BMI, selfcompassion mediated the impact of body dissatisfaction and perceptions of inferiority on psychological quality of life. The path model accounted for 33% of psychological quality of life variance. Findings highlight the importance self-compassion as a mechanism that may operate on the association between negative body image evaluations and young women's quality of life.http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jhealthpsychology Journal of Health Psychology 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 IntroductionIt is increasingly recognized that an individual's health and well-being cannot be defined by the absence of physical morbidity (Hoffman and Driscoll, 2000). Research has suggested that one's perception of well-being and quality of life (QoL) is influenced, not only by one's physical state, but also by the psychological domain (Hoffman and Driscoll, 2000;Muldoon et al., 1998;Skevington et al., 2004; Camfield and Skevington, 2008). In line with this, Haugland and colleagues (2001) found that even though young people present relatively low levels of serious physical morbidity, many report subjective health-related symptoms and psychological complaints. Thus, other aspects besides physical health play an important role in the determination of one's perception of well-being and QoL.Transitional periods in life can be demanding and stressful and can affect one's QoL. College is a key developmental time that can have important implications for psychological well-being (Noel, 1985; Hunt and Eisenberg, 2010). Evidence reveals that 80% of college students reported feelings of moderate stress (Abouserie, 1994), while 60% of college students rated stress levels as high or very high (Makrides et al., 1998). College faces an individual with not only new academic tasks, but also with different social demands, such as the establishment of different relationships and the managing of one's autonomy.Furthermore, this period involves challenges regarding the maintenance of healthy behaviours in this new environment (Bryde, 1990; Compas et al., 1986) with an increased vulnerability for a range of psychological difficulties (Eisenberg et al., 2007). In particular, there is evidence showing that female college students present considerable levels of body image dissatisfaction and are at greater risk for developing body image and eating-related problems (Cook and Hausenblas, 2011; Johnson et al., 1982;Striegel-Moore et al., 1986).Body image dissatisfaction ...

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“…Historically, empirical research exploring body image concerns and their antecedents and consequences has primarily focused on females and their desire to control body weight and shape (Blashill, 2011; Calogero, 2009; Grogan, 2006; Liimakka, 2013). This focus reinforces society’s erroneous belief that body and eating-related disorders are a “woman’s” issue (Dakanalis et al, 2012; Strother et al, 2012) as men also have negative thoughts and feelings about their body and particular body sites (Dakanalis and Riva, 2013; McCabe et al, 2012; Penelo et al, 2012).…”

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Are the Male Body Dissatisfaction and Drive for Muscularity Scales reliable and valid instruments?

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The Drive for Muscularity Scale and Male Body Dissatisfaction Scale were developed for use with men and correspond to measures of drive for thinness and body dissatisfaction in women. The psychometric properties of these measures were evaluated in a sample of 655 Italian men, who completed other 11 measures also. Both scales demonstrated excellent internal consistency and temporal stability as well as criterion-related and concurrent validity. Both measures distinguished between men with high and low levels of disordered eating. Confirmatory factor analysis replicated the unidimensional factor structure of both scales. Directions for future research are discussed.

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Healthy appearances – distorted body images? Young adults negotiating body motives

Cited by 16 publications

References 42 publications

Aging and exercise: Perceptions of the active lived-body

Aging and exercise: Perceptions of the active lived-body

Body image and college women’s quality of life: The importance of being self-compassionate

Are the Male Body Dissatisfaction and Drive for Muscularity Scales reliable and valid instruments?

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