Relationship between body mass index, body image, and fear of negative evaluation: Moderating role of self-esteem

Ahadzadeh, Ashraf Sadat; Rafik-Galea, Shameem; Alavi, Masoumeh; Amini, Mansour

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“…In particular, the more preadolescents viewed their body as fat, the greater their BMI was. This was also previously reported (Ahadzadeh et al, 2018;Kaminsky & Dewey, 2014;Kantanista et al, 2017). Controlling for BI, SES, and gender, Agreeableness was associated with lower BMI, whilst Extraversion was related to lower BMI in girls, only.…”

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“…Overweight and obesity during childhood and adolescence are linked with adverse health consequences, such as increased risk for non-communicable and chronic diseases later in life (Lambert, Delvin, Levy, O'Loughlin, Paradis, Barnett, & McGrath, 2008) and significant social stigmatization and peer victimization (Lee & Vaillancourt, 2018;Pont, Puhl, Cook, & Slusser, 2017). Overweight individuals are also more likely to have negative feelings about and dissatisfaction with their bodies than normalweight peers (Ahadzadeh, Rafik-Galea, Alavi, & Amini, 2018).…”

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“…Body mass index (BMI) is widely acknowledged to be negatively associated with BI (Ahadzadeh et al, 2018;Kaminsky & Dewey, 2014;Kantanista, Król-Zielińska, Borowiec, & Osiński, 2017). In turn, BI was a mediator of the relationships between BMI and emotional well-being (Wertheim, Koerner, & Paxton, 2001), and increases in BMI during childhood predicted body dissatisfaction during adolescence and early adulthood (Eisenberg & Neumark-Sztainer, 2006).…”

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Body mass index, personality traits, and body image in Italian pre-adolescents: An opportunity for overweight prevention

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We investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and personality traits, socioeconomic status (SES), and body image (BI) at the beginning of preadolescence. Data were collected from 238 Italian children aged 10-11 years using self-report scales. Information about SES was derived from parental education and professional status. BI was the variable the most strongly associated with BMI. Controlling for BI, SES, and gender, Agreeableness was inversely associated with BMI, whilst Extroversion was related to BMI in girls only. Gender did not moderate the associations between BI and BMI at this age. The relationship of certain personality traits with BMI is likely to emerge during preadolescence. Early interventions to reduce overweight and obesity could consider the interplay of Agreeableness and Extroversion with gender, BI, and SES.

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“…Moreover, study shows that women had higher level of anxiety in related to weight than the men which the men tend to more anxious of their beauty in physical (Vega, Chavez, Rodriguez-Villalobos, Ornelas, & Lopez, 2014). And body mass index (BMI) was not correlated of physical appearance and fear of negatively judge (FNE) (Ahadzadeh, Rafik-Galea, Alavi, & Amini, 2018).…”

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“…8, No. 1 (BMI) was not correlated of physical appearance and fear of negatively judged (FNE) (Ahadzadeh, Rafik-Galea. Alavi, & Amini.…”

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Physical Appearance Anxiety and Social Relations

Moneva¹,

Geñorga²,

Solon³

2020

IJSSR

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Students who are afraid of being judged negatively are experience of an anxiety which is called physical appearance anxiety. Social relations refer the relationship between two or more individuals through communication. Students have higher to encounter physical appearance anxiety towards social relations. This study was conducted in senior high school, in Mandaue City, Cebu Philippines. This research design used a descriptive-correlation to assess and to know the students physical appearance anxiety towards social relations using the rating scale researcher made questionnaire among grade 11 and 12 Senior High School student. Moreover, the quantitative data were analyzed through a weighted mean and processed by using a chi-square. It reveals that when a student experience physical appearance anxiety can affects in their social relations. There is a significant association between physical appearance anxiety regards with social relations. This implies that physical appearance anxiety impacts social relations of senior high school students. Hence, the students are expected to face the consequences of physical appearance anxiety positively to cope up the negative impact of anxiety in physical appearance. The researcher recommended that the teachers may guide and help the students in facing anxiety in body image and looks and anti-bullying measures be observed.

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Body frame size, body image, self‐esteem, and health‐related quality of life in schoolchildren

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Salinas-Martı́nez

Zendejas‐Valdéz

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American J Hum Biol

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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore the relationship between body frame size (BFS) and body image, self‐esteem, and health‐related quality of life (HRQL) in Mexican schoolchildren.MethodsThis cross‐sectional study included children aged 6 to 11 years. Body image, self‐esteem, and HRQL were evaluated through interviews. Two frame‐size measures, biacromial and bitrochanteric diameters, were collected and summed for categorizing BFS as small, medium, or large. Height and weight were also measured. Spearman's correlations were determined and adjusted by sex, age, and body mass index (BMI). Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed with the psychological measure as the binary dependent variable, the categories of BFS as the independent variable, and sex, age, and BMI as control variables.ResultsThe correlation between BFS and body image was 0.15 (P < .01) and after BMI adjustment was 0.07 (P > .05). BFS did not correlate with self‐esteem nor HRQL (P > .05). Of the children, 79% were dissatisfied with their body image, 20% had a low self‐esteem, and 31.8% had a poorly perceived HRQL; there were no differences by BFS. The multivariate analysis showed that a large BFS was not associated with body image dissatisfaction (OR 1.2, 95% CI 0.6‐2.3), low self‐esteem (OR 1.3, 95% CI 0.7‐2.6), or poor HRQL (OR 1.3, 95% CI 0.8‐2.2).ConclusionsBFS was not correlated with body image, self‐esteem, or HRQL. A high self‐esteem and a good level of HRQL prevailed, but a high proportion of children were dissatisfied with their body image. School interventions should promote an appropriate body image and a healthy lifestyle.

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Relationship between body mass index, body image, and fear of negative evaluation: Moderating role of self-esteem

Cited by 62 publications

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Body mass index, personality traits, and body image in Italian pre-adolescents: An opportunity for overweight prevention

Body mass index, personality traits, and body image in Italian pre-adolescents: An opportunity for overweight prevention

Physical Appearance Anxiety and Social Relations

Body frame size, body image, self‐esteem, and health‐related quality of life in schoolchildren

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