Toward a Theoretical Model of Women's Body Image Resilience

Choate, Laura Hensley

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00350.x

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“…The current results also supported previous findings suggesting no significant associations between reduction in waist circumference (Annesi, 2000(Annesi, , 2006 or weight (Martin Ginis, Eng, Arbour, Hartman, & Phillips, 2005;McAuley, Marquez, Jerome, Blissmer, & Katula, 2002), and increased body satisfaction. It is possible that increased strength and improved physical functioning as a result of physical activity may improve attitudes toward physical self-concept (e.g., physical ability, endurance, overall appearance), replacing body weight as the primary measure of body satisfaction (Choate, 2005).…”

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Treatment-Associated Changes in Body Composition, Health Behaviors, and Mood as Predictors of Change in Body Satisfaction in Obese Women

Annesi

Tennant²,

Mareno

2014

Health Educ Behav

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A lack of satisfaction with one's body is common among women with obesity, often prompting unhealthy "dieting." Beyond typically slow improvements in weight and body composition, behavioral factors might also affect change in body satisfaction. Age and race/ethnicity (African American vs. White) might moderate such change. Obese women (N = 246; M(age) = 43 years; M BMI = 39 kg/m(2)) initiating a 6-month cognitive-behaviorally based physical activity and nutrition treatment were assessed on possible predictors of body satisfaction change. At baseline, African American and younger women had significantly higher body satisfaction. The treatment was associated with significant within-group improvements in mood, health behaviors (physical activity and fruit/vegetable intake), and body composition (waist circumference). A multiple regression analysis indicated that mood, health behavior, and body composition changes explained a significant 27% of the variance in body satisfaction change. Of these predictors, changes in mood (β = -.36, p < .001) and health behaviors (β = .18, p = .01) made significant, unique contributions to the variance in change in body satisfaction that was accounted for, while only the measure of actual physiological change (body composition) did not. Neither age nor race/ethnicity was a significant moderator when each was entered separately into the multiple regression equation. Practical implications for leveraging manageable changes in behavioral factors for improving body satisfaction were discussed.

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Treatment-Associated Changes in Body Composition, Health Behaviors, and Mood as Predictors of Change in Body Satisfaction in Obese Women

Annesi

Tennant²,

Mareno

2014

Health Educ Behav

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“…The few studies that have examined positive body satisfaction have found that it is associated with reduced levels of body shame, preoccupation with one's body, eating disorders and psychological symptomology (Holmqvist & Frise´n, 2012). Choate (2005) presented a theoretical model of resilience to body dissatisfaction, which emphasized the family of origin as providing a basis for a positive perception of the body, gender role satisfaction and effective coping strategies in dealing with transition and stress. However, the studies that relate to family in the context of a positive body image (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mothers’ strategies to strengthen their daughters’ body image

Maor

Cwikel

2015

Feminism & Psychology

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Existing studies of the mother–daughter relationship have focused mainly on the transfer of negative body image messages or on risk of eating disorders, and have paid little attention to how this relationship might serve as a resource for building body-acceptance or resilience to disordered eating. On the basis of a secondary analysis of four qualitative samples, we examined how mothers and their now-adult daughters reflect on the ways in which the mothers tried to promote positive body image and resilience to body dissatisfaction in their daughters. Using a content analysis, we have identified five strategies: (a) filtering – being cautious and sensitive in communicating about body image issues, (b) transmitting awareness of the dangers of eating disorders, (c) positive reinforcement – providing affirmations in regard to daughters’ bodies; (d) discussion – providing tools for criticism of the dominant body-related social discourse; and (e) positivity – shifting the focus from food, body-size and weight loss to making healthy choices and taking pleasure in food. Identification of these strategies emphasizes the many potential avenues for growth and development inherent in mother–daughter relationships.

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“…Frequent exposure to such models can lead to an internalization of the cultural ideal, which may become an individual's source for comparison (Baird & Grieve, 2006). Many studies have shown a decrease in body satisfaction in both sexes when exposed to pictures of models (e.g., Baird & Grieve, 2006;Choate, 2005), suggesting that viewing such stimuli may be a precursor to MD and may enhance its negative effects in individuals with the condition.…”

Section: Muscle Dysmorphia Gender Role Stress and Sociocultural Infmentioning

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Muscle Dysmorphia, Gender Role Stress, and Sociocultural Influences

Readdy

Watkins

Cardinal

2011

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

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Our study explored the contribution of gender role stress (GRS) and sociocultural appearance demands to symptoms of muscle dysmorphia (MD) in a college sample of 219 women and 154 men. For women, five GRS subscales, sociocultural appearance demands, age, and frequency of aerobic exercise predicted MD symptoms (model R2 = .33; F(8,210) = 12.81, p < . 001); for men, only one GRS subscale, age, and sociocultural appearance demands predicted MD symptoms (model R2 = .40; F(3,150) = 9.52, p < .001). Post hoc analyses revealed that a small number of items explained a substantial portion of the variation, suggesting that MD may be more related to specific perceptions of pressure to attain an attractive body than to global gender role stress.

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Toward a Theoretical Model of Women's Body Image Resilience

Cited by 71 publications

References 52 publications

Treatment-Associated Changes in Body Composition, Health Behaviors, and Mood as Predictors of Change in Body Satisfaction in Obese Women

Treatment-Associated Changes in Body Composition, Health Behaviors, and Mood as Predictors of Change in Body Satisfaction in Obese Women

Mothers’ strategies to strengthen their daughters’ body image

Muscle Dysmorphia, Gender Role Stress, and Sociocultural Influences

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