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The impact of obesity on health, social care and the economy has long been established. Being obese or overweight increases the risk of developing a range of serious diseases including psychological disturbance, diabetes, heart disease, musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis and cancers that lead to premature disability and mortality. The good news is that overweight and obesity are largely prevent and /or control-able through losing weight strategies and fitting room can be an option for whom are observant about their surroundings. The fitting room is usually where the consumer makes their final evaluation about the products while assessing personal appearance, and finally deciding whether or not to purchase the garment. For some people, fitting room it is something to get through without visible or psychic damage and for some others is a horrifying place as they may suddenly realize how overweight or obese they are that could be a challenging start to maintain a healthy body image in a life-changing journey. In fact, the changing room is inspired to provide some people with personal choices toward a desirable weight therapy through engaging in exercise and diet. Hence, fitting room while in shopping even for entertainment purposes is advised as a beneficial life - time decision in weight control and obesity may take place by individual in this way.
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The paper focuses on the importance of body image as a criterion for preventing the abuse of habit-forming substances. Within this context, spending leisure time actively is considered to fit in with the general trend of following and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, which is an essential contributory factor to the health status of an individual. At present, the expectation is that the ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle and prevent lifestyle diseases will be seriously affected by the Internet and by other interventions. The study found that there is indeed a close correlation between body image and the hazardous behaviour of children and adolescents, in particular with regards to eating disorders, thereby confirming the results of many other studies. Children that practice organised sports were also found to have a greater physical and emotional self-concept. However, no evidence could be found for a link between body image and sports, although sports constitute organised leisure time activities. Nevertheless, the correlation between the dissatisfaction with one´s body image and a healthy lifestyle definitely warrants greater interest to be shown in this topic.
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The purpose was to determine symptoms of anorexia readiness syndrome and examine the relationship between our groups of variables in young women (without eating disorders). Method: 24 women with anorexia readiness syndrome and 55 healthy female students were participated in the present study. We used the Contour Drawing Rating Scale, the Body Dissatisfaction Scale, the Eating Attitudes Test and the Sociocultural Attitudes Appearance Questionnaire. Results: Within female anorexia readiness syndrome, the strongest correlation was observed between actual–ideal self-discrepancy and actual–ought discrepancy (r=0,970; p<0,001) as well as between actual self and ought self (r=0,909; p<0,001). A high degree of correlation between actual self and actual–ideal self-discrepancy (r=0,821; p<0,001) and between actual self and actual–ought discrepancy (r=0,832; p<0,001) was also noticed. Body dissatisfaction, internalisation of the thinness ideal, diet, social pressure to be thin, oral control and actual-ought discrepancy predict anorexia readiness syndrome in women without eating disorders. Conclusion: Anorexia readiness syndrome is strongly related to body-oriented response and self-discrepancies.
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The social scientists focus on the negative stereotypes of the people with the excess of weight and the problems of the quality of life. Especially in the United States and Europe the stereotype of the obese person as an unattractive, lazy and less intelligent one is very common. That is why the obese people have to endure discrimination process in many fields of social life. The obese explain their problems through their own image. Today, the problem with the excess of weight touch children and the youth more and more frequently. The peers play important role in the process of creation of the children and youth body image. They can influence positive perception, yet they can make the children and youth attach negative habits to their own body perception, too. This research reveal some differences in the perception of social support and criticism from of the peers’ image by the youth with differentiated BMI index.
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Studies on men’s body image are becoming increasingly popular. They show that body dissatisfaction may lead to certain health disorders (depressive mood, bigorexia, anxiety). This study focuses on the differences in body dissatisfaction among young men who work out to reach different aims (to increase, strengthen or to shape muscle mass). Body dissatisfaction was measured using the Bodybuilder Image Grid Scale. The results of this study show that there are no significant differences between men who exercise in gyms using different types of work-out. However, there is a significant difference between men who exercise to gain muscle mass and those who do not work out at all; the first group is less satisfied with their bodies as far as fat mass is concerned. Moreover, the evaluation of health and body attractiveness was measured using the questionnaire ‘Your values’ and asking men about the hypothetical possibility of giving up their longevity for a perfect body. The results indicate that men who exercise tend to treat health more instrumentally than those who do not train. Finally, those who train regularly find attractiveness of the body much more important than those who do not exercise at all.
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The research target was to find out whether there are some differences in the level of creative imagination among patients with eating disorders and a comparison (non-clinical) group. Another aim was to use the Creative Imagination Scale (CIS) as a measure for suggestibility/hypnotic susceptibility which were put in the context of cognitive style field dependence – independence. There are some hypotheses tested which concern differences in the field dependence between patients with eating disorders and the comparison group. Research was attended by 46 girls and women with eating disorder diagnoses at the age between 14 - 48 years and 46 girls and women from non-clinical population at the age between 16 - 33 years. We used CIS to examine the level of creative imagination and Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) to identify field dependence – independence. Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) was presented to distinguish between patients with eating disorders and the comparison group and the body image issues have been recovered by Stunkard silhouette test. The results reflect that there are no demonstrable differences in the level of creative imagination between the group with eating disorders and the comparison (non-clinical) group. It was found that people with eating disorders are significantly more field dependent than the comparison group (p < 0,01) and it was also found that there is a greater field dependence of people with inadequate body image.
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Cílem výzkumu bylo zjistit, zda existují rozdíly v úrovni kreativní imaginace mezi osobami s poruchami příjmu potravy a porovnávací (neklinickou) skupinou. Dalším cílem bylo vyuţít škály Creative Imagination Scale (CIS) jako měřítka sugestibility/hypnability, které byly dány do kontextu s kognitivním stylem závislost – nezávislost na poli. Dále byl výzkum zaměřen na rozdíly v míře závislosti na poli mezi osobami s poruchami příjmu potravy a porovnávací skupinou. Do studie bylo vybráno 46 dívek a ţen s jednou z diagnóz ze spektra poruch příjmu potravy ve věku 14 – 48 let a 46 dívek a ţen z neklinické populace ve věku 16 – 33 let. Ke zjištění úrovně kreativní imaginace byla pouţita škála CIS a závislost – nezávislost na poli byla určována pomocí testu Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT). Jako externí kritérium odlišení pacientek s poruchami příjmu potravy od porovnávací skupiny byl administrován Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) a pro zmapování problematiky body image byl vyuţit Test siluet postav dle Stunkarda. Bylo zjištěno, ţe neexistují prokazatelné rozdíly v úrovni kreativní imaginace mezi osobami s poruchami příjmu potravy a porovnávací (neklinickou) skupinou. Dále bylo prokázáno, ţe osoby s poruchami příjmu potravy jsou signifikantně více závislé na poli neţ porovnávací skupina (p < 0,01) a byla také nalezena větší závislost na poli u osob s neadekvátním body image.
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An interest of body as a psychological phenomenon is growing. Body perception and body satisfaction is one of important factors of self-conception and self-esteem. A discrepancy between the real and ideal body can cause pathological eating patterns, excessive exercises or even depression. The first part of the study summarizes some of the existing knowledge regarding individual, socio-cultural, and family related factors contributing on body image dissatisfaction. Especially, the results dealing with psychological factors, personality factors, the role of gender, gender role identification, the influence of peers, media, and family are discussed. The second part of the study focuses on the relationship between body image dissatisfaction and prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescence. Gender intensification theory, Hankin’s conceptual models involving stressors as an explanation for the sex difference in depression: the mediational – stress exposure model and moderational – stress reactivity model, the conception of Nolen-Hoeksama and Girgus, and the magnitude of the emotional bond between parents and kids as an important buffer enabling the positive perception of body are mentioned.
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Zájem o tělo jako psychologický fenomén narůstá. Vnímání vlastního těla a spokojenost s ním jsou, jak vyplývá z řady výzkumných zjištění, významným faktorem sebepojetí a sebehodnocení. Diskrepance mezi reálným a ideálním tělem může vést např. k patologickým stravovacím návykům nebo excesivnímu cvičení, taktéž byla prokázána souvislost s depresí. První část předkládané studie shrnuje dosavadní výzkumné poznatky v oblasti faktorů individuálních, sociokulturních a faktorů souvisejících s rodinnými vztahy, které se podílejí na vzniku nespokojenosti s tělem. Především jsou diskutovány výsledky výzkumů zaměřených na psychologické a osobnostní faktory, roli genderu, přijetí genderové role, vliv vrstevníků a médií a vliv rodiny, který významně ovlivňuje vznik a výskyt nespokojenosti s tělem u adolescentů. Druhá část studie je zaměřena na souvislost mezi nespokojeností s tělem a výskytem depresivní symptomatologie v adolescenci. Je zmíněna teorie zesílení genderové socializace, Hankinovy konceptuální modely zahrnující stresory jako příčinu rozdílů v depresivitě mezi adolescentními dívkami a chlapci - mediační model (mediational – stress exposure model) a moderační model reakce na zátěžové situace (moderational – stress reactivity model), koncepci Nolen-Hoeksema a Girguse a význam citového pouta mezi rodiči a dětmi jako významného „nárazníku“ umožňujícího pozitivní percepci a hodnocení vlastního těla.
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the associations between comfort in the physical proximity of others and interpersonal trauma and body ego. Comfort in the physical proximity of others was measured using a self-report method, as well as by means of a procedure where the experimenter initiated interpersonal touch. The results show that comfort in the physical proximity of others (based on self-report) was associated with four types of trauma (emotional, physical or sexual abuse and emotional neglect) as well as with all aspects of dysfunctional body ego (e.g. disrupted perception, problems with interpreting and regulating physical states). Defying expectations, the types of trauma studied did not differentiate individuals experiencing comfort from those experiencing discomfort, in an experimental setting of being touched. As predicted, both groups differed in all aspects of body ego. Moreover body ego proved to be a mediator between trauma and comfort in the physical proximity of others (self-report measure).
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Nowadays, the act of taking care of one’s appearance has become a marker of a healthy lifestyle among both women and (mostly metrosexual) men. Physical activity plays a minor role, and tourist trips are more and more frequently combined with the consumption of medical services, including surgery and aesthetic dermatology. The aim of this study is to explain the phenomenon of medical tourism, particularly the specialized category of medical tourism for liposuction treatments, and its relation to the values of physical culture. The work is theoretical; it is supplemented by references to the presented issues in the form of a case study of “lipotourism” and its participants. As a result, the profile of a medical tourist has been identified against which a “lipotourist” constitutes an inimitable case. It seems that although the purpose for the travels of such a tourist is recognized, it still remains a matter of conjecture in terms of experience and behavior. To prove the thesis that participating in tourism for medical reasons can affect one’s quality of life, certain conditions must be met: 1. The applied treatment must not cause (permanent) damage to the patient’s health; 2. Liposuction must be treated exclusively as an (invasive) aesthetic surgery and not as a method of weight reduction; 3. Regular physical activity and a healthy diet and lifestyle must be included in the process of body shaping, and 4. Health and physical education must be treated as superior values of quality of life. The existing considerations should only be regarded as preliminary.
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ody Attitude Test (BAT, Van Coppenolle, Probst et al., 1990) is a widely used measurement. Our main goal was to support the original factorial structure of BAT in Hungarian normal weight and overweight/obese female samples. Research design was a cross-sectional, questionnaire study. Research participants were normal weight female students, and female participants of a lifestyle modification program. Measures were Body Attitude Test, Human Figure Drawings Test, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Trait Anxiety Inventory. The confirmatory factor analysis verified the original structure of BAT in our samples. Internal consistency, test–retest reliability and construct validity were satisfactory.
Human Affairs
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2008
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vol. 18
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issue 2
171-182
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The author concentrates on the preference of the values of "the cult of the body" increasingly affecting the behaviour of young people and their position in the value system relating to generally recognized values. Too much emphasis on physical beauty and outward appearance significantly determines behaviour and can lead to a reduction in values relating to the body and body shape but also to unhealthy eating disorders such as bulimia or anorexia nervosa. The focus is on the pathological perception of the body, on how culture and cultural norms affect body dissatisfaction. A research questionnaire on universal values and the cult of the body (2006) was used. The research sample consisted of 508 respondents aged between 18 and 26 (292 women and 216 men).
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The aim of this paper is to present how those individuals whose body has been changed due to disease process (anorexia or oncological pathologies) experience their bodyliness. Authors’ own qualitative research among 10 women with anorexia and 10 who undergone mastectomy is going to be shown. Also potential mechanisms which can cause disordered body image and the phenomenon of self-stigma and self-exclusion in these groups will be consider. In the lights of obtained results, sample women feel embarrassed because of the “imperfect” body they have. The aspect of stigma which women after mastectomy internalized the most is the esthetic value, whereas those with anorexia have much difficulties in interpersonal relationships which leads to self-isolation.
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2021
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vol. 24
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issue 1
5-22
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This paper investigates the impact of state self-objectification on body image and tests the role of self-esteem in this relationship. The study group consisted of 136 adolescents from a junior high school in Poland, aged 14 to 16 years: 65 boys (Mage = 15; SD = 0.79) and 71 girls (Mage = 14.93; SD = 0.82). Both age groups were relatively homogeneous in terms of demography and BMI. The study consisted of three phases. First, the participants completed demographic measures assessing demographic variables, body image, and self-esteem. The second phase was conducted one week later to induce a temporary state of self-objectification by means of a magnifying mirror. The third phase followed a ten-minute experimental exposure by filling in the Self-Objectification State Questionnaire. A mediation analysis was performed separately in both adolescent groups, according to the approach proposed by Hayes and Preacher (2014). Self-esteem mediated significantly the relationship between state self-objectification and body image. In the group of girls the mediation model produced a complete effect, whereas in the group of boys the mediation effect was partial.
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The studies were aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of a Polish version of the Body and Appearance Self-Conscious Emotions Scale (BASES; Castonguay, Sabiston, Crocker, & Mack). In Study 1, data from student (n = 325) and community samples (n = 385) provided evidence for the four-factor structure of the Polish BASES and its adequate construct validity. Data from a separate sample (n = 443) in Study 2 supported the four-factor structure of the Polish BASES, as well as its convergent validity through significant correlations between BASES scores and other variables related to body image and well-being. Sex invariance was also tested and confirmed, although mean scores for guilt and shame were higher for women. The Polish BASES is an appropriate and psychometrically sound measure of body and appearance-related self-conscious emotions.
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The aim of this study was to analyze the link between body image, self-regulation and stress in late adolescence and early adulthood on the basis of Personality Systems Interaction Theory by J. Kuhl. The subjects of the study were people attending fi tness clubs and gyms (N = 29) and those who did not pursue any physical activity (N = 29). Body image was assessed by means of the “body and self-esteem” scale from the Eating Disorder Cognition Questionnaire (FEDK, Legenbauer, Vocks, and Schütt-Strömel, 2007), self-regulation was assessed by means of the Action Control Scale (ASC 90, Kuhl, 1994a; 2001), and stress bymeans of the “demands” and “threats” scales from the Volitional Component Questionnaire (Kuhl, Furmann, 1998). Analyzes showed that there are no differences between adolescents and young adults in body image, self regulation, and stress level. It was found that the physically active group has a negative body image in comparison with the physically inactive group. However, there is a relationship between body dissatisfaction, state orientation subsequent to failure, and stress (demands). A mediation analysis additionally showed that stress was an important mediator between action control and body image.
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The purpose of this article is to present the phenomena of eating disorders, body image and autoaggressive behaviour and to attempt to present the relationship between these variables in women with eating disorders. The study group (clinical) in the project consisted of 25 women diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia, while the control group contained30 healthy women. The research made use of the following methods: The Body Self Questionnaire (J-C Scale) by Beata Mirucka and the Inventory of the Psychological Aggression Syndrome (IPSA-II) by Zbigniew B. Gaś. The analysis of the results showed that women with anorexia and bulimia, had higher autoaggressive tendencies compared to healthy women. In addition, in the study group the disturbed body image significantly correlated with the increased autoaggressive behavior. The obtained results are discussed in the context of the existing research findings and theories.
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Celem artykułu jest przybliżenie zjawiska zaburzeń odżywiania się, obrazu własnego ciała i zachowań autoagresywnych, a także próba przedstawienia zależności między tymi zmiennymi u kobiet z zaburzeniami ożywiania się. Grupę badawczą (kliniczną) w projekcje stanowiło 25 kobiet ze zdiagnozowaną anoreksją lub bulimią, grupę kontrolną zaś – 30 kobiet zdrowych. Do badań wykorzystano Kwestionariusz Ja cielesnego (Skala J-C) Beaty Miruckiej oraz Inwentarz psychologicznego syndromu agresji (IPSA-II) Zbigniewa B. Gasia. Analiza uzyskanych wyników pokazuje, że kobiety z anoreksją i bulimią, w porównaniu do kobiet zdrowych, przejawiają większe tendencje autoagresywne. Ponadto w grupie badawczej niewłaściwy wizerunek ciała istotnie koreluje z nasileniem autoagresji. Uzyskane rezultaty przedyskutowano w świetle dotychczasowych wyników badań i teorii.
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Artykuł prezentuje wyniki analizy dwóch wybranych roczników czasopisma „Super Linia”: z 1995 i 2015 roku. Poddano je analizie ilościowej i jakościowej, skupiając się szczególnie na tym, jakie zagadnienia dotyczące otyłości poruszane były w wybranych rocznikach, oraz jakie znaczenia nadawano otyłości, pisząc o niej w trzech kontekstach: społecznym, estetycznym i medycznym. Porównanie wykazało, że zestaw zagadnień poruszanych na łamach czasopisma nie uległ znaczącym przemianom w wydaniach z 2015 roku w porównaniu z tymi z 1995. Natomiast znaczenia nadawane otyłości w największym stopniu zmieniły się w obszarze społecznego aspektu cielesności osób z nadwagą.
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The article presents the results of the contents analysis of a magazine addressed to people potentially interested in reduction of their body weight. The subject of the analysis were two annual editions of “Super Linia” magazine, issued in 1995 and 2015. The methods of quantitative and qualitative content analyses were used. The main focus of the analyses were the kinds of issues raised in the two chosen annual editions as well as the meanings assigned to obesity in three chosen contexts: social, aesthetic and medical. The comparison of the two annual editions has shown, that the range of issues raised in the magazine has not changed significantly in 2015 in comparison to 1995. The meanings assigned to obesity have changed to the greatest extent when presenting obesity in the social context.
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The main goal of this article is to discuss the relationship between the level of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) and the intensity of pain in various groups of individuals who experience chronic pain syndromes. This work aims also at demonstrating the role of psychosocial factors, such as personality traits, dimensions of body image and social support aspects that affect the relationship between the level of PTSD symptoms and the intensity of chronic pain in chronic pain syndromes.
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Głównym celem artykułu jest omówienie związku pomiędzy poziomem objawów zaburzenia po stresie traumatycznym (ang. PTSD - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD) a nasileniem bólu w różnych zespołach przewlekłego bólu. Praca ta stawia sobie również za zadanie przybliżenie roli czynników psychospołecznych, takich jak cechy osobowości, wymiary obrazu ciała i właściwości wsparcia społecznego jako zmiennych modyfikujących relację pomiędzy poziomem objawów PTSD a nasileniem przewlekłego bólu w chronicznych zespołów bólowych.
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Background. Body image can be associated with doing sport and other physical activity. Moreover, both body image and physical activity are related with shaping the self-image. The aim of the study was to compare the relationships between the body image and physical activity in two groups of students: attending high school and university. Material and methods. The study sample consisted of 49 students from a high school in Szczecin and 60 students of the University of Szczecin. The body image was determined using the Body Esteem Scale developed by Franzoi and Shields and adapted to Polish by Lipowski and Lipowska. To measure the physical activity we used a self-made Physical Activity Questionnaire. Results. There are some correlations between body image and physical activity in the research sample. Some differences between students from high school and university also occurred. Conclusions. The process of shaping the body image proceeds gradually. The results of the study should be considered as an introduction to further research.
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