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Improvement of Body Satisfaction in Older People: An Experimental Study

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العنوان: Improvement of Body Satisfaction in Older People: An Experimental Study
المؤلفون: Roberto Sánchez-Cabrero, Ana C. León-Mejía, Amaya Arigita-García, Carmen Maganto-Mateo
المصدر: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 10 (2019)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:Psychology
مصطلحات موضوعية: body image, body satisfaction, older people, gender differences, body perception, Psychology, BF1-990
الوصف: Aging typically manifests itself in a variety of physical and cognitive alterations and challenges that are not always easily accepted. Feeling dissatisfied with these changes can also affect the mood and self-esteem of older people causing body image problems. The present study focuses on body satisfaction in Spanish older people (176 participants; M and SD = 64.03 ± 1 8.06; age range 50 to over 75) by employing experimental research to test whether psychosocial interventions may have a positive impact. Our aims are threefold: (1) To describe the body satisfaction of older people considering intervening variables, such as age, gender, having a stable partner, time of the year, and place of residence; (2) to compare body satisfaction improvement in older people participating in a specific body satisfaction program designed for this purpose versus a non-specific program run by the Spanish Red Cross; and (3) to examine the relationship between age, gender, having a stable partner, time of the year, place of residence, body satisfaction and participating in the experimental condition. The IMAGINA specific body image program yielded a significant improvement in body satisfaction when compared with the non-specific program in both men and women regardless of marital status and in some age groups: 50 to 54 years old, 60 to 64 years old, and 65 to 69. Male participants, as well as singles, were more satisfied with their bodies, and the contrary was true for divorced and separated. The IMAGINA program was particularly useful in participants with more body image problems. As shown, the pressure to fit beauty standards and related problems do not go away with age, a fact that is embodied and experienced differently in men and women.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1664-1078
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02823/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02823
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/6f0383ab11b44d3caec603b39ca70092
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.6f0383ab11b44d3caec603b39ca70092
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:16641078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02823