Associations between body dissatisfaction, importance of appearance, and aging anxiety with depression, and appearance-related behaviors in women in mid-life

被引:23
作者
Carrard, Isabelle [1 ]
Argyrides, Marios [2 ]
Ioannou, Xaris [2 ]
Kvalem, Ingela Lundin [3 ]
Waldherr, Karin [4 ]
Harcourt, Diana [5 ]
McArdle, Siobhan [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Appl Sci & Arts Western Switzerland HES SO, Sch Hlth Sci, Nutr & Dietet Dept, Geneva, Switzerland
[2] Neapolis Univ Pafos, Dept Psychol, Paphos, Cyprus
[3] Univ Oslo, Dept Psychol, Oslo, Norway
[4] FernFH Distance Learning Univ Appl Sci, Res & Qual Management Dept, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
[5] Univ West England, Ctr Appearance Res, Bristol, Avon, England
[6] Dublin City Univ, Sch Hlth & Human Performance, Dublin, Ireland
关键词
Body dissatisfaction; aging anxiety; appearance; women; middle-age; EATING-DISORDERS; LIFE-SPAN; IMAGE; MIDDLE; SELF; SATISFACTION; HEALTH; SYMPTOMS; GENDER;
D O I
10.1080/08952841.2019.1681882
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
The impacts of body dissatisfaction have been widely studied among adolescent girls, but much less in women in mid-life. In this study, we evaluated the associations between body dissatisfaction, psychological health and behaviors used to manage age-related changes, in an online survey of 331 women aged 45?65. Body dissatisfaction, importance of appearance and aging anxiety were associated with higher depression scores. Moreover, importance of appearance and aging anxiety were associated with the probability of using ?anti-aging? behaviors. It seems that with age, for a subgroup of women, the pressure to stay young may be added to that of staying thin.
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页码:70 / 83
页数:14
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