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Body Image Psychology

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Body image basically has a perception component, how one visualizes the size and shape of the body; an attitudinal component, what one thinks about one’s body both cognitively and affectively and how committed one is to a thin ideal and behavioural manifestations related to body image.(Botta, 1998)
Body image, as defined by Judy Lightstone, “involves our perception, imagination, emotions, and physical sensations of and about our bodies. It’s not static-but ever changing; sensitive to changes in mood, environment, and physical experience. It is not based on fact. It is psychological in nature, and much more influenced by self-esteem than by actual physical attractiveness as judged by others. It is not inborn, but learned. This learning occurs …show more content…

Studies (Wynn, 2012) show that even most of the women about 80% say that the image of “real women” are not shown by media. Some report that real women are more voluptuous and curvy. About 64% of the women concluded that they would have been happier if they were skinnier. As adolescents 50.3% of the women were “not at satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” with their body.
A survey on 151 female participants of Illinois between the age group of 18-25 years studied whether the adolescents who had negative perceptions of their body image due to the exposure of media were more or less likely to have negative perceptions of their bodies as adults. The participants were asked to memorise their past relationship with media and its impact and questions related to how it contrast with their current relationship with media. The results of the survey show a moderate relationship between the body image as adolescent and body image as adult. (Wynn, 2012)
Further, a study also found that nearly 76% of the women aspire to have a smaller body size than their existing figure while only around five percent of the women aspire to have a larger body figure than their present figure. This dangerous culture of thinness may lead to a manifestation of body dissatisfaction which may further result in eating disorders (V & Maran, …show more content…

It focuses more on individual with Facebook and Instagram profiles flooded with personal photographs. With the advent of new media the effect of social media seems to be more vehement. Its impact on body image of young boys and girls need further investigation. Facebook users having significantly higher scores on body image concern measures (Tiggemann & Miller, 2010, Tiggemann & Slater, 2013).
In a survey on 300 students of Victorian University, it was found that students who are on social media reported that they feel pressure to look more attractive or muscular, lose weight and to change their appearance. There were correlations between Pinterest and body shame, between Instagram and concerns with body image and body surveillance and appearance control beliefs and between Pinterest and Facebook and perceived pressure. (Pepin & Endresz, 2015)
Also the people who regularly shared self-images on social media have higher body dissatisfaction, overvaluation of shape and size, internalization of thin ideal and dietary restraint as compared to people who are not regular sharers. It was found that people who are engaged in higher manipulation of self-images and invested more in images had higher levels of body dissatisfaction, weight and shape issues and was restrained food-eaters. (McLean, Paxton, Wertheim, & Masters,

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Moreover, Body Image, Media and Eating Disorders states that 30% of children are dissatisfied with their body image due to being overweight and 15% are dealing with obesity (Derene & Beresin, 2006). This demonstrates that the number of children watching television and the number of overweight, obese children are involving their selves more into the media rather than more crucial events. Correspondingly, the average model is 23% thinner compared to 25 years ago (Ravelli & Webber, 2012). Today’s media has an impacting effect on how women should appeal themselves to others in society. This guides them to behave a certain way and not truly be themselves.

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Given these points, the thin and muscular ideal being portrayed through the use of media constantly reminds individuals about how that is a standard that they should meet, leading them to have a negative body image. The idea of body dissatisfaction starts when individuals are very young in today 's society, and is supported by many around the world. Being so accessible to the media allows individuals to become more vulnerable to viewing images of celebrities that will affect them in a negative way and will have them wanting to change their appearance, even if that is not how those celebrities really look. Body discontentment has reached a whole new level to where the rate of eating disorders has increased. Individuals commonly compare their

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Do you ever wonder if you see what everyone else see when you look in the mirror? Everyone has a different perspective and taste in what they see and like. I do not believe everyone sees the same things, there are way too many different personalities and perspectives in the world for everyone to see and think the same way. Body image is huge in the media and the way people look and judge different people. Since 1980, the public has had media-driven expectations of what men and women look like.

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Body image is defined as perceptions, feelings, and behavior toward one’s body (Common Sense Media P13).There is an unrealistic body misconception of being “flawless” like celebrities that make teens want to modify their bodies. This refers to the exposure to increased media through the years; Media is contributing to dangerous behaviors that include but are not limited to: cyber bullying, unhealthy eating habits and self-harming. Communication is critical to humans. The most common communication tool now is the Internet.

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Social media plays a big role in how society portrays body image. “Alternatively, an increased number of Facebook friends may provide girls with greater opportunity to rapidly make multiple social comparisons, itself shown to be associated with body image concern”(Tiggemann and Slater 82). According to the survey that was taken by Marika Tiggemann and Amy Slater, the more Facebook friends the girls had, the more likely it was that they had body image concerns. They were able to compare themselves to the other girls that they were friends with, which led to them to have an increase in their drive for thinness. “Further, these comparisons are likely to be with somewhat idealised images, in that girls mostly post photographs in which they look good or are doing something ‘cool’ (and can be digitally altered)”(Tiggemann and Slater 82).

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