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Body image self-conscious emotions get worse throughout adolescence and relate to physical activity behavior in girls and boys.
Soc Sci Med. 2022 12; 315:115543.SS

Abstract

Body image is a commonly-reported factor perpetuating declines in physical activity levels during adolescence. However, the evidence is predominantly qualitative, cross-sectional, and focused on girls. Furthermore, the affective dimension of body image has been overlooked compared to the perceptual (e.g., misrepresentations of body size) and cognitive (e.g., dissatisfaction) dimensions. Affective body image includes a range of self-conscious emotions including guilt, shame, envy, embarrassment, and authentic and hubristic pride. This study examined (i) body-related self-conscious emotions over time, and (ii) associations between body-related emotions and physical activity over five years during early-to-mid adolescence. Potential gender differences were also explored. Self-report data for this study were collected once a year over 5 years as part of the MATCH study. The main analyses involved mixed-effects modeling. Participants (n = 776, 55.8% girls) initially aged 12.6 (SD = 0.6) years who provided data on at least one occasion were included in the analysis. Girls reported higher body-related guilt, shame, envy, and embarrassment than boys, and boys reported higher hubristic pride than girls. Over five years from early to mid-adolescence, body-related shame, guilt, envy, and embarrassment significantly increased for boys and girls, authentic pride did not change, and hubristic pride increased for girls only. Controlling for gender and puberty status, body-related guilt, shame, and embarrassment were negatively, and body-related authentic and hubristic pride were positively, associated with physical activity over time. Body-related envy was not significantly related to physical activity. These findings suggest that adolescents express greater negative body-related self-conscious emotions over time. Since these were negatively related to physical activity, interventions focused on reducing negative body-related emotions and enhancing positive body-related emotions may be valuable in adolescence to help curb declining physical activity.

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Sabiston CM
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: catherine.sabiston@utoronto.ca.
Doré I
Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CHUM Research Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: isabelle.dore@utoronto.ca.
Lucibello KM
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: kristen.lucibello@mail.utoronto.ca.
Pila E
Western University, London, ON, Canada. Electronic address: epila@uwo.ca.
Brunet J
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic address: jennifer.brunet@uottawa.ca.
Thibault V
Université de Sherbrooke, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Electronic address: Veronique.thibault2@usherbrooke.ca.
Bélanger M
Université de Sherbrooke, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Centre de Formation Médicale Du Nouveau-Brunswick, Moncton, New Brunswick, Research Services, Vitalité Health Network, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Electronic address: mathieu.f.belanger@usherbrooke.ca.

MeSH

MaleFemaleHumansAdolescentBody ImageCross-Sectional StudiesEmotionsJealousyExercise

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

36413860

Citation

Sabiston, Catherine M., et al. "Body Image Self-conscious Emotions Get Worse Throughout Adolescence and Relate to Physical Activity Behavior in Girls and Boys." Social Science & Medicine (1982), vol. 315, 2022, p. 115543.
Sabiston CM, Doré I, Lucibello KM, et al. Body image self-conscious emotions get worse throughout adolescence and relate to physical activity behavior in girls and boys. Soc Sci Med. 2022;315:115543.
Sabiston, C. M., Doré, I., Lucibello, K. M., Pila, E., Brunet, J., Thibault, V., & Bélanger, M. (2022). Body image self-conscious emotions get worse throughout adolescence and relate to physical activity behavior in girls and boys. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 315, 115543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115543
Sabiston CM, et al. Body Image Self-conscious Emotions Get Worse Throughout Adolescence and Relate to Physical Activity Behavior in Girls and Boys. Soc Sci Med. 2022;315:115543. PubMed PMID: 36413860.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Body image self-conscious emotions get worse throughout adolescence and relate to physical activity behavior in girls and boys. AU - Sabiston,Catherine M, AU - Doré,Isabelle, AU - Lucibello,Kristen M, AU - Pila,Eva, AU - Brunet,Jennifer, AU - Thibault,Véronique, AU - Bélanger,Mathieu, Y1 - 2022/11/14/ PY - 2021/12/23/received PY - 2022/10/28/revised PY - 2022/11/12/accepted PY - 2022/11/23/pubmed PY - 2022/12/7/medline PY - 2022/11/22/entrez KW - Appearance KW - Body image KW - Development KW - Self-conscious emotions KW - Youth SP - 115543 EP - 115543 JF - Social science & medicine (1982) JO - Soc Sci Med VL - 315 N2 - Body image is a commonly-reported factor perpetuating declines in physical activity levels during adolescence. However, the evidence is predominantly qualitative, cross-sectional, and focused on girls. Furthermore, the affective dimension of body image has been overlooked compared to the perceptual (e.g., misrepresentations of body size) and cognitive (e.g., dissatisfaction) dimensions. Affective body image includes a range of self-conscious emotions including guilt, shame, envy, embarrassment, and authentic and hubristic pride. This study examined (i) body-related self-conscious emotions over time, and (ii) associations between body-related emotions and physical activity over five years during early-to-mid adolescence. Potential gender differences were also explored. Self-report data for this study were collected once a year over 5 years as part of the MATCH study. The main analyses involved mixed-effects modeling. Participants (n = 776, 55.8% girls) initially aged 12.6 (SD = 0.6) years who provided data on at least one occasion were included in the analysis. Girls reported higher body-related guilt, shame, envy, and embarrassment than boys, and boys reported higher hubristic pride than girls. Over five years from early to mid-adolescence, body-related shame, guilt, envy, and embarrassment significantly increased for boys and girls, authentic pride did not change, and hubristic pride increased for girls only. Controlling for gender and puberty status, body-related guilt, shame, and embarrassment were negatively, and body-related authentic and hubristic pride were positively, associated with physical activity over time. Body-related envy was not significantly related to physical activity. These findings suggest that adolescents express greater negative body-related self-conscious emotions over time. Since these were negatively related to physical activity, interventions focused on reducing negative body-related emotions and enhancing positive body-related emotions may be valuable in adolescence to help curb declining physical activity. SN - 1873-5347 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/36413860/Body_image_self_conscious_emotions_get_worse_throughout_adolescence_and_relate_to_physical_activity_behavior_in_girls_and_boys_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -