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dc.contributor.author | Jach, Łukasz | - |
dc.contributor.author | Krystoń, Sonia | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-29T07:08:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-29T07:08:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | "PeerJ" Vol. 9 (2021), art. no. 12047 | pl_PL |
dc.identifier.issn | 2167-8359 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/21684 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Weight stigma is a serious challenge because of its negative impact on
human health and harmful psychological and behavioral consequences. The aim of
the study was to explore and compare the relationships between self-reported
body weight and weight-related stigmatization experiences and body image, mental
self-image, self-esteem, and stereotypes concerning people with obesity among young
adult Polish women (N = 374; aged between 18 and 35).
Methods: The study was conducted online on a Polish sample recruited through a
social network site, a website, and snowball sampling. Body mass index (BMI) was
used to assign the respondents to groups with normal or excess weight. We tested
whether women enrolled in the study experienced weight-related stigmatization
using two questions based on the concepts of spoiled identity and related to the
obesity stigma. The Contour Drawing Rating Scale was used to study different
aspects of the body image and discrepancies between them. The Self-Discrepancy
Questionnaire was used to study the self-schemas associated with mental qualities.
The Polish version of the Rosenberg’s Self Esteem Scale was applied to determine
self-esteem level. Stereotypes concerning people with obesity were studied using the
semantic differential method.
Results: Although excess weight was associated with weight-related stigmatization
experiences, many women reported confronting such stigmatization even though
their body weight was normal according to the World Health Organization
(WHO) standards. Women with excess weight and women with weight-related
stigmatization experiences were characterized by larger discrepancies between the
actual body image and the ideal, reflected, and ought body image, lower self-esteem,
and more negative beliefs about their mental actual and reflected self compared to
women with normal weight and without weight-related stigmatization experiences.
The study participants from all groups tended to believe their actual body image to be
ampler than the ideal and the ought body images. They also believed that other
people perceived their mental qualities more positively than they did. The study
groups were also characterized by negative stereotypes of people with obesity, although these stereotypes were more vital in women with excess weight and women
who experienced weight-related stigmatization.
Conclusion: The study shows the similarity between psychological functioning of
women with self-reported excess weight and those who experience weight-related
stigma. The results also provide guidelines for practical actions aimed at reducing
negative mental outcomes associated with not conforming to body weight standards. | pl_PL |
dc.language.iso | en | pl_PL |
dc.rights | Uznanie autorstwa 3.0 Polska | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/ | * |
dc.subject | Health Policy | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Psychiatry and Psychology | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Public Health | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Women’s Health | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Body image | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Body-weight | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Self-esteem | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Self-schemas | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Weight-related stereotypes | pl_PL |
dc.subject | Weight-related stigmatization | pl_PL |
dc.title | Self-reported body weight and weight-related stigmatization experiences among young adult women - two contexts, but similar attitudes related to body image, mental self-schemas, self-esteem, and stereotypes of people with obesity | pl_PL |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | pl_PL |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7717/peerj.12047 | - |
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