Body image in Brazil: recent advances in the state of knowledge and methodological issues

Revista de Saúde Pública

Maria Fernanda Laus¹  Idalina Shiraishi Kakeshita¹  Telma Maria Braga Costa¹  Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira¹  Leonardo De Sousa Fortes¹  Sebastião Sousa Almeida¹ 

关键词: Body Image;    Scales;    Questionnaires;    Evaluation;    methods;    Review;    Imagem Corporal;    Escalas;    Questionários;    Avaliação;    métodos;    Revisão;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048004950

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE To analyze Brazilian literature on body image and the theoretical and methodological advances that have been made. METHODS A detailed review was undertaken of the Brazilian literature on body image, selecting published articles, dissertations and theses from the SciELO, SCOPUS, LILACS and PubMed databases and the CAPES thesis database. Google Scholar was also used. There was no start date for the search, which used the following search terms: “body image” AND “Brazil” AND “scale(s)”; “body image” AND “Brazil” AND “questionnaire(s)”; “body image” AND “Brazil” AND “instrument(s)”; “body image” limited to Brazil and “body image”. RESULTS The majority of measures available were intended to be used in college students, with half of them evaluating satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the body. Females and adolescents of both sexes were the most studied population. There has been a significant increase in the number of available instruments. Nevertheless, numerous published studies have used non-validated instruments, with much confusion in the use of the appropriate terms (e.g., perception, dissatisfaction, distortion). CONCLUSIONS Much more is needed to understand body image within the Brazilian population, especially in terms of evaluating different age groups and diversifying the components/dimensions assessed. However, interest in this theme is increasing, and important steps have been taken in a short space of time.

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