Mass media pressure on physical build, psychological well-being and physical-healthy profile. An explanatory model in adulthood

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Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez¹  Gabriel González-Valero¹  Georgian Badicu²  Wilhelm Robert Grosz²  Marius Bazgan³  Pilar Puertas Molero¹ 

[1] Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada;Department of Physical Education and Special Motricity, Transilvania University of Brasov;Department of Psychology, Education and Teacher Training, Transilvania University of Brasov

关键词: Adulthood;    Physical activity;    Mediterranean diet;    Psychological well-being;    Media;    Physical fitness;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.14652

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Background The pressure exerted by the media on mental image, psychological well-being and the physical-dietary sphere is of vital interest in understanding human behavioral patterns at different stages of development. The present research reflects the objectives of developing an explanatory model of the associations between media pressure and physical build on psychological well-being, physical activity and the Mediterranean diet and testing the structural model using a multi-group model according to participants’ stage of adulthood development. Methods A descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 634 participants aged between 18 and 65 years (35.18 ± 9.68). An ad hoc socio-demographic questionnaire, Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questtionnaire-4, Psychological Well-Being Scale, Predimed questtionnaire and International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form were used for data collection. Results Participants in early adulthood show higher scores for media pressure and for pressure on physical build. It is also observed that participants in middle adulthood show higher scores for psychological well-being and physical activity levels. Conclusions In conclusion, it can be seen that there are a large number of physical, physical-health and psychological differences in each of the phases of adulthood.

【 授权许可】

CC BY