Relationship between body image and somatotype profile in young women
Marcela Rodrigues Castro,
Fabiane Frota Rocha Morgado,
Ana Clara Souza Paiva,
Fernanda Lopes Magre,
Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro,
Ismael Forte Freitas Junior
Affiliations
Marcela Rodrigues Castro
Docente do Curso de Educação Física da Universidade Federal do Maranhão
Federal de Juiz de Fora
Fabiane Frota Rocha Morgado
Docente do Curso de Educação Física da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Ana Clara Souza Paiva
Universidade Estadual Paulista - Campus Rio Claro
Fernanda Lopes Magre
Universidade Estadual Paulista - Campus Rio Claro
Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro
Docente da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia de Presidente Prudente, Departamento de Educação Física
Ismael Forte Freitas Junior
Docente na Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia de Presidente Prudente, Departamento de Educação Física
This study aimed to investigate associations among body dissatisfaction, behaviors, feelings, and beliefs related to the body - and somatotypical profile. The sample included 142 undergraduate female students (21.81 ± 3 years) who underwent to assessment of Body Mass Index and somatotype, according to the World Health Organization and Heath-Carter protocols, respectively. To assess body image the following instruments were applied: Body Shape Questionnaire, Body Attitudes Questionnaire, Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire, Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale, Self-Subject Silhouettes To the analysis data we proceeded to multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA one-way). As the main result, we find that body dissatisfaction, body avoidance and negative attitudes about appearance components are linked to each other and they are influenced by body profiles with mesomorphic and endomorphic predominance. We conclude that the somatotype profile can be an important predictor of changes in body image and is indicated for tracking risk groups.
