The way individuals interact with themselves and their bodies varies by person. However, it is no surprise that not everyone has positive interactions with themselves. Society and media are incredibly influential parts of people's lives as well as in their interpretations of themselves and others and it is important to know just how much those factors can affect individuals.
A study was condcuted to see if perceived body image had an influence on brand preference and on models for the brand who were either, thin-idealized or not thin-idealized (Damhorst, Russell & Yu, 2011). The researchers found that the body type of the brand model affected the participants view of the company. This research shows that individuals establish ideas and concepts …show more content…
However, those who began the study with low appearance self-schema experienced less of a dramatic change. Similar in regard to one's self-schema, individuals in this study were tested on their “feared fat self” and how their negative self-schema can affect their mood and overpower their hoped for thin self. (Dalley & Vidal, 2013). This study found that optimism had an impact on the body appreciation scale in those who had a fear of a future fat self. Up until this point, the literature shows that society and environment has an impact on the emotional state of women, the next study tested to see how self-compassion affects college age women’s quality of life(QoL) (Duarte, Ferreira, Trindade & Pinto-Gouveia, 2015). The participants were tested on their QoL, body dissatisfaction and self-compassion on Likert scales. They found that self-perceived negative body image can negatively affect a person's quality of life and that self-compassion can act as a mediator between the external world and in the internal person and lead to a better QoL and positive body image. In a similar study, a group of researchers focused on identifying how …show more content…
However, although there are many studies conducted on women, body appreciation and body image, there is very little research on how the gender of the research conducting the experiment effects woman's body appreciation or, how gender affects the outcome of various other studies as well. The study that is being conducted will provided further research into that small area of
A study was condcuted to see if perceived body image had an influence on brand preference and on models for the brand who were either, thin-idealized or not thin-idealized (Damhorst, Russell & Yu, 2011). The researchers found that the body type of the brand model affected the participants view of the company. This research shows that individuals establish ideas and concepts …show more content…
However, those who began the study with low appearance self-schema experienced less of a dramatic change. Similar in regard to one's self-schema, individuals in this study were tested on their “feared fat self” and how their negative self-schema can affect their mood and overpower their hoped for thin self. (Dalley & Vidal, 2013). This study found that optimism had an impact on the body appreciation scale in those who had a fear of a future fat self. Up until this point, the literature shows that society and environment has an impact on the emotional state of women, the next study tested to see how self-compassion affects college age women’s quality of life(QoL) (Duarte, Ferreira, Trindade & Pinto-Gouveia, 2015). The participants were tested on their QoL, body dissatisfaction and self-compassion on Likert scales. They found that self-perceived negative body image can negatively affect a person's quality of life and that self-compassion can act as a mediator between the external world and in the internal person and lead to a better QoL and positive body image. In a similar study, a group of researchers focused on identifying how …show more content…
However, although there are many studies conducted on women, body appreciation and body image, there is very little research on how the gender of the research conducting the experiment effects woman's body appreciation or, how gender affects the outcome of various other studies as well. The study that is being conducted will provided further research into that small area of