Body image across the adult life span: stability and change.

By M. Tiggemann. Body image, 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Marketing

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Self-compassion, Body Image, and Self-reported Disordered Eating (2014, background): “A comprehensive, longterm intervention may be necessary to successfully increase appearance-related selfcompassion, as appearance-related attitudes can be difficult to change (e.g., Tiggemann, 2004; Yager & O’Dea, 2008).”
Body image, physical activity, and sport: A scoping review (2019, background): “It may also underreport on positive body image since older adults tend to report less interest and investment in appearance (Bennett, Hurd Clarke, Kowalski, & Crocker, 2017b, 2017a; Ferraro et al., 2008; Tiggemann, 2004).”
Attitudes Toward Cosmetic Surgery in Middle-Aged Women: Body Image, Aging Anxiety, and the Media (2010, background): “There is considerable evidence that middle-aged women, like younger women, experience high levels of body dissatisfaction (Tiggemann, 2004).”
Do Appearance Focused Cognitive Distortions Moderate the Relationship between Social Comparisons to Peers and Media Images and Body Image Disturbance? (2011, background): “First, the experience of body dissatisfaction is stable across the life span (Tiggemann 2004).”
Facebook is Linked to Body Dissatisfaction: Comparing Users and Non-Users (2015, background): “Literature reviews indicate that althoughmen generally report lower levels of body dissatisfaction than women (Tiggemann 2004), body dissatisfaction is an increasing concern for men as well (McCabe and Ricciardelli 2004).”
Pinterest or Thinterest?: Social Comparison and Body Image on Social Media (2016, background): “Although childhood and adolescence are popular developmental time periods for studying social comparison, there is evidence that this phenomenon occurs across the life span and should be investigated across different mediated contexts (Fardouly et al., 2015; Tiggemann, 2004; Tiggemann & Slater, 2013”
Self-Compassion and Body Dissatisfaction in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Meditation Intervention (2014, background): “Women of all ages experience serious cognitive, affective, and behavioral symptoms triggered by body dissatisfaction (Grogan, 2008), which persist across the lifespan (Tiggemann 2004; Tiggemann and Lynch 2001; Grippo and Hill 2008; Lewis and Cachelin 2001) and appears to be resistant to a variety of”
Body Image and Self-Esteem Across Age and Gender: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study (2010, background): “Tiggemann (2004) argues that while the human body is still important in later life, it is satisfaction with the functional aspects of the body which take precedence rather than satisfaction with appearance.”
The Relationship Between Body Image Concerns, Eating Disorders and Internet Use, Part I: A Review of Empirical Support (2016, background): “First, the social ideal presented is a very youthful one, and as individuals tend to engage in comparisons with age-appropriate targets this may make youth more vulnerable (Tiggemann 2004).”
The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I (2010, result): “In contrast, the lack of a predictive association between participant age and body dissatisfaction is consistent with previous reports of weak or nonsignificant associations between these variables, at least in Western societies (e.g., Frederick et al., 2006; Tiggemann, 2004).”