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dc.contributor.authorMathisen, Therese Fostervold
dc.contributor.authorAambø, Jenny Malene
dc.contributor.authorBratland-Sanda, Solfrid
dc.contributor.authorSundgot-Borgen, Christine
dc.contributor.authorSvantorp-Tveiten, Kethe Marie Engen
dc.contributor.authorSundgot-Borgen, Jorunn
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-08T09:08:48Z
dc.date.available2021-04-08T09:08:48Z
dc.date.created2020-11-20T10:40:15Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationMathisen, T. F., Aambø, J., Bratland-Sanda, S., Sundgot-Borgen, C., Svantorp-Tveiten, K. & Sundgot-Borgen, J. (2020). Body Figure Idealization and Body Appearance Pressure in Fitness Instructors. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 585901.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2736795
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The fitness centers are settings for health promotion, yet may serve as a stage for counterproductive figure idealization. Such idealization may take the form of a drive toward the thin, the muscular, or lean body figure ideal, which all hold the potential to impel an experience of body appearance pressure (BAP) and body dissatisfaction. The aim of this study was to explore figure idealization, body dissatisfaction, and experience of BAP in fitness instructors. Materials and Methods: Fitness instructors, 70 (23%) males and 236 (77%) females, were recruited through their facility chief executive officer and social media for a digital survey on mental health. Results are presented for body appreciation (BAS-2), body dissatisfaction (EDI-BD), drive for muscularity (DM), drive for leanness (DLS), questions on BAP, symptoms of eating disorders (EDE-q), and history of weight regulation and eating disorders (EDs). Results: Attempts to gain body weight were reported by 17% of females and 53% of males, whereas ∼76% of males and females, respectively, reported to have attempted weight reduction. Reasons for body weight manipulation were predominantly appearance related, and 10–20% reported disordered eating behavior. Mean BAS-2 and EDI-BD were acceptable, but 28% of females were above clinical cutoff in EDI-BD, and mean DLS were high in both sexes. In total, 8% of females were above clinical cutoff in EDE-q, which corresponded well with the self-reported ED. Approximately 90% of the sample perceived BAP to be a societal issue and reported predominantly customers and colleagues to be the cause of their personal experience of BAP. Fewer than 50% knew of any actions taken by their employer to reduce BAP. There were few differences according to profession or educational level. Conclusion: Fitness instructors report BAP to affect them negatively, which may put them at risk of impaired mental health. Educational level did not protect against figure idealization and BAP. To care for their employees and to optimize their position as a public health promoter, the fitness industry should target BAP in health promotion programs.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleBody figure idealization and body appearance pressure in fitness instructorsen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2020 Mathisen, Aambø, Bratland-Sanda, Sundgot-Borgen, Svantorp-Tveiten and Sundgot-Borgen.en_US
dc.source.volume11en_US
dc.source.journalFrontiers in Psychologyen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.585901
dc.identifier.cristin1850290
dc.source.articlenumber585901en_US
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