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Abstract Women have been dissatisfied with their own appearance. This study aimed to evaluate whether the media can influence changes in body image regarding weight concern, satisfaction and dysfunctional investment of one's own appearance in female runway models and non-models. This survey was composed of Brazilian women, models who were linked with an agency, and non-models. Data collection was carried out using Google Forms, sending links to invite eligible subjects. In total, 102 models and 247 non-models participated in the survey. Sample Characterization Questionnaire, weight and height reports for the Body Mass Index, Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3), Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire - Appearance Scales (MBRSQ /AS) and Appearance Schemas Inventory - Revised (ASI-R) were used. The result showed that non-models are more susceptible to pressure from the media and that having body measurements considered ideal, like models, reduces social pressure on the body.
Resumo Mulheres têm se mostrado insatisfeitas com a própria aparência. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar se a mídia pode influenciar alterações na imagem corporal em relação à preocupação com o peso, satisfação e investimento disfuncional da própria aparência no público de mulheres modelos de passarela e não-modelos. Pesquisa utilizou brasileiras, modelos que foram vinculadas a uma agência, e não-modelos. Coleta foi realizada pelo Google Forms com envio de links convidando as participantes. Participaram da pesquisa 102 modelos e 247 não-modelos. Instrumentos utilizados foram um Questionário de Caracterização da Amostra, relato de peso/altura para o Índice de Massa Corporal, Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3), Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire - Appearance Scales (MBRSQ/AS) e Appearance Schemas Inventory - Revised (ASI-R). Resultado demonstrou que as não-modelos estão mais suscetíveis às pressões da mídia e que ter as medidas corporais consideradas ideais, como as modelos, diminui a pressão social sobre o corpo.
Resumen Las mujeres están insatisfechas con su propria apariencia física. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar si los medios de comunicación pueden influir en la imagen corporal de las mujeres respecto a la preocupación por el peso, la satisfacción e inversión disfuncional de la propia apariencia en mujeres modelos de pasarela y las no modelos. Se utilizó una muestra de mujeres brasileñas, modelos vinculadas a una agencia y no modelos. Se recogieron datos de Google Forms. Se contó con la participación de 102 modelos y 247 no modelos. Se utilizaron los cuestionarios: Caracterización de Muestras, relato de peso/altura para el Índice de Masa Corporal, Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3), Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire - Appearance Scales (MBRSQ/AS) y Appearance Schemas Inventory - Revised (ASI-R). Los resultados indicaron que las mujeres no modelos están más susceptibles a la presión de los medios de comunicación, y que tener medidas corporales consideradas ideales como las de las modelos reduce la presión social sobre el cuerpo.
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Humans , Female , Body Image , Social StatusABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was to identify factors affecting mammography screening behavior in job women by attitude, social influence and self-efficacy model. METHODS: The data were obtained from 171 job women in one residency area by structural questionnaire from March to June 2013 and analysed by using chi2-test, ANOVA, Spearman's correlation and logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: The each performance rate was 45.1% in mammography, 44.9% in breast self examination and 48.5% in physical examination. The mammography performance rate in job women showed higher significance in the groups of 1) older age, urban residency, marital status or high economic state, 2) shorter office hours or higher job position, 3) childbirth experience or menopause and 4) preferring soy bean food, practicing regular exercise, suffering chronic disease or receiving radiation therapy. Attitude, social influences and self-efficacy made significant differences in mammography performance. Logistic regression analysis showed that 50 years or older, urban residency, social influences towards mammography and high self-efficacy were significant relationship. CONCLUSION: In order to increase the mammography performance rate, the intervention strategies are needed to increase positive social influences or self-efficacy and to offer public information to younger age.
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Female , Humans , Breast Neoplasms , Breast Self-Examination , Chronic Disease , Internship and Residency , Logistic Models , Mammography , Marital Status , Mass Screening , Menopause , Parturition , Physical Examination , Surveys and Questionnaires , Glycine maxABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was to identify factors affecting mammography screening behavior in job women by attitude, social influence and self-efficacy model. METHODS: The data were obtained from 171 job women in one residency area by structural questionnaire from March to June 2013 and analysed by using chi2-test, ANOVA, Spearman's correlation and logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: The each performance rate was 45.1% in mammography, 44.9% in breast self examination and 48.5% in physical examination. The mammography performance rate in job women showed higher significance in the groups of 1) older age, urban residency, marital status or high economic state, 2) shorter office hours or higher job position, 3) childbirth experience or menopause and 4) preferring soy bean food, practicing regular exercise, suffering chronic disease or receiving radiation therapy. Attitude, social influences and self-efficacy made significant differences in mammography performance. Logistic regression analysis showed that 50 years or older, urban residency, social influences towards mammography and high self-efficacy were significant relationship. CONCLUSION: In order to increase the mammography performance rate, the intervention strategies are needed to increase positive social influences or self-efficacy and to offer public information to younger age.
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Female , Humans , Breast Neoplasms , Breast Self-Examination , Chronic Disease , Internship and Residency , Logistic Models , Mammography , Marital Status , Mass Screening , Menopause , Parturition , Physical Examination , Surveys and Questionnaires , Glycine maxABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study was to identify factors affecting mammography screening behavior in job women by attitude, social influence and self-efficacy model. METHODS: The data were obtained from 171 job women in one residency area by structural questionnaire from March to June 2013 and analysed by using chi2-test, ANOVA, Spearman's correlation and logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: The each performance rate was 45.1% in mammography, 44.9% in breast self examination and 48.5% in physical examination. The mammography performance rate in job women showed higher significance in the groups of 1) older age, urban residency, marital status or high economic state, 2) shorter office hours or higher job position, 3) childbirth experience or menopause and 4) preferring soy bean food, practicing regular exercise, suffering chronic disease or receiving radiation therapy. Attitude, social influences and self-efficacy made significant differences in mammography performance. Logistic regression analysis showed that 50 years or older, urban residency, social influences towards mammography and high self-efficacy were significant relationship. CONCLUSION: In order to increase the mammography performance rate, the intervention strategies are needed to increase positive social influences or self-efficacy and to offer public information to younger age.
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Female , Humans , Breast Neoplasms , Breast Self-Examination , Chronic Disease , Internship and Residency , Logistic Models , Mammography , Marital Status , Mass Screening , Menopause , Parturition , Physical Examination , Surveys and Questionnaires , Glycine maxABSTRACT
Tendo em vista as transformações no tecido social moderno e nos elementos do biopoder, característico deste período histórico, este artigo visa a contribuir com a reflexão acerca da dinâmica do poder sobre os corpos e sobre a vida na atualidade. Argumenta-se, baseando-se em estudos foucaultianos, que a centralidade da gestão dos riscos no mundo contemporâneo intensifica, não sem alterar, aspectos fundamentais do biopoder moderno. As políticas de assistência social brasileiras e as transformações no cenário da saúde pública, centradas na noção de risco, são analisadas como dispositivos de governo. Discute-se também como nesse processo a vida se torna, ao mesmo tempo, alvo de controle e espaço de resistência. Conclui-se que a análise das novas formas de subjetivação resultantes da integração do capital e da nova tecnologia do risco é fundamental na construção de uma nova estilística da existência e na criação de novos parâmetros analíticos para nossa atualidade. A nova situação abrange fatores complexos, contraditórios e em constante tensão, sendo possível falar da criação de uma infinidade de novos lugares de negociação, de poder, de alívio ou de desencadeamento do sofrimento, que necessitam da criação de outras mentalidades de análise...
Considering the transformations in the modern social tissue and in the elements of biopower characteristic of this historical period, this article aims at contributing to the reflection on the current dynamics of power over the bodies and life. Based on foucaultian studies it is argued that the contemporary world centrality of management of risk intensifies, not without changes, fundamental aspects of the modern biopower. The Brazilian social assistance policies and transformations in public health status, focused on the logic of risk, are analysed as govern dispositives. It is also discussed how life becomes both the aim of control and the space for resistance in this process. One can conclude that the analysis of new modes of subjectivation resulting from the integration of capital and logic of risk is essential to build new stylistics of existence and to create different analysis parameters for the present days. The new situation covers complex, contradictory factors, always in tension. It is possible to talk about the creation of countless new places of negotiation, power and relief or of triggering of suffering, which require the creation of a new mentality of analysis...
Teniendo en vista las transformaciones en el tejido social moderno y en los elementos del biopoder, característico de este período histórico, este artículo tiene la intención de contribuir con la reflexión acerca de la dinámica del poder sobre los cuerpos y sobre la vida en la actualidad. Se argumenta, basándose en estudios foucaultianos, que la centralidad de la gestión de los riesgos en el mundo contemporáneo intensifica, no sin alterar, aspectos fundamentales del biopoder moderno. Las políticas de asistencia social brasileñas y las transformaciones en el escenario de la salud pública, centradas en la noción de riesgo, son analizadas como dispositivos de gobierno. Se discute también como en ese proceso la vida se vuelve, al mismo tiempo, blanco de control y espacio de resistencia. Se concluye que el análisis de las nuevas formas de subjetivación resultantes de la integración del capital y de la nueva tecnología del riesgo es fundamental en la construcción de una nueva estilística de la existencia y en la creación de nuevos parámetros analíticos para nuestra actualidad. La nueva situación abarca factores complejos, contradictorios y en constante tensión, siendo posible hablar de la creación de una infinidad de nuevos lugares de negociación, de poder, de alivio o de desencadenamiento del sufrimiento, que necesitan la creación de otras mentalidades de análisis...
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Health , Power, Psychological , Public Health , RiskABSTRACT
Objective. Recognizing the social influence, study habits and health factors affecting scholastic performances of adolescents and to compare these factors among the adolescents between two categories of school. Methods. A total of 1230 adolescents (13-18 yrs) were screened. Data was collected by personal interview, using the teenage screening questionnaire (Trivandrum). Results. A total 615 students from corporation and private schools were studied. 39.76% (489) were high achievers, 13.5% (166) were low achievers with p < 0.001. In the low achievers, 12.03% were from the corporation schools and 1.46% from private schools. The incidence of poor study habits and social factors were increased in low achievers of corporation schools. On multivariate analysis, the predictor variables for poor scholastic performance were adolescent having refractory error, not having help for study at home, not doing home work regularly, not solving question bank papers and reading only before examinations. Conclusion. It is feasible and worthwhile to identify the determinants of scholastic performance and plan intervention strategies at each school. The results highlight the importance of implementing newer strategies, focusing on strict study patterns and creating the conducive school and home environment for study, so as to achive better scholastic performances.