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A personalidade e as cognições perfecionistas na (in)satisfação corporal de uma amostra de jovens adultos portugueses
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A imagem corporal é em parte evidência do estilo de vida do indivíduo e está
relacionada com a forma como se sentem em relação ao seu corpo. A insatisfação corporal
é entendida como um sentimento negativo que o individuo tem em relação ao seu peso e
forma corporal. É um tema com especial relevância no estudo dos fatores de risco das
Perturbações de Alimentação e Ingestão.
Entre o extenso conjunto de fatores de risco intrínsecos ao indivíduo, neste
trabalho, focamo-nos em três fatores, nomeadamente a insatisfação corporal, os traços de
personalidade e o perfecionismo.
Esta investigação tem como principal objetivo estudar a relação entre a
(in)satisfação corporal, os traços de personalidade e as cognições perfecionistas numa
amostra de jovens adultos portugueses. A amostra é constituída por 202 indivíduos com
idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 30 anos de ambos os géneros. Foram utilizadas as
seguintes medidas: Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) (Cooper, Taylor, Cooper, &
Fairburn, 1987) para avaliar a insatisfação corporal; Perfectionistic Cognitions Inventory
(PCI) (Flett, Hewitt, Blankstein, & Gray, 1998) para avaliar as cognições perfecionistas,
e o NEO-FFI 60 (McCrae & Oliver, 1992), para analisar quais as dimensões da
personalidade que estão relacionados com as variáveis.
Os resultados alcançados indicam uma prevalência de 15,3% de insatisfação
corporal na nossa amostra, predominante nas mulheres. Foi possível verificar uma relação
positiva significativa entre a insatisfação corporal e a dimensão de personalidade
Neuroticismo e uma correlação negativa com a dimensão da Extroversão. Foi ainda
evidenciada uma correlação positiva moderada e significativa entre a insatisfação
corporal e as cognições perfecionistas.
A análise de resultados leva-nos a concluir que a insatisfação corporal se relaciona
de forma positiva com o traço de personalidade Neuroticismo e de modo inverso, com o
traço de personalidade Extroversão. Foi também evidenciada uma relação positiva
moderada entre a insatisfação corporal e as cognições perfecionistas.
Body image is partly evidence of an individual's lifestyle and is related to how they feel about their body. Body dissatisfaction is understood as a negative feeling that the individual has regarding their weight and body shape. It is a topic with special relevance in the study of risk factors of Eating Disorders. Among the extensive set of risk factors intrinsic to the individual, in this paper, we focus on three factors: body dissatisfaction, personality traits and perfectionism. This research aims to study the relationship between body (dis)satisfaction, personality traits and perfectionist cognitions in a sample of Portuguese young adults. The sample consists of 202 individuals aged between 18 and 30 years of both genders. The following measures were used: Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) (Cooper, Taylor, Cooper, & Fairburn, 1987) to assess body dissatisfaction; Perfectionistic Cognitions Inventory (PCI) (Flett, Hewitt, Blankstein, & Gray, 1998) to evaluate the presence of automatic thoughts of perfectionist character, and NEO-FFI 60 (McCrae & Oliver, 1992) to analyze which personality dimensions are related to the variables. The results achieved indicate a prevalence of 15.3% of body dissatisfaction in our sample, predominant in women. It was possible to verify a significant positive correlation between body dissatisfaction and the personality dimension of Neuroticism and a negative correlation with the dimension of Extroversion. A moderate and significant positive correlation between body dissatisfaction and perfectionist cognitions was also evidenced. The analysis of results leads us to conclude that body dissatisfaction is positively related to the personality trait Neuroticism and conversely, to the personality trait of Extroversion. A moderate positive relationship between body dissatisfaction and perfectionist cognitions was also evidenced.
Body image is partly evidence of an individual's lifestyle and is related to how they feel about their body. Body dissatisfaction is understood as a negative feeling that the individual has regarding their weight and body shape. It is a topic with special relevance in the study of risk factors of Eating Disorders. Among the extensive set of risk factors intrinsic to the individual, in this paper, we focus on three factors: body dissatisfaction, personality traits and perfectionism. This research aims to study the relationship between body (dis)satisfaction, personality traits and perfectionist cognitions in a sample of Portuguese young adults. The sample consists of 202 individuals aged between 18 and 30 years of both genders. The following measures were used: Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) (Cooper, Taylor, Cooper, & Fairburn, 1987) to assess body dissatisfaction; Perfectionistic Cognitions Inventory (PCI) (Flett, Hewitt, Blankstein, & Gray, 1998) to evaluate the presence of automatic thoughts of perfectionist character, and NEO-FFI 60 (McCrae & Oliver, 1992) to analyze which personality dimensions are related to the variables. The results achieved indicate a prevalence of 15.3% of body dissatisfaction in our sample, predominant in women. It was possible to verify a significant positive correlation between body dissatisfaction and the personality dimension of Neuroticism and a negative correlation with the dimension of Extroversion. A moderate and significant positive correlation between body dissatisfaction and perfectionist cognitions was also evidenced. The analysis of results leads us to conclude that body dissatisfaction is positively related to the personality trait Neuroticism and conversely, to the personality trait of Extroversion. A moderate positive relationship between body dissatisfaction and perfectionist cognitions was also evidenced.
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Insatisfação corporal Personalidade Modelo dos cinco fatores Cognições perfecionistas.