title: Positive body image and young women's health: Implications for sun protection, cancer screening, weight loss and alcohol consumption behaviours.
abstract: This study examined the link between positive body image and a range of health behaviours. Participants were 256 women who completed an online questionnaire measuring body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, sun protection, cancer screening, seeking medical attention, weight-loss behaviour and alcohol and tobacco consumption. Results indicated that body appreciation was positively related to sun protection, skin screening and seeking medical attention and negatively related to weight-loss behaviour. Body appreciation explained unique variance, over and above body dissatisfaction, in sun protection, skin screening and weight-loss behaviour. These results have implications for interventions to improve adherence to health behaviours.
authors.affiliation: Flinders University, Australia Rachel.Andrew@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.affiliation: Flinders University, Australia.
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tiggemann
authors.affiliation: Flinders University, Australia.
authors.forename: Levina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013473:Sunscreening Agents; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015431:Weight Loss; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D013473:Sunscreening Agents
keywords: body appreciation; cancer; health behaviour; sun protection; women’s health