title: Intrapersonal characteristics of body-related guilt, shame, pride, and envy in Canadian adults.
abstract: This study examined differences in body-related shame, guilt, pride, and envy based on intrapersonal characteristics of sex, age, and weight status in 527 Canadian adults. Compared to men, women reported significantly higher shame and guilt contextualized to the body. No sex differences were observed for envy or pride. Middle-aged adults reported higher shame and lower pride compared with young adults, whereas no age differences were observed with body-related guilt. Meanwhile, shame and guilt were highest for individuals who had overweight or obese weight status, and pride was highest in individuals with average weight status. Overall, effect sizes were small and there were no significant interaction effects between sex, age, and weight status across body-related emotions. Further research is needed to capture similarities and differences of body-related self-conscious emotions between intrapersonal characteristics, to aid the development of intervention strategies to manage this important dimension of body image.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pila
authors.affiliation: School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brunet
authors.affiliation: School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter R E
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Crocker
authors.affiliation: College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
authors.forename: Kent C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: catherine.sabiston@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sabiston
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D002170:Canada; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight; D012649:Self Concept; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012752:Shame; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Age differences; Physical self; Self-conscious emotions; Sex differences; Weight status