Does Resistance Training Improve Body Image Satisfaction among the Elderly? A Cross-Sectional Study
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OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate whether body image satisfaction improves with practice in resistance training in elderly women. METHODS: Forty women were selected and randomly divided into an untrained group (UN) group and a group trained in resistance exercises (RT). To evaluate body image satisfaction, the silhouette matching task was used. RESULTS: No differences were found between current (5.45±0.24) and ideal (4.7±0.12) silhouettes in the RT group. However, the UN group showed a significant difference (p<0.01) between current (10.4±0.43) and ideal (5.6±0.26) silhouettes. The current silhouette was significantly different between the UN and RT groups (p<0.002). However, the ideal silhouette value did not differ between them. Body satisfaction was present in 90% of the participants in the RT group, and the difference was 15% less than that in the UN group (x2 test, p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Resistance training in elderly women can promote satisfaction with their body image.
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The rise of social media has intensified exposure to idealized images, making beauty standards seem both ubiquitous and mandatory.
“The rise of social media has intensified exposure to idealized images, making these standards seem both ubiquitous and mandatory.”
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The Discussion (page unavailable) suggests that media-influenced cultural beliefs favor a lean, youthful body ideal among the elderly women studied. It does not address the rise of social media, increased exposure to idealized images, or whether beauty standards seem ubiquitous and mandatory. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredCultural norms and media representations promote specific body types, such as thinness in women and muscularity in men, as ideals that are frequently unattainable, leading to widespread dissatisfaction and feelings of inadequacy.
“Cultural norms and media representations act as powerful arbiters of beauty standards, often promoting specific body types, such as thinness in women and muscularity in men, as ideals. These widely propagated ideals are frequently unattainable for the average individual, leading to widespread dissatisfaction and feelings of inadequacy.”
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The Discussion (page unavailable) says the untrained elderly women’s ideal silhouette was thinner than they considered realistic and suggests that media-influenced cultural beliefs favor a lean, youthful body. It does not address muscularity as an ideal for men or establish that these ideals cause widespread dissatisfaction and feelings of inadequacy in the general population. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Rica, R. L., Gama, E. F., Machado, A. F., Alonso, A. C., Evangelista, A. L., Figueira-Junior, A., Zanetti, M., Brandão, R., Miranda, M. L. D. J., Alves, J. V., Bergamin, M., & Bocalini, D. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Padua (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Bocalini, Danilo Sales
- ORCID
- Venue
- Clinics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018
- Volume
- 73
- Pages
- e290
- ISSN
- 1807-5932 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6038056
- OpenAlex
- W2884190280
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 1.47
- Type
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- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Keywords
- resistance training, body satisfaction, older women, body dissatisfaction, physical activity, aging
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aging, Analysis of Variance, Body Image, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Personal Satisfaction, Body Mass Index, Resistance Training, Self Report
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