Body Image Distress and Its Associations From an International Sample of Men and Women Across the Adult Life Span: Web-Based Survey Study

• DOI: 10.2196/25329
• Publication Date: 2021-11-04T12:45:26Z
• Authors: Alyssa Milton; Ashlea Hambleton; Anna Roberts; Tracey Davenport; Anna Flego; Jane Burns; Ian Hickie
• Keywords: Original Paper; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 05 social sciences; 150; R; 610; Medicine; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; 3. Good health

Previous research on body image distress mainly relied samples that were small, generally homogeneous in age or sex, often limited to one geographical region, and characterized by a lack of comprehensive analysis multiple psychosocial domains. The presented this paper extends the international literature using results web-based Global Health Wellbeing Survey 2015. survey included large sample both men women aged ≥16 years from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, States.The main objectives study are examine across adult life span (≥16 years) sex assess association between various risk protective factors.Data extracted 2015, self-report with 10,765 respondents, compared previous surveys conducted 2009 2012.The young Australians (aged 16-25 significantly rose 33% In 75.19% (961/1278) 16- 25-year-old adults reported worldwide, decline was noted increasing age. More higher levels than (1953/3338, 58.51% vs 853/2175, 39.22%). Sex, age, current dieting status, perception weight, psychological distress, alcohol other substance misuse, well-being explained 24% variance linear regression (F15,4966=105.8; P<.001).This demonstrates significant interplay factors sex.