Open AccessThe relationship between media image, body image, and nutritional status: research on professional female volleyball players
Author(s) -
Sanem Türkmaya Şanal,
Perim Fatma Türker,
Beril Köse,
Esen Yeşil
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2041-9775
DOI - 10.26596/wn.202213176-87
Subject(s) - attractiveness , psychology , anthropometry , body mass index , feeling , turkish , social psychology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , psychoanalysis
This study was conducted to determine the media image and its impact on body image and nutrition status of 100 professional female volleyball players aged between 18-30 in teams affiliated to the Turkish Volleyball Federation. Their dietary habits and use of food supplement products were recorded with a questionnaire prepared by the researcher and administered face-to-face. Anthropometric measurements taken, body mass indexes (BMI) calculated, body compositions determined with bioelectric impedance analysis, and 24-hour retrospective nutrient consumption records were taken. The “Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale” (SATAQ-3) was used in order to evaluate the media image of women volleyball players. The (PSPP) and “Body Parts and Properties Satisfaction Scale” were used for determining their level of satisfaction with their own appearance. The average age of this sample of female volleyball players was 24.3±3.55 years. Their body mass index (BMI) was 20.7±1.48 kg/m2 on average. A statistically significant negative relationship was found between “feeling pressure from the media” (a sub-dimension of the SATAQ-3), and “body attractiveness” a sub-dimension of the PSPP. Feelings of body attractiveness decreased as media pressure increased (p 0.05). We conclude that media image can be an important risk factor for increased body dissatisfaction, impaired body perception, and the formation of a negative body image in female Turkish volleyball players.