Open AccessBody image and the relation to mindfulness and self-compassion in physical education students: a cross-cultural study
Author(s) -
Petra Jansen,
Kashef Zayed,
Jürgen Kittsteiner
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health psychology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2420-8124
DOI - 10.4081/hpr.2020.9172
Subject(s) - mindfulness , self compassion , psychology , german , compassion , clinical psychology , archaeology , political science , law , history
The present study investigated the body images of Omani and German physical education students. 199 students completed a body image test, a dispositional mindfulness and a self-compassion measurement, as well as a short physical activity questionnaire. Overall, our results demonstrate that females showed a higher body distortion than males and students in Germany displayed a higher body distortion effect. Concerning mindfulness and self-compassion, students from Oman showed higher values than German students in self-compassion, but not in the dispositional mindfulness measurement. However, self-compassion and mindfulness were not related to the body distortion effect. This is the first study that provides unique data of self-compassion and mindfulness in an Arabic sample, and shows that self-compassion is higher in Omani students.