Mass media pressure on physical build, psychological well-being and physicalhealthy profile. An explanatory model in adulthood
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Materia
Adulthood Physical Activity Mediterranean diet Psychological well-being Media Physical fitness
Fecha
2023-01-11Referencia bibliográfica
Melguizo-Ibáñez E... [et al.] 2023. Mass media pressure on physical build, psychological well-being and physical-healthy profile. An explanatory model in adulthood. PeerJ 11:e14652 [https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14652]
Resumen
Background: The pressure exerted by the media on mental image, psychological
well-being and the physical-dietary sphere is of vital interest in understanding
human behavioral patterns at different stages of development. The present research
reflects the objectives of developing an explanatory model of the associations between
media pressure and physical build on psychological well-being, physical activity and
the Mediterranean diet and testing the structural model using a multi-group model
according to participants’ stage of adulthood development.
Methods: A descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional study was carried out on a
sample of 634 participants aged between 18 and 65 years (35.18 ± 9.68). An ad hoc
socio-demographic questionnaire, Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance
Questtionnaire-4, Psychological Well-Being Scale, Predimed questtionnaire and
International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form were used for data
collection.
Results: Participants in early adulthood show higher scores for media pressure and
for pressure on physical build. It is also observed that participants in middle
adulthood show higher scores for psychological well-being and physical activity
levels.
Conclusions: In conclusion, it can be seen that there are a large number of physical,
physical-health and psychological differences in each of the phases of adulthood.