درونی سازی ورزشی-ایده آل و لاغری ایده آل بعنوان پیش بینی کننده آینده نگر نارضایتی از بدن، رژیم غذایی و ورزش اجباری

Although internalization of the thin ideal has been extensively researched and is now regarded as a risk factor for eating disturbance, endorsement of the firm, athletic body ideal has received only minimal attention. This short-term longitudinal study explored whether internalization of two aspects of the current cultural ideal (thinness and athleticism) prospectively predicted three potentially deleterious outcomes: body dissatisfaction, dieting, and compulsive exercise. Undergraduate women (N = 231) completed self-report measures at the beginning of the academic year and again 7 months later (N = 156 at Time 2). Athletic-ideal internalization predicted change in compulsive exercise over the 7-month study period but not body dissatisfaction or dieting; thin-ideal internalization predicted change in all three outcomes. When both internalization measures were tested simultaneously, neither contributed unique variance. Results suggest that athletic-ideal internalization is not as detrimental as thin-ideal internalization.

Media influences promoting an ultra-thin ideal are widely believed to contribute to body image and eating disturbances. Internalization of such media images and messages has received a great deal of attention and is now regarded as a causal risk factor (Thompson & Stice, 2001). Despite a shifting emphasis toward an ultra-fit, toned body as the cultural ideal, little research has explored the correlates or outcomes of internalization of the athletic ideal. This short-term longitudinal study prospectively explored the relationship between athletic-ideal internalization and body dissatisfaction, dieting, and compulsive exercise.