Factors Affecting Body Image

What are the media influences on body image?

• advertising, social media, television shows, movies, and magazines

• peer pressure, family, friends

• music videos, video games, internet

• celebrities, fashion industry, body shaming

How does peer pressure affect body image?

• Peer pressure has no impact on body image.

• Peer pressure can positively affect body image by promoting healthy habits.

• Peer pressure can negatively affect body image by promoting unrealistic beauty standards and causing individuals to compare themselves to others.

• Peer pressure only affects body image in teenagers.

What role does family play in shaping body image?

• Family plays a significant role in shaping body image.

• Body image is solely determined by genetics and not influenced by family.

• Friends have a greater influence on shaping body image than family.

• Family has no impact on shaping body image.

How does society's beauty standards impact body image?

• Society's beauty standards can impact body image by creating unrealistic ideals and promoting a narrow definition of beauty.

• Society's beauty standards only impact certain individuals and not others.

• Society's beauty standards promote body positivity and acceptance.

• Society's beauty standards have no impact on body image.

What is the influence of social media on body image?

• Social media encourages body positivity and self-acceptance.

• Social media promotes unrealistic beauty standards and can negatively impact body image.

• Social media has no impact on body image.

• Social media only affects body image in a positive way.

How does cultural background affect body image?

• Cultural background has no impact on body image.

• Body image is a universal concept and is not influenced by cultural background.

• Cultural background shapes societal beauty standards and ideals, influencing individuals' perception of their own bodies.

• Body image is solely determined by genetics.

What impact does advertising have on body image?

• Advertising has no impact on body image.

• Advertising can have a positive impact on body image.

• Advertising can have a negative impact on body image.

• Advertising only impacts body image temporarily.

How does self-esteem affect body image?

• Self-esteem affects body image by influencing how individuals perceive and feel about their own bodies.

• Self-esteem only affects body image in extreme cases.

• Self-esteem has no impact on body image.

• Self-esteem only affects body image in adolescence.

What role does body shaming play in shaping body image?

• Body shaming encourages body positivity and self-acceptance.

• Body shaming promotes unrealistic beauty standards and negatively impacts body image.

• Body shaming has no impact on body image.

• Body shaming only affects individuals with low self-esteem.

How does body image affect mental health?

• Body image can significantly impact mental health.

• Body image has no effect on mental health.

• Body image only affects physical health, not mental health.

• Mental health is not influenced by body image.