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COVID-19-Related Stress and Anxiety are Associated with Negative Body Image in Adults from the United Kingdom

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posted on 2023-08-30, 17:44 authored by Viren Swami, George Horne, Adrian Furnham
The stress and anxiety caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents a serious threat to psychological well-being in populations worldwide and may also extend to body image outcomes. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a preliminary study in which an online sample of adults from the United Kingdom (N = 506, age M = 34.25 years) were asked to complete measures of perceived stress, stressful life events, trait anxiety, COVID-19-related stress and anxiety, and negative body image (body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness in women, body fat and muscularity dissatisfaction in men). The results of hierarchical regressions indicated that COVID-19-related stress and anxiety explained significant incremental variance in body image outcomes (Adj. ΔR2 = .02 to .10), over-and-above demographics (age and body mass index) and perceived stress, trait anxiety, and stressful life events. These findings suggest that COVID-19-related stress and anxiety may shape body image outcomes under conditions of physical and social distancing.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

170

Page range

110426

Publication title

Personality and Individual Differences

ISSN

0191-8869

Publisher

Elsevier

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2020-10-05

Legacy creation date

2020-10-05

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

COVID-19 Research Collection

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