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Abstract The type of content accessed on social networks may negatively affect body image. The objective of the study is to identify in the relationship between the frequency of use of social networks (Freq. SM) and body (dis)satisfaction, the moderating role of following physical appearance focused pages (FON) and to identify differences in the levels of body (dis)satisfaction between those who follow or not these pages. 499 women (71.1%) and 203 men (28.9%) adults participated. All answered a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Situational Body Satisfaction Scale. Moderation analyses were performed. Significant differences were identified in body (dis)satisfaction between women who follow pages focused on physical appearance and those who do not. For women, “FON” is a significant moderator. For men, no results were significant. The findings contribute to reflections on the female body ideal the research method applied to social networks.

This article presents the results of an investigation of the predictive role of Body Mass Index (BMI), age, internalization of the socially established patterns of appearance, personality traits, mental health, and economic income on adults’ body dissatisfaction. In this study, 156 men (28.5 %) and 391 (71.5 %) women participated (M age = 28.9). All participants responded to a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Mental Health Inventory (MHI5), the Reduced Personality Markers, the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3, for its initials in Portuguese), and the Situational Body Satisfaction Scale (ESSC, for its initials in Portuguese). Multiple linear regression analyses were performed. For women, significant predictors of the variable dissatisfaction and fat were BMI (β = 0.52), internalization (β = 0.45), neuroticism (β = 0.12), and mental health (β = - 0.13), whereas among men, these were BMI (β = 0.59) and internalization (β = 0.38). […] Results identify differences between men and women and multiple variables that influence body dissatisfaction.

Baseado em delineamento descritivo exploratório, nosso objetivo foi discutir sobre o enfrentamento da prematuridade com base na investigação de relações entre estresse materno, estratégias de enfrentamento e variáveis sociodemográficas de mães de crianças entre 0 e 3 anos, atendidas no serviço de follow-up da Maternidade escola da UFRJ. Todas responderam a Escala Modos de Enfrentamento do Problema e o Inventário de Sinais e Sintomas de Stress. Correlações estatísticas significativas não foram encontradas entre as variáveis estudadas; entretanto, 57.2% apresentaram estresse em diferentes níveis. A estratégia de enfrentamento mais prevalente foi o “foco no problema” para mães com e sem sintomas de estresse. Conclui-se que esse tipo de estratégia seria a mais comum no enfrentamento da prematuridade, porque ajuda a mãe na sua preocupação primária com a condição médica do filho.