Body image

Social workers interact in a multitude of settings and likely encounter individuals with body image issues rendering it important to understand the way social workers approach and intervene around body image. This article presents a scoping review to systematically identify and summarize recent literature around body image in the social work literature. Objectives of the current review include a description of the extent, study characteristics, and topical areas of focus among articles meeting inclusion criteria with the intent to identify knowledge gaps and inform directions for future research. A total of 23 articles met inclusion criteria for review. Findings reveal a concentration of conceptual articles compared with empirical studies and a predominance of a psychodynamic lens. Limitations in sample populations and study designs supporting the evidence base for body image in the social work literature were also evident. Considerations for further research and implications for practice and education are discussed

Conceptual framework · Multitude · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology

• Exacting beauty

  J Kevin Thompson, Leslie J Heinberg et al.•Exacting beauty•1999

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• An evaluation of the Tripartite Influence Model of body dissatisfaction and eating disturbance with adolescent girls

  Open Access•Helene Keery, Patricia van den Berg et al.•Body Image•2004

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• The Role of Social Comparison in the Effect of Magazine Advertisements on Women's Mood and Body Dissatisfaction

  Marika Tiggemann, Belinda McGill•Journal of Social and Clinical…•2004

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• Body image, physical activity, and sport

  Open Access•Catherine M Sabiston, Eva Pila et al.•Psychology of Sport and Exercise•2019

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• Body Dissatisfaction in Individuals with Obesity Compared to Normal-Weight Individuals

  Open Access•Natascha-Alexandra Weinberger, Anette Kersting et al.•Obesity Facts•2016

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• The Body Appreciation Scale

  Open Access•Laura Avalos, Laura C Avalos et al.•Body Image•2005

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• Development and validation of a multidimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia nervosa and bulimia

  Open Access•David M Garner, Marion P Olmstead et al.•International Journal of Eating…•1983

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• Risk factors for onset of eating disorders

  Open Access•Eric Stice, Stice E et al.•Behaviour Research and Therapy•2011

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• Scoping studies

  Open Access•Danielle Levac, Heather Colquhoun et al.•Implementation Science•2010

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• The Mind-Brain Relationship

  Regina Pally, David Olds et al.•The Mind-Brain Relationship…•2018

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• A Pilot Trial of Confident Body, Confident Child in the United States

  Open Access•Leslie A Meskin, Marianna L Colvin et al.•Families in Society The Journal…•2021

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• Is body weight dissatisfaction a predictor of depression independent of body mass index, sex and age? Results of a cross-sectional study

  Open Access•Aline Richard, Sabine Rohrmann et al.•BMC Public Health•2016

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• Disseminating High-Impact Social Work Scholarship

  Open Access•David R Hodges, Bryan G Victor et al.•Journal of the Society for Social…•2017

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• Laying the Foundations for Scientometric Research

  Open Access•Brian E Perron, Bryan G Victor et al.•Research on Social Work Practice•2016

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• Objectification Theory

  Open Access•Barbara L Fredrickson, Tomi-Ann Roberts et al.•Psychology of Women Quarterly•1997

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• Environmental social work in the disciplinary literature, 1991–2015

  Open Access•Amy Krings, Bryan G Victor et al.•International Social Work•2018

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• Prospective predictors of body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls and boys

  Susan J Paxton, Merrill Eisenberg et al.•Developmental Psychology•2006

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• The role of neuroscience within psychology

  J Schwartz, Scott O Lilienfeld et al.•American Psychologist•2016

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• Obesity Stigma

  Rebecca M Puhl, Chelsea A Heuer•American Journal of Public Health•2010

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• Scoping studies

  Hilary Arksey, Lisa O’malley•International Journal of Social…•2005

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• Are there differences in gender, race, and age regarding body dissatisfaction

  Heather Dye•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2016

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• Factors that Influence Body Dissatisfaction

  Mabel Hui, Jac Brown•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2013

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