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Implications of socio-cultural pressure for a thin body image on avoidance of social interaction and on corrective, compensatory or compulsive shopping behaviour
| dc.contributor.author | Azevedo, António | |
| dc.contributor.author | Azevedo, Ângela Sá | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-08T15:15:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-08T15:15:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-02-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper aims to discuss the implications of body talk and socio-cultural pressure for the internalisation of a thin body image in purchase decisions, shopping habits and other outcomes of body dissatisfaction, in particular the proneness to avoid human/social interaction in retail contexts and proneness to engage in corrective, compensatory or compulsive shopping behaviour. This paper conducted an online questionnaire that measured the following constructs: body mass index; Socio-cultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale-4 (SATAQ-4), Body Appreciation Scale (BAS-2), Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale (ACSS), Compulsive Buying Follow-up Scale (CBFS), proneness to avoid social interaction in retail contexts, and the intention to purchase a list of products and services as a compensation for body dissatisfaction. A structural equations model supported the hypotheses proposing the influence of BAS-2 and SATAQ-4 (the internalisation of thin/athletic body and the social comparison induced by family, peers and media) upon the outcomes of social-interaction avoidance, ACSS and CBFS. Nevertheless, BAS-2 only influences social-interaction avoidance. This paper provides several recommendations to brand managers highlighting the social responsibility role of brand advertising in enhancing positive body appreciation, mitigating the psychological damage caused by socio-cultural pressure and preventing the stigmatisation bias against obese people. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph20043567 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.eid | 85148964093 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | |
| dc.identifier.pmc | PMC9959199 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 36834261 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/40493 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Acceptance of cosmetic surgery scale | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Body image | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Compensatory consumption | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Compulsive buying behaviour | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Social-interaction avoidance | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Sociocultural attitudes towards appearance | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Implications of socio-cultural pressure for a thin body image on avoidance of social interaction and on corrective, compensatory or compulsive shopping behaviour | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 4 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 20 | pt_PT |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |