Article Link Body Image Strongly Tied To Overall Life Satisfaction

[Chomper]

http://psychcentral.com/news/2016/05...on/103115.html

For me the importance of body image issues has always been about wanting people to have better lives.

[beyond.omega]

This stood out for me:

For women, satisfaction with their personal appearance was the third strongest predictor of overall life satisfaction, behind only satisfaction with financial situation and satisfaction with romantic partner. For men, personal appearance was the second strongest predictor of life satisfaction, behind only satisfaction with financial situation.

According to this study, it sounds like men are more vain about their bodies than women!

[videofit]

I'm happy with my body but my finances and romantic life at the moment both suck!

[nckfitheart]

For me Being Happy with his/her own body image is top important cause it affect other aspect of our lives. It has a major impact on romantic life for both men and women.

Managing our own flaws, cause no one is perfect, is part of this happiness.

Men are actually more "vain" than women. I have always sensed it. They just have many ways of covering this fact IMO.

Interesting topic Chomper

[Nuggie's Auntie]

Hmmm.... Article states: "The findings also showed that people with poor body image had higher neuroticism, had more preoccupied and fearful attachment styles, and spent more hours watching television."

Wonder if this isn't a what-came-first-chicken-or-egg issue. By that I mean, do they watch more television because they have a poor body image, or does watching television promote a poor body image? I suspect it's more the latter than the former.

[JackieB]

This makes me sad. I mean, it's just our bodies...our shell. Not who we are. Certainly we all want to look good and more importantly feel good. Our country is so obsessed with appearance, though. It just isn't healthy to be so wrapped up in what we look like.

[prettyinpink]

I wonder how old the surveyed adults were.

I think body acceptance generally grows with age.

[Taiga]

Originally Posted by JackieB

This makes me sad. I mean, it's just our bodies...our shell. Not who we are. Certainly we all want to look good and more importantly feel good. Our country is so obsessed with appearance, though. It just isn't healthy to be so wrapped up in what we look like.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'm quite plain (maybe worse lol) and quite happy. So they can bite me

[Nuggie's Auntie]

Originally Posted by JackieB

This makes me sad. I mean, it's just our bodies...our shell. Not who we are. Certainly we all want to look good and more importantly feel good. Our country is so obsessed with appearance, though. It just isn't healthy to be so wrapped up in what we look like.

Yes, so true. And it's really foolish how much we obsess and invest in our appearance, given that beauty, as our culture defines it, fades over the years. (I certainly believe older people can be very attractive, but the kind of beauty so vigilantly pursued is typically that associated with youth.)

[Sassy]

Originally Posted by JackieB

This makes me sad. I mean, it's just our bodies...our shell. Not who we are. Certainly we all want to look good and more importantly feel good. Our country is so obsessed with appearance, though. It just isn't healthy to be so wrapped up in what we look like.

It's difficult not to get obsessed with appearance when you have most of a society telling you you're not acceptable the way you are...