Shame of Body Image as An Obstacle to Lifestyle Self-Efficacy Affecting Weight: Qualitative Identification of The Causes and Perpetuating the Shame of Body Image

Abstract

While some hypothesize that shame of body image can motivating lifestyle self-efficacy affecting weight, this article challenges this hypothesis. This study was conducted with two objectives: 1) to investigate the relationship between shame of body image and lifestyle self-efficacy affecting weight and 2) qualitative identification of the causes and perpetuating the shame of body image. To accomplish the first goal of the study, 55 overweight or obese volunteers answered the questionnaires lifestyle self-efficacy affecting weight of Clark et al (1991) and Shame of body image of Duarte et al (2014). Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient. In order to carry out the second purpose of the research, the interviews continued until the data were saturated (11 volunteers). Data were analyzed by content analysis method. The findings of the first objective showed that shame from body image has an inverse and significant relationship with lifestyle self-efficacy that affects weight (p