Exploration of the negative and positive impact of body shaming experience through autoethnography approach
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Annisa Dwi Astuti
Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
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Winarini Wilman D. Mansoer
Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
https://doi.org/10.24854/jpu212
Keywords:
autoetnography, negative impact, positive impact, body shameAbstract
Body shaming, or humiliating someone because of her or his body, regardless performed by oneself or by others, can elicit negative response to the victim. This autoethnography study aims to find out how individuals interpret their body shaming experiences. Participants were the first author and two young adult women who had similar body shaming experiences. The results showed that body shaming experiences raised negative emotions in all participants. However, the impact varies for each participant. The results of the study are summarized in seven significant themes: the emergence of body shaming, reasons for diet, the negative impacts, coping strategies, body shaming during and after diet, the positive impact, and support for dealing with body shaming. This study is expected to increase public understanding of the body shaming phenomenon, the impacts, and the various strategies to overcome the experiences of body shaming.
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Nishida, C., Barba, C., Cavalli-Sforza, T., Cutter, J., Deurenberg, P., Darnton-Hill, I., Deurenberg-Yap, M., Gill, T., James, P., Ko, G., Kosulwat, V., Kumanyika, S., Kurpad, A., Mascie-Taylor, N., Moon, H. K., Nakadomo, F., Nishida, C., Noor, M. I., Reddy, K. S., … Zimmet, P. (2004). Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies. The Lancet, 363(9403), 157–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15268-3
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Rosita, T., Irmayanti, R., & Hendriana, H. (2019). Body Shame pada Siswa. Journal of Innovative Counseling:Theory, Practice & Research, 3(2), 76–82. https://www.journal.umtas.ac.id/index.php/innovative_counseling/article/view/569%0AVol
Soleman, N., & Elindawati, R. (2019). Fourth Wave Feminism in Indonesia: Body Shaming Through Social Media Phenomenon. Journal of Islamic World and Politics, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.18196/jiwp.3234
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Veerman, E. (2013). Supporting women with a negative body image. Practice Nursing, 24(3), 137–140. https://doi.org/10.12968/pnur.2013.24.3.137
Webb, J. B., Fiery, M. F., & Jafari, N. (2016). “You better not leave me shaming!”: Conditional indirect effect analyses of anti-fat attitudes, body shame, and fat talk as a function of self-compassion in college women. Body Image, 18, 5–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.04.009
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Astuti, A. D., & Mansoer, W. W. D. (2021). Exploration of the negative and positive impact of body shaming experience through autoethnography approach. Jurnal Psikologi Ulayat, 8(2), 266–289. https://doi.org/10.24854/jpu212
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