RELAÇÕES ENTRE IMAGEM CORPORAL, DEPENDÊNCIA DE EXERCÍCIOS FÍSICOS E PADRÕES DE COMPORTAMENTOS OBSERVADOS DURANTE A PRÁTICA DE MUSCULAÇÃO.

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the dependence of physical exercise and musculardysmorphia symptoms in individuals practicing physical activity in the gym environment,analyzing the topography of behaviors during physical activity. The data were obtained byapplying the Dependency Scale Physical Exercises, Muscle dysmorphia inventory, and directobservation of behavior during physical activity. The sample included nine participants, allteachers of Physical Education, separated into two groups defined as PréQuest and PósQuest.Despite this separation, found through analysis of the scale and inventory, there is nosignificant difference between groups. A relationship between the responses of forms andtopography of behaviors during practice was found, indicating that the higher the level ofexercise dependence and symptomatic level of muscular dysmorphia, the greater theoccurrence of behaviors with aesthetic purpose. The media, in this context, has beenmediating, creative, reinforcing and normalizing a body ideal. Those who do not fit the bodysaid " perfect," and collected feel dissatisfied. With the changes in the media, economic andother social fields instances, the cult of the body has gained more space, so it has never beenhandled, used, and disposed of as set in the twenty-first century, leading people to relentlessand endless worry and search for the "perfect" stereotype that society has built. Thus, it hasbeen common practice too much physical exercise , drastic changes in diet and use of variousmedia immediacy of body modification, enabling the development of psychological disorderssuch as muscle dysmorphia.