Relationship Between Social and Personal Variables, Body Image, and Wellbeing at Work of Nutritionists / Relación Entre Variables Sociopersonales, Imagen Corporal y Bienestar en el Trabajo de los Nutricionistas / Relação Entre Variáveis Sociais e Pessoais, Imagem Corporal e Bem-Estar no Trabalho dos Nutricionistas

• Main Authors: Michele Cristina Ferreira, Lucíola de Castro Coelho, Leiko Asakura, Frederico Molina Cohrs, Anita Sachs, Karín Savío, Rita de Cássia Akutsu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2014-07-01
• Series: Revista Colombiana de Psicología
• Subjects: well-being; body image; profession; nutritionists; bienestar; imagen corporal; profesión; nutricionistas; bem-estar; imagem corporal; profissão; perfil demográfico
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/view/39873/45637
• ISSN: 0121-5469; 0121-5469

The objective of this study was to investigate wellbeing in a random sample of nutritionists, using body image, and social and personal variables as causal factors, in an exploratory, crosssectional study. Statistical treatments included descriptive analyses, t-tests, ANOVAs, and linear regressions. The 242 participants perceived themselves frequently in a wellbeing state at work (M=3.8); 25.6% of participants presented a mildly distorted body image, 14.5% a moderately distorted body image, and 7.5% a severely distorted body image. Social and personal variables, such as having children and the level of personal income, were associated with wellbeing. Body image had a significant negative impact of 3.2 % on wellbeing.