Studies have shown that life drawing can have positive effects on body image in adults. Here, we examined the effect of life drawing in a sample of British adolescents (N = 14). Participants completed measures of positive body image, appearance investment, and self-esteem before attending three life drawing sessions over 7 weeks. Following the final session, they completed the same quantitative measures and answered open-ended questions about their experiences. Analyses of quantitative data showed that participants had significantly higher positive body image and lower dysfunctional appearance investment following the final session. However, responses to the open-ended questions suggested that most participants did not believe the sessions had impacted their body image. The latter data also suggested that participants felt discomfort with adult nudity, although most also indicated that the sessions had changed their perceptions of others. Based on our results, we make a number of recommendations for practitioners.

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“它阻止您的大脑对身体的外观做出假设”：提炼生活对青少年的影响，并为从业者提供建议

研究表明，生活画可以对成年人的身体形象产生积极影响。在这里，我们检查了英国青少年（N = 14）样本中生活画图的影响。参加者在参加为期7周的三个人生绘画课程之前，完成了积极的身体形象，外观投入和自尊心的测量。在最后一届会议之后，他们完成了相同的量化指标，并回答了有关其经验的开放性问题。定量数据分析表明，在最后一堂课后，参与者的身体正面形象明显较高，而功能障碍外观的投入较低。但是，对开放式问题的回答表明，大多数参与者并不认为这些锻炼会影响他们的身体形象。后面的数据还表明，参与者对成人的裸体感到不舒服，尽管大多数人还指出，这些会议改变了他们对他人的看法。根据我们的结果，我们为从业人员提出了许多建议。