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0094/2024 - Social representations of the body by adolescents: qualitative systematic review
Representações sociais dos adolescentes sobre o corpo: revisão sistemática de estudos qualitativos

Author:

• Taciana Lima de Paula Black - Black, T. L. P. - <taciana.lima@upe.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-337X

Co-author(s):

• Iraneide Nascimento dos Santos - Santos, I. N. - <iraneide.nascimento@upe.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8449-7840
• Gerbson da Silva Lima - Lima, G. S. - <gerbson.slima@upe.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5991-311X
• Carolina Franca - Santos, C - <carolina.franca@upe.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7365-2806
• Kalina Vanderlei da Silva - Silva, K. V. - <kalina.silva@upe.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8370-1894


Abstract:

The scope of this article is to identify adolescents\' social representations of the body and how the issue of black bodies has been discussed. This is a systematic review whose searches took place in August 2023 in PubMed/MEDLINE, SciELO, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycInfo, PePSIC, BVS, and in the BDTD and OATD portals. The ten studies included pointed to a body whose central constituent is body appearance, the adolescents’ appreciation of hegemonic aesthetic standards, the influence of the body on acceptance among peers, and the search for the desired body. As well as the incipient debate about the racial issue around the representations of the body was verified. Two studies deepen the discussion on this issue, exposing the exaltation of miscegenation and sexism present in stereotypes around the body of black women. Thus, it is clear that the body is conceived by young people as an important mediator of behavior, social relations and an instrument for expressing identities Given these social expectations, teenagers desire a white, thin, curvy and toned body. As well, there is a gap regarding characteristics and values associated with the black body.

Keywords:

Race Factors; Body Image; Adolescent; Social Representation; Systematic Review.

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Black, T. L. P., Santos, I. N., Lima, G. S., Santos, C, Silva, K. V.. Social representations of the body by adolescents: qualitative systematic review. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/Mar). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/social-representations-of-the-body-by-adolescents-qualitative-systematic-review/19142



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