INTERVIEW GUIDE

1. How do you feel about your body?

 Have you always felt this way about your body?
 When did your feelings for your body change?
2. Has your feelings for your body affected your life?
 What would be the difference if your body looked different?
 What would be the difference if your body looked the same, but you felt
differently about it?
3. Has your feelings about your body affected your relationship with your family?
 How have your family contributed to the way you feel about your body?
 Do you think if your body was different, your relationship with your family
would also be different?
4. Has your feelings for your body affected your relationship with your friends?
 How have your friends contributed to the way you feel about your body?
 Do you think if your body was different, your relationship with you friends
would also be different?
5. Has your feelings about your body affected your studies?
 How have your schoolmates affected the way you feel for your body?
 Tell me a time when you were at school and you were experiencing
negative feelings for your body.
6. Has your feelings for your body affected your hobbies or the things you usually
do for fun?
 Are there things that you’ve stopped doing because of the way you feel for
your body?
 What would you do if your body looked differently or if you felt differently of
the same body that you have?
7. Have these feelings for your body affected the way you move around your
community on a daily basis?
 How have your community affected the way you feel for your body?
 Was there a time when you were in your community and you were having
negative feelings for your body?
8. Did the way you feel for your body affect the way you take care of yourself?
 Does the way you feel for your body limit the kind of activities that you do?
 How do your feelings about your body affect the way you care for your
body?
9. Did the way you feel for your body affect the way you think about yourself?
 How do you see yourself?
 How does body image differ from self-image?
10. Do you think other people feel the same way with their bodies as you do? If so,
why?
 What do people need to feel better about their bodies?
 What might get in the way of these things helping them to feel better about
themselves?