THE RELATIONSHIP OF AESTHETIC STANDARDS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY

Abstract

Contemporary relationships limit the body based on the aesthetic constructions present in social narratives, and any body that deviates from this oppressive logic, such as the obese body, is condemned to stigmatization in different ways. Currently, bariatric surgery has been associated as a means of escaping the place of social stigmatization in order to achieve the thin body. In view of this, the aim of this study is to understand the importance of investigating aesthetic patterns in the psychological assessment for bariatric patients, in line with the literature surveyed. Using publications from the last ten years and in Portuguese, a systematic literature review was carried out to collect data, which were treated according to the principles of qualitative meta-synthesis. In the literature analyzed, it was seen that many individuals are motivated to perform the surgical procedure primarily due to the aesthetic appearance, and all the possible gains due to this, losing sight of the physiological and psychosocial risks and changes, and other complications that may come to have in search of an aesthetic standard. The aesthetic constructions around the obese body need to be considered in the pre-bariatric psychological assessment process, since the high risk that the surgery offers must be taken into account when deciding to perform it. Psychological praxis, therefore, needs to corroborate for the greatest success in the post-surgery period, I understand the individual's motivation in the face of this high-risk process.