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Showing 1 to 20 of 118 for “"Body Dissatisfaction"”.
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An Examination of Body Dissatisfaction and Media Exposure
… between muscle magazine consumption and body dissatisfaction. The study also examined the relationship between muscle magazine consumption and the amount of disparity between ideal and real body shape. Participants (N = 108) were recruited via study board, and also on a volunteer basis, …
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Body Dissatisfaction, Verbal Commentary, Social Influences and Cigarette Smoking
… of adolescent girls report clinical levels of body dissatisfaction, and approximately 15% of adults smoke cigarettes. Body dissatisfaction can predict the development of an eating disorder, and smoking is linked with dozens of diseases, both of which can lead to premature death. The current …
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Effects of childhood family dynamics on body dissatisfaction in adulthood
… components of family dynamics that affect body dissatisfaction in adulthood, but have not studied the effects of many different family factors simultaneously. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of multiple early family dynamics on body dissatisfaction in adulthood …
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The development and validation of a multidimensional measure of male body dissatisfaction and its preliminary use in exploring the relationship between body dissatisfaction and exercise
… focused predominately on female experience of body dissatisfaction (BD). More recently there has been an increased focus upon BD in men. The current literature review indicates that research in BD in men is its infancy compared to BD in females and the review highlights the differences between …
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Effect of Attention Retraining on Pathological Eating Behaviors and Body Dissatisfaction
… rates of pathological eating behaviors (PEB) and body dissatisfaction are high among college women, and rates are rising among college men. PEB and body dissatisfaction are also risk factors for the development of clinically significant eating disorders. Further, a lesser studied factor involved …
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Impacts of Race/Ethnicity and Self-Esteem on Body Dissatisfaction in Women
… & Bulik, 2001), and they prefer a less muscular body type than men as well (Oehlhof, Musher-Eizenman, Neufeld, & Hauser, 2009). Among women, Caucasian females report more body dissatisfaction than do African American women (e.g., Kelly et al., 2011). Body dissatisfaction can be influenced by many …
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Longitudinal Course of Body Dissatisfaction in Undergraduate Females at Brigham Young University
… project examined the longitudinal course of body dissatisfaction among undergraduate females at Brigham Young University (BYU) using the Body Satisfaction Questionnaire (BSQ).The research also examined what percentage of undergraduate females have BSQ ratings in the clinically significant …
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Female objectification, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviour in a non-clinical sample
… achieve this ideal has been linked to increased body surveillance, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating behaviour(s). While many women express body dissatisfaction and negative self-talk, fewer women actually engage in disordered eating practices. This study aimed to explore women‟s views …
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The mother of all dissatisfaction: Consequences of mother-daughter relationships on body dissatisfaction
… sociocultural beliefs and attitudes crucial for body dissatisfaction maintenance. This mixed methods study utilized two separate samples of women during respective quantitative and qualitative phases. During the quantitative phase, college aged women participants completed measures related to …
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The Effects of Exposure to Slender and Muscular Images on Male Body Dissatisfaction
… EXPOSURE TO SLENDER AND MUSCULAR IMAGES ON MALE BODY DISSATISFACTION (85 pp.)</p><p>Director of Thesis: Janis H. Crowther</p><p> The present study examined the effects of appearance-based comparisons to muscular and slender idealized male bodies on body dissatisfaction and the contribution of …
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Interaction between body talk in romantic relationships and body dissatisfaction on unhealthy body change behaviors
<p>Unhealthy body change behaviors, such as eating disorder symptoms and muscle dysmorphia symptoms, can cause serious harm in individuals’ lives, impacting physical and emotional health. Body change behaviors have been shown to be associated with body dissatisfaction and body talk. However, …
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Body Perception and Body Dissatisfaction: A Longitudinal Examination of Body Image and Disordered Eating Symptoms
Introduction: Body size perception and attitudes towards the body (e.g., body dissatisfaction) are two distinct but interconnected components of body image. The relationship between body perceptions and disordered eating is poorly understood. The objective of this project was to examine body size …
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The Meaning of Discontent: A Multi-method Qualitative Investigation of Women's Lived Experiences with Body Dissatisfaction
… explored adult women’s lived experiences with body dissatisfaction. Using a multi-methods qualitative approach incorporating in-depth semi-structured interviews and arts-based projects, women between the ages of 20-39 engaged in a critical exploration of their body experiences in order to …
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The effects of media exposure on body dissatisfaction and cognitive bias in adolescent girls and boys
… of information by the media about the ideal body has been highlighted as a cause of body image problems. Exposure to such information is hypothesised to increase appearance-related cognitive bias and body dissatisfaction. Two socio-cultural influences, ideal internalisation and perceived …
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Predictors of Obesity in Adults: The Roles of Demographic Factors, Body Dissatisfaction, Depression, and Life Stress
… status (SES) and psychological variables such as body image dissatisfaction (BID), depression, and life stress. The dependent variable for all analyses was obesity. An initial two-step hierarchical logistic regression was fitted to the data with sex, geographic location, race, and education (a …
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Femininity, Feminine Gender Role Stress, Body Dissatisfaction, and their Relationships to Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder
… that the associations between femininity, body image and eating disorders are intricate. How these constructs are linked to each other still needs to be determined. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of these links, examining the mediational relationship among …
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Body Dissatisfaction and Other Sociocultural Factors as Predictors of Body Image Perceptions in Sorority and Non-Sorority Women
The purpose of this study was to explore body dissatisfaction and other sociocultural factors as predictors of body image perceptions in college-aged sorority and non-sorority women. The Social Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3) (Thompson et al, 2004), the Body Dissatisfaction …
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Mindfulness as a Moderator of the Relation Between Acculturative Stress and Body Dissatisfaction/Eating Disorder Symptoms in Latinx Students
… strategy for reducing acculturative stress and body dissatisfaction/eating disorder symptoms. It was hypothesized that acculturative stress would be associated with more body dissatisfaction/eating disorder symptoms, but this relation was expected to be moderated by mindfulness. It was also …
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Cultural and Personal Influences on Body Satisfaction in Mexican American Women
… examining the impact of acculturation on body satisfaction while integrating possible mediating variables for a sample of Mexican American women. Specifically, the study examined the relationships among acculturation (ARSMA-II), acculturative stress related to racism and immigration …
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Pathogenic Eating Behaviors and Psychological Risk Factors of Weight Preoccupied College Students
This study investigated the connection between Body Dissatisfaction and Drive for Thinness to several psychological correlates: Ineffectiveness, Interpersonal Distrust, Perfectionism, Interoceptive Awareness, and Maturity Fears. Regression analyses indicated that these five correlates together …
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