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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Objectified body"”.
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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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The interplay between friendship quality and emotion regulation in the prediction of weight-related concerns among adolescent girls
… vulnerable to weight-related concerns such as body dissatisfaction, disordered eating, and body surveillance. These issues are often linked to difficulties in emotion regulation (ER) and the quality of friendships. This study explored how ER and friendship quality, both independently and …
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A pilot study of the effects of mentoring on disordered eating behavior
… distress, disordered eating behavior, objectified body-consciousness, feminist identity, and self-esteem in women and adolescent girls involved in a feminist mentoring program. It was hypothesized that participation in the mentoring program would decrease levels of psychological …
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Female objectification, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviour in a non-clinical sample
… societies. The way in which females are objectified through social attitudes and gender ideals, highlights the importance of attractiveness in through which women gain social status, acceptance and power. Failure to achieve this ideal has been linked to increased body surveillance, body …
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Intersections of embodiment and racism : the impact of a student's identity on their interactions with others.
… the reciprocal influence of the mind and body on a person's identity, can be utilized to understand undergraduates' engagement with the world when it is studied in relation to cross-racial interactions and internal motivation to respond without prejudice. The present research used multiple …
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Senėjimo nerimo sąsajos su neurotiškumu bei kūno sudaiktinimu /
… such as neuroticism and attitudes towards one's body. The present study aimed to investigate how ageing anxiety is related to neuroticism and body objectification. The analysis was carried out with 181 participants ranging in age from 18 to 78 years (M = 30.26, SD = 12.93). 143 women (79%) …
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The Effects of Picture Presentation on Male Body Shame and Muscle Dysmorphia
… presentation influenced men’s experienced body shame or Muscle Dysmorphia symptomatology, and whether there was a relationship between body shame and Muscle Dysmorphia. Participants were 112 men attending Western Kentucky University. Participants completed the Body Shame Questionnaire and …
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Body Objectification, Ethnic Identity and Cosmetic Surgery in African-American Women
… has an effect on surveillance, shame, and body control in African-American Women. Ethnic identity will be measured with the Multiethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), which measures subjects' self-assessed membership in their ethnic group. Body Objectification is measured by the Objectified Body …
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Diverse women aging in America: Attitudes toward menopause and self-objectification in midlife and beyond
… about menopause, symptoms of menopause, and body image may be related (Bloch; McKinley & Lyon, 2008), but more research is needed to further understanding in this area. The current investigation assessed group differences in experiences of menopause and body image at midlife. Women from a …
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Body Objectification and Elective Cosmetic Procedures in African American Women
… women and Caucasian women on three dimensions of body objectification. Body objectification was assessed through three subscales of the Objectified Consciousness Scale: 1) body surveillance, 2) Shame about appearance, and 3) a women's assessment of control of her personal appearance. African …
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Influence Of Gender And Race On Self-Objectification
… how men's expectations and references in women's body type (the study attempts to examine the effects of men's expectations by manipulating the gender and race of the present research assistant) may affect how heterosexual women value and judge themselves. This was explored through a manipulation …
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Humanity Undone, A practice led enquiry into self-injury
… a dynamic yet subtle relationship between the body-as-object and the body-as- subject, as initially described by Husserl as Leib and Körper (1990). I use 16mm film and performance in a haptic immersive installation environment to articulate these dynamic subtleties. Merleau-Ponty refers to this …