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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Weight Concerns"”.
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Weight Concerns, Body Image, and Smoking Cessation in Pregnant Women in Rural Appalachia
… which is almost 4 times the national average. Weight and body image concerns have previously been identified as variables contributing to maintenance of smoking behavior. The current study was designed to examine the relationship between prepregnancy weight and body image concerns and smoking …
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An Imagery Rescripting Intervention for Internalized Weight Stigma in Women with Elevated Weight Concerns
Weight stigma, or negative attitudes directed toward individuals based on larger body size, is associated with decreased physical and psychological wellbeing, particularly when these attitudes are internalized and directed towards the self. The current study aimed to determine whether an online …
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Driven to look good: the role of narcissism in concerns about body perception and motivations to act on those concerns
… to be more focused on their own shape or weight concerns. Grandiose narcissists were found to be more likely to be motivated to alter their bodies because of social recognition, appearance and competition. Vulnerable narcissists were also found to be more likely to exercise for social …
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Of meat, morals, and masculinity : factors underlying the consumption of non-human animals, and inferences about another’s character
… focused primarily on participants' health and weight concerns, and the process by which people adopt a vegetarian diet. The present studies broaden this research by exploring the differences in the way omnivores and vegetarians perceive animals and people whose diets do or do not include meat. …
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Dynamic range implications for the effectiveness of semi-active tuned mass dampers
… an attractive and feasible option when space and weight concerns govern design.
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Body Image and Sexuality Among Latino Youth
… and acculturation. Results indicated that both weight concerns and shape concerns were marginally positively associated with more positive attitudes towards condoms among females and with less positive attitudes towards condoms among males. Gender did not moderate relations when examining …
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The Effects of Appearance-Based Reality Shows on Body Image
… disorders, including restrictive dieting, eating concerns, weight concerns, and shape concerns. Furthermore, social appearance comparisons, thin ideal internalization, and body dissatisfaction were significant predictors of appearance comparisons with reality television. These findings highlight …
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Overweight-related victimisation in pre-adolescent boys and girls
… adult studies suggest that being teased about weight or size when growing up may be a risk factor in the development of later eating and body image problems. However, little research has focused directly on teasing experiences in childhood. The current study aimed to extend previous work and …
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Screening for energy restriction in middle and late life
… (EDE-Q), rely on the detection of shape and weight concerns to identify potentially dangerous caloric restriction among adolescent girls and young adult women. It is unclear how accurate these measures are at detecting restriction among adults 40 years and older. These adults may be …
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Freshmen weight gain: The convergence of popular culture, college transition and nutrition education.
The Freshmen Weight Gain is the weight freshmen expect to gain their first year at college. The Freshmen Weight Gain has not been proven by standard research methods, however, students perceive it to be a real phenomena. Students concerned about the Freshmen Weight Gain may try to prevent it by …
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Emotions surrounding restrained eating in young adult students
… diet abandonment, thought to precede issues with weight management and disordered eating behaviours. Method: Using the participant selection model variant of the sequential explanatory mixed method design (Creswell, 2007), quantitative study 1 measured emotions, dietary restraint, perceived …
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Effects of Mirror Exposure and Brief Mindfulness Interventions in Undergraduate Females with Weight and Shape Concerns
Risk of disordered eating is high amongst college women in the U.S., often resulting in negative outcomes with regard to health, social functioning and psychological well-being. Disordered eating is associated with multiple aspects of emotional processing, such as emotion regulation, negative …
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The effects of maternal weight perceptions and concerns, depression and smoking on infant feeding practices
… The aim of the study was to assess mothers’ weight perceptions and concerns, smoking and depression on infant feeding practices during the postpartum period. The study used secondary data collected from the “Food consumption and oral health by the use of day care among WIC children” study. …
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Social comparison and body image in non or infrequent exercisers and exercisers
… exercisers made negative comparisons only on weight and body shape dimensions. MANOV As were conducted to examine if any differences on social comparisons between the two groups existed. Results of the MANOVAs indicated that frequency of comparisons with targets, the frequency of comparisons …