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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"body image disturbances"”.
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The relationship between body image disturbance and health maintenance behaviors: An assessment of breast self-examination among women
Body image disturbances are associated with a variety of health compromising behaviors; however, less is known about their impact on health maintenance behaviors. The present study investigated the relationship between body image disturbances and the frequency of a specific body-focused health …
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Your Body Is Your Home: Using Intuitive Eating to Foster Positive Health Outcomes in Early Adolescents
… relating to food, eating, and caring for the body. IE has been extensively studied in adult populations. However, while research suggests that developing intuitive eating may help prevent disordered eating among adults, studies in early adolescence are lacking, notably in terms of descriptive …
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Beholding the Beauty of Self: The Psychological Integration of the Afrocentric-Self among African-American Females Socialized in a Eurocentric Aesthetic
Self-esteem and body image disturbances prominently figure into many physical and psychological health disorders such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and chemical dependency. In Euro-American culture, media images of femininity and physical attractiveness reinforce generally …
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Body Image Self-Discrepancies and Compulsive Exercise: Exploring the Role of Approach and Avoidance Motivational Selves
… for this behavior. Given the influence of body image disturbances on disordered eating and the relationship between compulsive exercise and disordered eating attitudes, this is extremely problematic. In the present study, it was hypothesized that the avoidance body self (feared for fat …
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THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG OVEREXCITABILITY, SOCIAL COPING, AND BODY IMAGE DISSATISFACTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR GIFTED ADOLESCENTS
… those alterations surrounding puberty. Body image disturbances have become commonplace with high school students, and school personnel seem to have had little success in fighting this problem. Teenagers with body dissatisfaction may also be at risk for mental health problems, such as …
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Bulimic Symptomatology in College Women: To What Degree are Hypnotizability, Dissociation, and Absorption of Relevance?
… as an extreme expression of eating concerns and body image disturbances that afflicts many adolescent and adult women. The cognitive strategies employed by individuals to inhibit eating and facilitate bingeing and purging are thought to include disattending internal sensations of hunger and …
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Eating disorders: between people
… significantly influence the development of body image disturbances and disordered eating (Linville et al., 2011). Familial eating disorder pathology has long been a source of ongoing investigation, as studies have consistently indicated that the immediate relatives of individuals with …