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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"body image problems"”.
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Associations Among Internalization of Western Media Appearance Ideals, Acculturative Stress, and Body Image Problems in Asian American Men
… acculturation and the influence of Western media body ideals have a great influence on body dissatisfaction as well as on disordered eating. However, that existing literature was based largely on women and on some Hispanic men. Thus, the present study aimed to explore the associations among …
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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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Actual and Ideal Self Discrepancy and Body Satisfaction
… been an increase in research and concern over body image and body attitudes in both clinical and community settings (Sondhaus, Kurtz, & Strube, 2001). Historically, body image has been thought to be more important to women than to men. However, recently male body image has begun to increase in …
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Overweight-related victimisation in pre-adolescent boys and girls
… 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 investigate the frequency of overweight-related victimisation and its psychological …