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The Role of Upward Appearance Comparison in Predicting Body Dissatisfaction among Women Who Follow Instagram Fashion Influencers

open access: yes, 2022
The purpose of this research was to examine the role of upward appearance comparison in predicting body dissatisfaction among women who follow Instagram fashion influencers.
Dhiya Hanan Amanina
core   +2 more sources

Picture perfect: Exploring the relationship between problematic TikTok use, physical appearance perfectionism, and upward physical appearance comparison on body appreciation

open access: yesCurrent Research in Behavioral Sciences
Physical appearance perfectionism and upward physical appearance comparisons have a potential role in explaining how the use of popular social networking sites can negatively impact a person's body image.
Katie O'Connor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Abnormal Appearance Detection of Substation Based on Image Comparison

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2016
Based on image comparison, a novel algorithm for abnormal appearance detection of substation is proposed. Previous spatial states of an object are compared to its current representation in a digital image. Firstly, saliency maps are acquired using a fast
Zhang Xu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Degradation mechanism of the von Willebrand factor A2 domain by nattokinase

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Nattokinase, a natto‐derived protease, exhibits potent antithrombotic effects. This study demonstrates that nattokinase directly cleaves the von Willebrand factor (vWF) A2 domain in vitro. Unlike the native regulator ADAMTS13, nattokinase degrades folded vWF independently of shear stress.
Ryuichi Hyakumoto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment : a critical review of the psychological literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper provides a review of the psychological literature on LGBT appearance and embodiment. Research on ‘outsider’ perceptions of LGBT appearance and embodiment has focused on the links between perceptions of physical attractiveness and homosexuality,
Huxley, Caroline   +3 more
core  

Evaluation of the Scales for Social Comparison of Appearance (SSC-A) and Social Comparison of Well-being (SSC-W)

open access: yes, 2023
People constantly compare their appearance and well-being to that of other individuals. However, there is a lack of a measure of social comparisons of well-being, and existing appearance-related social comparison scales assess social comparison tendency ...
Nexhmedin Morina   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Magic mirror, who is the fairest one of all? testing the mediating effect between short-video social media exposure and appearance anxiety

open access: yesBMC Psychology
Our aim was to examine the relationship between short-video social media exposure and appearance anxiety among female youth, as well as the serial mediation of capitalization of sexual attractiveness and upward social media appearance comparison. In this
Yu Tingrong, Zhang Gen
doaj   +1 more source

Appearance comparison, fear of negative evaluation, and attitudes toward cosmetic surgery in adults

open access: yesJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To investigate the connection between appearance comparison, fear of negative evaluation, and attitude towards cosmetic surgery, and to find out the mediating role of fear of negative evaluation.
Rabia Jameel, Sahrash Jahangir, Mah Noor
doaj   +1 more source

Salmonella lipopolysaccharide‐containing supported lipid bilayers as platforms to study bacteriophage interactions

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Social Appearance Anxiety Scale in Italian adolescent populations: Construct validation and group discrimination in community and clinical eating disorders samples [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Anxiety in situations where one’s overall appearance (including body shape) may be negatively evaluated is hypothesized to play a central role in Eating Disorders (EDs) and in their co-occurrence with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD).
Zanetti, M. Assunta   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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