Media and Life Dissatisfaction as Predictors of Body Dissatisfaction [PDF]
Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 2015 Body dissatisfaction can contribute to social, occupational and recreational losses, constituting a risk factor to health. This study aimed to evaluate the predictors of body dissatisfaction regarding demographic variables, media and life satisfaction ...
Melissa Bittencourt Jaeger +1 more
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Do comparisons on social media lead to body dissatisfaction? The roles of internalization and protective filtering [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Body comparisons on social media, particularly upward and parallel comparisons, are widespread among young women. As one of the most popular platforms among Chinese youth, TikTok fosters environments where such comparisons may exacerbate body ...
Jing Ji +4 more
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The relationship between vulnerable narcissism and body dissatisfaction among cosplayers: the serial mediating mechanisms of self-objectification and rumination [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyObjectiveThis study examined the association between vulnerable narcissism and body dissatisfaction among cosplayers and investigated the serial mediating mechanisms of self-objectification and rumination.MethodsA total of 335 cosplayers completed ...
Yu Zhou +6 more
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Assessing associations amongst body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and sociocultural influences in adolescents from rural Nicaragua [PDF]
BMC PsychologyIntroduction We conducted a cross-sectional study with adolescents in rural Nicaragua to assess the associations amongst body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and sociocultural influences (sociocultural pressures and media internalization), and ...
Fabienne E. Andres +5 more
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Agreement of adolescents’ self-perception of their body image with the analysis on the three-dimensional body image [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2022 Objectives: to verify the agreement among adolescents’ perception of their own body image and the health professionals’ analysis based on three-dimensional body image and the inter-rater agreement. Methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out with 1,
Susana Cararo Confortin +6 more
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Body image dissatisfaction and body regulation practices
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Body image dissatisfaction as negative evaluation of personal physical characteristics is often associated with low self-esteem, eating and affective disorders.
E. Nikolaev
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Predicting clothing behaviors of Generation Y men through self-esteem and body dissatisfaction
Fashion and Textiles, 2020 This study investigated how various dimensions of body dissatisfaction of men in Generation Y (i.e., body dissatisfaction-weight, body dissatisfaction-muscles, and body dissatisfaction-height) influenced their clothing related behavioral responses ...
Jihyun Sung, Ruoh-Nan Yan
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Body image perceptions and avoidance behaviours among a Moroccan group of adolescents
Annals of Human Biology, 2022 Background Adolescents are a vulnerable group to body dissatisfaction that causes unhealthy attitudes and behaviours. It has been shown that many factors affect body image dissatisfaction.
Raja Zakaria +2 more
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Einstein (São Paulo), 2022 Objective To assess the level of body dissatisfaction among undergraduate medical students in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods A cross-sectional study with 232 volunteers of both sexes at a private college.
Bruno Cassiano dos Santos +3 more
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Sociocultural pressure: a model of body dissatisfaction for young women [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2020 : The aim of the study was to verify the influence of pressure from sociocultural agents on dissatisfaction with face and body in young women mediated by the internalization of the lean and muscular body and to identify the contribution of individual ...
Wanderson Roberto da Silva +4 more
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