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Body dissatisfaction: how is it related to stress and one's perception of individual and cultural ideal body? A comparison of Bosnian and American university students

open access: yesBiomolecules & Biomedicine, 2005
Cultural differences in body dissatisfaction, the relationship of stress to body dissatisfaction and individual and cultural body ideals were investigated. Forty-eight United States women and 48 Bosnian women completed the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ),
Šejla Šerifović   +2 more
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Body image dissatisfaction is associated with perceived body weight among secondary school adolescents in Harar Town, eastern Ethiopia

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry
PurposeBody image dissatisfaction has emerged as an important determinant of dietary and physical activity, which in turn determine adolescents’ nutritional status. Hence, it is important to understand predictors of body image dissatisfaction. Therefore,
Abainash Tekola   +9 more
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Body dissatisfaction and attentional bias to thin bodies

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, 2009
AbstractObjective:Evidence for attentional biases to weight‐ and shape‐related information in women with eating concerns is inconclusive.Method:We investigated whether body dissatisfaction is associated with an attentional bias toward thin bodies using a modified dot probe task.Results:In three studies, we found that undergraduate females were faster ...
Glauert, Rebecca   +3 more
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Gender differences in disordered eating and weight dissatisfaction in Swiss adults : which factors matter? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Research results from large, national population-based studies investigating gender differences in weight dissatisfaction and disordered eating across the adult life span are still limited.
Forrester-Knauss, Christine   +7 more
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Adolescent body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: Predictors of later risky health behaviours [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
RationaleBody dissatisfaction is prevalent among teenagers, and may influence the uptake of risky health behaviours.ObjectiveThe study assessed the influence of body dissatisfaction on smoking, cannabis use, drug use, self-harm, gambling, and drinking ...
Slater, Amy   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Young men’s minimisation of their body dissatisfaction [PDF]

open access: yesPsychology & Health, 2018
To examine men's body dissatisfaction qualitatively.Forty-two British men aged 18-45 years took part in a two-session group intervention across 12 groups. The intervention was designed to improve body dissatisfaction by engaging them in a critique of the appearance ideal through written and behavioural exercises. Main outcome measures/results: Analysis
Jankowski, G   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Aktivitas dan Pengaruh Sosial Media terhadap Body Dissatisfaction pada Dewasa Awal

open access: yesAnalitika, 2020
Individu yang berada pada perkembangan dewasa awal dalam kehidupannya memerlukan sosial media untuk memudahkan dalam berhubungan sosial. Namun demikian, peningkatan penggunaan media sosial mempengaruhi body dissatisfaction yang dialami dewasa awal.
Sarita Fajar Andini
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Social networks and dissatisfaction with body image among healthcare students

open access: yesO Mundo da Saúde, 2023
Dissatisfaction with body image is an essential factor related to eating disorders. It is noted that social networks continually publicize the lean and muscular body types, which have contributed to the internalization of the ideal body.
Bianca Soares dos Santos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body Image Avoidance, Body Dissatisfaction, and Eating Pathology

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Men's Health, 2016
With research highlighting the increasing prevalence and severity of body image and eating disturbances in males, particularly athletes and regular gymnasium users, the current study examined body image and eating disturbances in a sample of male gym ...
Peta Stapleton PhD   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body Dissatisfaction Revisited: On the Importance of Implicit Beliefs about Actual and Ideal Body Image

open access: yesPsychologica Belgica, 2018
Body dissatisfaction (i.e., a negative attitude towards one’s own physical appearance) is assumed to originate from a perceived discrepancy between the actual physical appearance (i.e., actual body image) and the desired ideal state of the body (i.e ...
Niclas Heider   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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