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Body Image and Transsexualism [PDF]

open access: yesPsychopathology, 2007
<i>Background:</i> To achieve a detailed view of the body image of transsexual patients, an assessment of perception, attitudes and experiences about one’s own body is necessary. To date, research on the body image of transsexual patients has mostly covered body dissatisfaction with respect to body perception. <i>Sampling and Methods:&
Kraemer, B   +3 more
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Culture and body image [PDF]

open access: yesMotricidade, 2009
The present study aims to investigate the relationship between culture and body image. We intend to know how socio-cultural factors influence the levels of satisfaction with body image.
Dina Alves   +4 more
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Disturbed body schema, perceptual body image, and attitudinal body image in patients with borderline personality disorder

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder that affects attitudes toward the body. However, whether this condition also affects body schema and perceptual body image remains unclear.
Dorottya Szily   +4 more
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Imaging Body Armor [PDF]

open access: yesMilitary Medicine, 2002
This study examined the feasibility of performing radiographic studies on patients wearing standard-issue body armor. The Kevlar helmet, fragmentation vest, demining suit sleeve, and armor plate were studied with plain film and computed tomography in a simulated casualty situation. We found that the military helmet contains metal screws and metal clips
H Theodore, Harcke   +4 more
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BODY IMAGE IN AGING

open access: yesAnti-Aging Eastern Europe, 2023
Body image relates to how individuals perceive and feel about their bodies. Research on body image in men, women, and adolescents has increased substantially in the past two decades.
Emine Kocyigit
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Body Image and Body Dysmorphic Concerns

open access: yesActa Dermato Venereologica, 2014
Most people would like to change something about their bodies and the way that they look, but for some it becomes an obsession. A healthy skin plays an important role in a person's physical and mental wellbeing, whereas a disfiguring appearance is associated with body image concerns.
Tomas-Aragones, L., Marron, S.E.
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The Thin White Line: Adaptation Suggests a Common Neural Mechanism for Judgments of Asian and Caucasian Body Size

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Visual adaptation has been proposed as a mechanism linking viewing images of thin women’s bodies with body size and shape misperception (BSSM). Non-Caucasian populations appear less susceptible to BSSM, possibly because adaptation to thin Caucasian ...
Lewis Gould-Fensom   +13 more
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Self-perceived body image and body satisfaction of adolescents [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2020
Objectives: to evaluate self-perceived body image and body satisfaction of adolescents and their associated factors. Methods: across-sectional study carried out with 200 adolescents from a non-govern-mental organization of Campinas-SP.
Maraísa I. C. Justino   +2 more
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Weight Stigma among Undergraduate Healthcare Students: A Vignette Study

open access: yesObesities
Weight stigma is described as prejudice and discrimination concerning body weight. People stigmatized by their body weight report worse physical and mental health and, consequently, poor psychosocial functioning.
Wedsley dos Santos Silva André   +2 more
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Body-image

open access: yesRELACult, 2015
The research aims to analyze the discursive modes, procedures influenced by production conditions , interpreting conditions and speech conditions, on the relationship between the body and the videographic expression. This way we will discuss a path built
Danillo Barata
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