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Body Weight and Body Image [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2004
Health Issue Body weight is of physical and psychological importance to Canadian women; it is associated with health status, physical activity, body image, and self-esteem.
McFarlane Traci, Olmsted Marion P
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Gender and Body Image [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
That gender has a considerable impact on people’s body image may seem obvious based on the considerable attention paid to women’s and men’s bodies in popular culture (Thompson, Heinberg, Altabe, & Tantleff-Dunn, 1999; Wolf, 1991).
Calogero, Rachel M., Thompson, Joel K.
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Exploring associations between positive and negative valanced parental comments about adolescents’ bodies and eating and eating problems: a community study

open access: yesJournal of Eating Disorders, 2022
Plain English summary Adolescence is a time of rapid emotional and physical development when beliefs about one’s weight and shape are established. Parents are key influencers of adolescent beliefs and behaviours. This study aimed to consider associations
Lucy M. Dahill   +7 more
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The body as image: image as body [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2017
Pain consultations are often contested spaces where patient and clinician compete for the roles of speaker. Often patients are searching for mechanical explanations and clinicians for psychological ones - creating an impasse and causing distress to both parties.
Padfield, D, Chadwick, T, Omand, H
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Body image as a global mental health concern

open access: yesCambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2023
Body image concerns related to weight or other dimensions of appearance are now prevalent on a global scale. This paper reviews the theoretical frameworks that account for the global similarities and regional differences in rates and presentation of body
Rachel F. Rodgers   +3 more
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Screendance Festivals and Online Audiences

open access: yesThe International Journal of Screendance, 2021
No abstract available.
Harmony Bench   +5 more
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Personality and willingness towards performance enhancement and body modification: A cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of Norwegians

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022
We conducted an exploratory investigation of the relationship between personality and willingness towards performance enhancement and body modification in Norway.
Gunnar Breivik   +3 more
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Implicit body representations and the conscious body image [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Recent studies have revealed that somatosensory processing relies on a class of implicit body representations showing large distortions of size and shape.
Longo, Matthew R.   +3 more
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Framing and self-responsibility modulate brain activities in decision escalation

open access: yesBMC Neuroscience, 2021
Background Escalation of commitment is a common bias in human decision making. The present study examined (1) differences in neural recruitment for escalation and de-escalation decisions of prior investments, and (2) how the activations of these brain ...
Ting-Peng Liang   +4 more
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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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