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Nursing Older People, 1999
Some of the conditions associated with HIV infection can have a major impact on body image.Steve Jamieson examines the concept of body image, the toll disfigurement can take on mental health and how skilled intervention can help.
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Some of the conditions associated with HIV infection can have a major impact on body image.Steve Jamieson examines the concept of body image, the toll disfigurement can take on mental health and how skilled intervention can help.
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Aging, Body Image, and Body Shape
The Journal of General Psychology, 2008Participants were 25 older men (M age = 72 years, SD = 10 years) and 27 older women (M age = 71 years, SD = 8 years) who examined multiple line-drawing figures of babies, children, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults. Participants picked a number on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (very thin) to 9 (very obese) in response to questions
Kayla Wasson +5 more
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Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 1986
The older individual may have to make more adaptations to altered body image, especially in light of the American culture's emphasis on youth, beauty, and wholeness.
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The older individual may have to make more adaptations to altered body image, especially in light of the American culture's emphasis on youth, beauty, and wholeness.
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2018
This chapter considers the anthropometric aspects of body image. When the anthropometric characteristics, such as stature, mass, and muscularity are examined in elite sports people, their mean values are found to deviate greatly from those of the general population, and the scatter of scores is much less.
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This chapter considers the anthropometric aspects of body image. When the anthropometric characteristics, such as stature, mass, and muscularity are examined in elite sports people, their mean values are found to deviate greatly from those of the general population, and the scatter of scores is much less.
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Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1992
The concepts of disorders of body image are reviewed from three aspects: sociocultural, neurological and psychiatric disorders. Particular attention is paid to the construct of body dysmorphic disorder as defined in the DSM III-R and the separation of this from somatic delusional disorder.
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The concepts of disorders of body image are reviewed from three aspects: sociocultural, neurological and psychiatric disorders. Particular attention is paid to the construct of body dysmorphic disorder as defined in the DSM III-R and the separation of this from somatic delusional disorder.
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The Concept of Body Image and the Remediation of Body Image Disorders
Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1970This article is an introduction to the concept of body image. The development of body image is discussed and an operational definition of body image is provided. Methods of assessing body image are discussed and a case example demonstrating the treatment of distortions of body image is given. This case study also serves to illustrate the complexity of
Gaston E. Blom +2 more
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Assessment of body image: Psychometric properties of the Body Image Questionnaire
Journal of Health Psychology, 2011This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Body Image Questionnaire (QÜIC) in Spanish adolescents. The sample comprised 254 girls and 189 boys, aged 12–15. Principal component analyses showed that the 18 satisfaction items could be summarized using two moderately interrelated dimensions, torso and head/limbs, with satisfaction with ...
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Body image is a salient aspect of adolescents’ self-concept, and a more positive perception of one’s body image is associated with better psychological adjustment. In this article, after defining the terms body image, body dissatisfaction, and positive body image, the main theoretical frameworks that dominate scientific research in this area are ...
Fabris, Matteo Angelo +1 more
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Fabris, Matteo Angelo +1 more
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