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Body Image Dissatisfaction in Cancer Survivors

Oncology Nursing Forum, 2007
To explore medical and psychosocial factors associated with body image dissatisfaction in male and female cancer survivors.Secondary data analysis from the American Cancer Society's Study of Cancer Survivors-II pilot survey.Cancer survivors were identified through two state cancer registry databases.165 male and 234 female cancer survivors of six ...
Jessica T, DeFrank, C Christina Bahn, Mehta, Kevin D, Stein, Frank, Baker   +3 more
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Body Image Dissatisfaction and the Adrenarchal Transition

Journal of Adolescent Health, 2018
Puberty marks a transition in risk for body image disturbance and disordered eating. Yet few studies have examined these symptoms across puberty and none have examined links with adrenarche, the earliest phase in the pubertal hormonal cascade.Levels of adrenal androgens (dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, and testosterone) were ...
Elizabeth K. Hughes, Lisa K. Mundy, Helena Romaniuk, Susan M. Sawyer, Melissa Wake, Joanne Williams, Timothy Olds, Nicholas B. Allen, George C. Patton   +8 more
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Bulimia and body image dissatisfaction in adolescence

Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 1991
This study examined body image dissatisfaction in bulimic adolescent girls. Subjects were screened with the Bulimia Test and the Eating Disorder Inventory, followed by clinical interviews using Russell's diagnostic criteria. Bulimic subjects were matched with controls by age, weight, height and year in high school.
C M, Dacey, W M, Nelson, V F, Clark, K G, Aikman   +3 more
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Body Image and Body Image Dissatisfaction

2015
The bodily self-image is a lifelong, dynamic cognitive process of self-appraisal that is unique to each individual, yet influenced by a myriad of external factors. While the majority of research relates to weight and body shape, there are an unlimited number of physical features that impact the body image.
Elizabeth M. Damstetter, Neelam A. Vashi
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Body Image Dissatisfaction

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2015
Body image refers to a person's sense of their physical appearance and body function. A negative body image self-evaluation may result in psychosocial dysfunction. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are associated with disabling features, and body image dissatisfaction is a concern for many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Edel, McDermott, Georgina, Mullen, Jenny, Moloney, Denise, Keegan, Kathryn, Byrne, Glen A, Doherty, Garret, Cullen, Kevin, Malone, Hugh E, Mulcahy   +8 more
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Body image dissatisfaction in preadolescent children

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
Abstract This study was designed to explore preadolescent children's body image dissatisfaction and to identify psychometrically sound measures of dissatisfaction for this population. Participants were 109 male and 95 female elementary school students ranging from 8 to 10 years of age.
Wood, Katherine C., Becker, Judith A., Thompson, Joel K.   +2 more
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Body Image Dissatisfaction in Male Cosmetic Surgery Patients

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1998
This study was the first empirical investigation of body image dissatisfaction in male cosmetic surgery patients. Thirty men completed two body image measures prior to their initial consultation. Results were compared to the norms for each of the measures and with a sample of 30 women seeking similar cosmetic procedures. Results indicated that patients
M J, Pertschuk, D B, Sarwer, T A, Wadden, L A, Whitaker   +3 more
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Body Image and Body Dissatisfaction

2020
Body image is the perception that individuals have of their physical self and the thoughts and feelings that result from that perception. Body dissatisfaction consists of a negative subjective evaluation of one’s physical body such as figure, weight, stomach, and hips.
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Body image dissatisfaction among adolescent schoolgirls in Jordan

Body Image, 2010
The present study has investigated the occurrence of body image dissatisfaction among adolescent schoolgirls in Amman, Jordan, and the risk factors that are known to predispose it including individual, familial and social variables. A sample of 326 adolescent girls aged 10-16 years was recruited from public and private schools in Amman.
Tamara Y, Mousa, Rima H, Mashal, Hayder A, Al-Domi, Musa A, Jibril   +3 more
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