Amount of influence selected groups have on the perceived body image of fifth graders [PDF]
Plan BAlthough numerous studies have examined the influentialness of parents, teachers, peers, and the media regarding children and adolescents’ perception of their body image, little research has been done on the influence those selected groups have on ...
Kelly, Stacy A.
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Looking age-appropriate while growing old gracefully: A qualitative study of ageing and body image among older adults [PDF]
Body dissatisfaction can be significantly detrimental to wellbeing. Little is known about older adults’ body image, despite the fact that ageing causes unique bodily changes and that sociocultural pressures to resist these changes abound.
Williamson, Heidi +10 more
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Perception of the body image and desired body image of children in elementary school
Introduction: Body image is defined as a multidimensional construct that embraces perceptions, attitudes and experiences of the subject relative to the size, shape and aesthetics of the body [1].
Inês de Sousa +4 more
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Body image and the media: the media's influence on body image [PDF]
Plan BMedia images of the unattainable thin body can be found almost anywhere. These media images are seen on billboards, magazines, in commercials and in ads. There has been continual interest in women’s body image throughout the years.
Sparhawk, Julie M.
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Percepción de cuerpo e imagen corporal masculina: una revisión narrativa [PDF]
The issue of body and body image is rarely analyzed from empirical research. However, it has been more accepted from philosophical reflection and social sciences.
Giovane Mendieta Izquierdo
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Gender Differences in Body Image Perception among 8 th Grade Pupils
Research background and hypothesis. Previous studies have shown that dissatisfaction with the body image among girls often reflects a desire to be thinner, among boys – a desire to be bigger, taller, become more muscular and have a nice body shape.
Sigita Derkintienė
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Body Image Distortion and Dissatisfaction in a Mexican sample [PDF]
The present study analyzes the relationship between body image satisfaction and distortion with the body mass index (BMI). Participants were 540 students from different schools of middle and higher level from Monterrey, Mexico; age ranked from 16 to 25 ...
Cecilia Meza Peña, Edith Pompa Guajardo
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Dissatisfaction with own body makes patients with eating disorders more sensitive to pain
Anna Yamamotova,1 Josef Bulant,2 Vaclav Bocek,3 Hana Papezova2 1Department of Normal, Pathological and Clinical Physiology, Third Faculty of Medicine, 2Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine, 3Department of Neurology, Third Faculty of ...
Yamamotova A +3 more
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Identity development and body image dissatisfaction in college females [PDF]
Plan BThe importance of body image dissatisfaction and identity development among women is becoming a significant concern when considering the risk of developing eating disorders.
Chase, Michelle E.
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The aim was to determine the relationship between the perception of health, loneliness, happiness and body image according to the type of breakfast during the state of alarm decreed by the COVID-19 in primary schoolchildren.
Pedro José Carrillo López
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