Body Satisfaction in Adolescence
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971 Body-satisfaction and self-satisfaction scales based on the work of Secord and Jourard (1953) were given to 146 male and 194 female adolescents ranging in age from 11 through 19 yr. Response tendencies of males and females are significantly different, females expressing more dissatisfaction with themselves and their bodies than do males. The expression
Edward Clifford
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Body satisfaction in adolescent girls
British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1986 Body satisfaction was examined in four age groups of female British adolescents. Overall satisfaction with nine body features declined from age 12 to 18 years, particularly upper thigh, buttocks and stomach measurements. Although a shape ratio (weight divided by height) determined various aspects of body satisfaction in older girls, self‐perceived ...
E, Davies, A, Furnham
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Impact on women's body satisfaction of exposure to postpartum imagery on social media [PDF]
Frontiers in Digital HealthBackgroundSocial networking sites may be a convenient, accessible and low-cost option for delivering health information at scale to postpartum women.
Megan L. Gow +12 more
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TikTok fitspiration and fitness ideal internalisation: gender differences in self-esteem and body satisfaction [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionFitspiration content promotes active, healthy lifestyles by advocating for healthy eating, regular exercise, and self-care. While Instagram’s impact on body image has been widely studied, limited research has explored TikTok fitspiration ...
Maria Limniou +2 more
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Food and mood: how clean eating content on social media influences affect and body satisfaction in women [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionBody-related content is omnipresent in social media. Its consumption has shown to impact body image and affect. Clean eating content is often related to body-related content but its relation to the aforementioned constructs has not been ...
Giulia Cossu +2 more
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Cultural efficacy predicts body satisfaction for Māori. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 This paper examines the relationship between body mass index (BMI), self-esteem and self-reported confidence and capability in expressing oneself culturally as Māori (cultural efficacy) for 5,470 Māori who participated in Te Rangahau o Te Tuakiri Māori me Ngā Waiaro ā-Pūtea | The Māori Identity and Financial Attitudes Study (MIFAS) in 2017.
Houkamau C +7 more
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Body satisfaction and body weight: gender differences and sociodemographic determinants [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2009 Abstract Background Given the documented links between body satisfaction, weight-related behaviors, and weight change in adolescents, we sought to examine the prevalence of poor body satisfaction in prepubescent girls and boys and its associations with body weight, socioeconomic factors, and rural residence.
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The Effect of Physical Exercise on Emotional Eating Among College Students: A Chain Mediation Analysis of Dietary Behavior and Body Satisfaction [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesObjective: To investigate the relationship between physical exercise and emotional eating, as well as the chain mediating effects of dietary behavior and body satisfaction therein.
Qi-Yue Feng, Zi-Meng Guo, Hai-Ying Quan
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Dietary frequency, body satisfaction, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms among offspring of healthcare workers in China [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundDietary behaviors may be associated with body image and emotional health in young people, but evidence integrating these outcomes in Chinese populations remains limited.
Tingke Xu +4 more
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Association between self-objectification and emotional eating among female college students: the sequential indirect role of social comparison and body satisfaction [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundThe college years represent a formative period for body image development in young women, and female college students (FCS) have an elevated risk of disordered eating behaviors, including emotional eating.ObjectiveThis cross-sectional study ...
Yuqiu Li +5 more
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