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Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)
Body Image, 2022The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS; Alleva et al., 2017) is a widely adopted measure to assess appreciation for one's body and its capacity. In this study, we performed a psychometric validation of the Japanese translation of the FAS. Participants included an online sample of 750 Japanese individuals (20-70 years old), who completed the FAS and ...
Yoko Sawamiya +2 more
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Previous findings suggest that body appreciation increases with age, whereas body dissatisfaction remains constant across the lifespan. However, the reason for this phenomenon remains unclear. In the present study, we examined the role of functionality appreciation in the association between age and body appreciation among Japanese adults.
Yoko Sawamiya, Hikari Namatame
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Previous findings suggest that body appreciation increases with age, whereas body dissatisfaction remains constant across the lifespan. However, the reason for this phenomenon remains unclear. In the present study, we examined the role of functionality appreciation in the association between age and body appreciation among Japanese adults.
Yoko Sawamiya, Hikari Namatame
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Body ImageCross-sectional studies indicate that body appreciation and functionality appreciation are independently predictive of positive outcomes, including lower body dissatisfaction and improved psychological wellbeing. Sexual minority (e.g., gay, bisexual) men
Scott Griffiths, Emma Austen
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Body Image, 2019 The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS; Alleva et al., 2017) is a 7-item measure of an individual's appreciation of their body for what it can do and is capable of doing. To date, its psychometric properties have not been examined beyond the parent study and outside English-speaking samples.
Hanoor Syahirah Zahari +2 more
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Appreciating the Functions of Diagnoses
2019Alternatives to biomedical diagnosis in mental health care must address the functions diagnoses set out to serve. To implement a shift from a solely biomedical to a psychosocial approach, and to help deliver better, more responsive, more effective, services, we need to reform our systems for identifying, recording and responding to our problems ...
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Humor Appreciation as Function of Religious Dimensions
Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 2002Religion and specific religious dimensions have been hypothesized to reflect and have an effect on sense of humor, especially from a personality psychology perspective. Some empirical evidence tends to confirm this hypothesis, at least when behavioral (spontaneous humor creation) measure but not questionnaires are used.
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Humor Appreciation Deficit in Schizophrenia
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 2007The purpose in undertaking the present study was to investigate humor appreciation in patients with schizophrenia. Moreover, we sought to explore the potential relationship of humor appreciation with measures of psychopathology and cognitive functioning among the patients.
Vasilis P, Bozikas +6 more
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Transmitter Interactions and Cognitive Function: Appreciation of the Concert
1992By their nature neurons are interactive. Every set of neurons in the brain interacts closely with other neurons. To comprehend the functioning of the brain we must understand the character of neuronal interactions and how they act together as a system.
Edward D. Levin +2 more
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An assessment of body appreciation and its relationship to sexual function in women
Body Image, 2012Objectification theory posits internalization of an observer's gaze may negatively impact women's feelings about their bodies, which may subsequently affect their sexual function. Subjective body image and body size (i.e., body mass index [BMI]) have mixed relationships to women's sexuality, but assessment of positive body image as a sign of resistance
Sonya, Satinsky +4 more
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Natural Functions and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Inorganic Nature
The British Journal of Aesthetics, 2004The distinction between organic and inorganic nature receives little attention in contemporary nature aesthetics. Traditionally, however, this distinction was considered to have important aesthetic ramifications. Nick Zangwill has recently suggested that aesthetic differences between organic and inorganic nature arise because natural functions are ...
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