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Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the body appreciation scale (BAS-2) and its short forms (BAS-2SF) in a community sample of Lebanese adults

open access: yesJournal of Eating Disorders, 2023
Objectives The present study sought to examine the factor structure, reliability, validity and gender invariance of the Arabic Body Appreciation Scale (BAS-2), and its two short forms (the 3-item and 2-item BAS-2SF) among community Lebanese Arabic ...
Feten Fekih-Romdhane   +5 more
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The Functions of Criticism and the Politics of Appreciation

open access: yes19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, 2023
This article suggests that ‘appreciation’ as defined by Walter Pater is a genre of criticism distinguished from that of Matthew Arnold’s critical practice and theory. I consider how appreciation functions as a critical mode in Pater’s periodical reviews, testing Pater’s resolve in how he manages it in respect to reviews of books on controversial ...
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Fit and fun: Content analysis investigating positive body image dimensions of adolescents’ Facebook images

open access: yesCyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace, 2022
Body-positive content on social media offers a promising approach to promote positive body image (PBI). However, we need further research in order to better characterize and understand its nature.
Sandra Torres, Pedro Quelhas Brito
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Adaptação transcultural e análise psicométrica da Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) para jovens universitários brasileiros

open access: yesMotricidade, 2020
A apreciação da funcionalidade corporal se refere à medida com que um indivíduo aprecia o que seu corpo faz ou é capaz de fazer, representando uma faceta da imagem corporal positiva que vem recentemente ganhando atenção significativa em pesquisas na área.
Cristiany Seppe Faria   +5 more
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Functional Specificity and Neural Integration in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Artworks with Implied Motion [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Neuroscience, 2021
Although there is growing interest in the neural foundations of aesthetic experience, it remains unclear how particular mental sub-systems (e.g., perceptual, affective, cognitive) are involved in different types of aesthetic judgments. Here we use fMRI to investigate the involvement of different neural networks during aesthetic judgments of visual ...
Ionela Bara   +3 more
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Asexuality is inversely associated with positive body image in British adults

open access: yesHeliyon, 2019
Research on positive body image has infrequently considered sexual minority orientations beyond lesbians, gay men, and bisexual persons. Indeed, there is no existing research on the relationships between body image and asexuality, which refers to a lack ...
Viren Swami   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body appreciation and body appearance pressure in Norwegian university students comparing exercise science students and other students

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Body image is considered a core issue for public health and associates with university students’ overall health. Due to positive associations between exercise and body image, it has been suggested that students within an exercise science ...
Christine Sundgot-Borgen   +6 more
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The Banana Leaf Approach: An Appreciation of Utilitarian Handcrafted Artifacts in the American Context

open access: yesSociedad y Economía, 2021
There is a whole wide diversity regarding how people adapt to the natural environment conditions and how they value or relate to their everyday objects and products; outside aesthetics or functionality, users appreciate utilitarian artifacts according ...
Rafael Ángel-Bravo
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Sensory Experience as a Regulator of Structural Plasticity in the Developing Whisker-to-Barrel System

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021
Cellular structures provide the physical foundation for the functionality of the nervous system, and their developmental trajectory can be influenced by the characteristics of the external environment that an organism interacts with.
Chia-Chien Chen   +3 more
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Healthy orthorexia vs orthorexia nervosa: associations with body appreciation, functionality appreciation, intuitive eating and embodiment

open access: yesEating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 2022
Abstract PurposeCurrent conceptualizations and measures of orthorexia nervosa may not be accurately distinguishing between the healthy and pathological pursuit of a healthy diet, leading to very high prevalence rates and risking the pathologizing and stigmatizing of healthy eating more generally.
Elly Anastasiades, Marios Argyrides
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