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Mindful monitoring and accepting the body in physical activity mediates the associations between physical activity and positive body image in a sample of young physically active adults [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingIntroductionThe study aimed to extend research on the possible mechanisms that explain the associations between physical activity (PA), mindfulness during PA and positive body image. In the present study, we tested the mediating role of state mindfulness
Rasa Jankauskiene, Migle Baceviciene
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Sustainability of Positive Body Image Changes One Year After Exercise Interventions in Young Women: A Quasi-Experimental Study [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesAlthough some exercise interventions have demonstrated short-term benefits for women’s positive body image, evidence regarding their longer-term effects—particularly under real-world conditions—remains limited.
Rasa Jankauskiene +3 more
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Body Image, 2021 Research has shown that individuals with a positive body image promote positive body image to others, yet also have close others who unconditionally accept their body and feel positively about their own body, too. This mutual interdependence between the individual and the environment with respect to positive body image has been termed reciprocity ...
Jessica Alleva
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Revisiting positive body image to demonstrate how body neutrality is not new
Body ImageIn this position paper, we review nonacademic and academic discourse on body neutrality, a recent concept that has spread from social media platforms into scientific publications. This discourse has (inaccurately) promulgated that body neutrality is distinct from and more realistic than positive body image and body positivity. We identify and challenge
Tracy L Tylka +2 more
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The concept of a positive body image in modern foreign psychology [PDF]
Современная зарубежная психология, 2021 Research into the problem of body image has more than a century of history, most of which is associated with the study of negative attitudes towards the body and related psychopathology - eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorders, etc.
Meshkova T.A.
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Positive body image among Polish elite athletes
Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 2021 Background: This study aimed to analyze factors differentiating body appreciation among Polish elite athletes. Material and Methods: Participants were athletes, both men and women (N=408), who completed questionnaire BAS-2. Results: In general, men had
ALEKSANDRA BUDZISZ +1 more
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Cyberpsychology: 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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Understanding the role of positive body image during digital interventions for eating disorders: Secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
Body Image, 2022 Despite growing interest in the possible link between positive body image and eating disorder (ED) symptoms, little is known about what role this adaptive construct plays in ED treatment.
Linardon J +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Although scholars continue to debate the influence of social media on body image, increased social media use, especially engaging in appearance-related behaviors may be a potential risk factor for body dissatisfaction in adolescents.
Ciara Mahon, David Hevey
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Journal of Eating Disorders, 2023 Background Research on body image in eating disorders has predominantly focused on negative body image, only recently shifting to positive body image. Findings suggest that enhancing positive body image can, amongst other things, serve as a protective ...
Manja M. Engel +3 more
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