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Are there ethnic differences in positive body image among female British undergraduates?
, 2009 Numerous studies have examined ethnic differences in body image, although the literature has tended to focus on a negative orientation toward one’s body. The present study examined whether there were differences in positive body image among 131 Caucasian,
Swami, V. +4 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a frequent and serious complication in children receiving cancer therapy. Standardizing FN management across Asia is challenging due to variable healthcare infrastructure, diagnostic capacity, and infection patterns; however, it could improve resource use and patient outcomes.
Joliza Patricia Cañeba +29 more
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Physical Self Matters: How the Dual Nature of Body Image Influences Smart Watch Purchase Intention
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 To determine the role of physical self in body-involving consumption, we explore how body image influences purchasing intention toward hybrid products with body-involving features.
Teng Wang, Yongqiang Sun, Shengwu Liao
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Self awareness and the body image [PDF]
, 2009 What mental representations give us the sense of our body as a unique object in the world? We investigated this issue in the context of the rubber hand illusion (RHI), an illusion of body image in which a prosthetic hand brushed synchronously, but not ...
Longo, Matthew R. +9 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono +7 more
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Body Image in Women during Midlife
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2019 The present paper deals with the body image formed in women during the period of middle adulthood, or midlife. The research featured Russian-speaking women, who demonstrated a global trend in that they expressed mainly negative ideas about their body and
Ksenia N. Belogai
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Body Image in Australian adolescents: Exploring functional and aesthetic body image across the sporting context [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis take a multidimensional view on body image, suggesting that perceptions of the body are not restricted to the way the body “looks”; they may also extend to the way the body “functions”.
Abbott, Bree
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo +5 more
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Body Image Dissatisfaction among Men Engaged in Regular Weight Training Activities: An exploratory analysis [PDF]
, 2014 The central purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the body image dissatisfaction experiences of a group of young adult men who were engaged in regular recreational weight training activities.
Jones, Lewis Neihana Tait
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Body Image in Adolescence: Through the Lenses of Culture, Gender, and Positive Psychology [PDF]
, 2013 Adolescents’ body image (i.e., feelings and thoughts about their body and appearance) is central to their health and wellbeing. This thesis, which examined adolescents’ body image, comprised two parts. The first part (including Studies I and II) examined
Holmqvist Gattario, Kristina
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