background: body image reflects how a person thinks and feels about his/her own body. negative body image results in low self-esteem and depression. the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship of body image and self-esteem with marital adjustment among female married employees of kerman university of medical sciences. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 380...

background & aim:  the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the relationship between body image and quality of life in female patients with breast cancer and healthy women. methods:in the current descriptive, causal, comparative, cross-sectional study, 50 women with breast cancer, referring to the radiotherapy and oncology clinic of imam reza hospital (mashhad, iran) and 50 healthy wom...

background: due to the increased growing heart diseases and necessity to do heart surgery, as well as the importance role of rehabilitation in reducing patient’s mortality, patient’s promotion body image and quality of life should be proposed as one of the main goals of treatment interference. this research was performed with the goal to identify the process of   rehabilitation period on the ch...

background:       lymphedema is a common complication for breast cancer therapy. patients with lymphedema may experience pain and body image issues. this study investigates the effect of combined decongestive therapy and pneumatic compression pump on body image in patients with lymphedema secondary to breast cancer treatment. methods:       42 women with breast cancer related lymphedema partici...

The conscious sense of our body, or body image, is often taken for granted, but it is disrupted in many clinical states including complex regional pain syndrome and phantom limb pain. Is the same true for chronic back pain? Body image was assessed, via participant drawings, in six patients with chronic back pain and ten healthy controls. Tactile threshold and two-point discrimination threshold ...

Although there is a voluminous literature on mass media effects on body image concerns of young adult women in the U.S., there has been relatively little theoretically-driven research on processes and effects of social media on young women’s body image and self-perceptions. Yet given the heavy online presence of young adults, particularly women, and their reliance on social media, it is importa...

The purpose of the present study was to assess body perception in eating disorders and its meaning in therapy. A total of 44 patients, 25 bulimia nervosa and 19 anorexia nervosa, admitted at a specialized in-patient treatment center participated in the present study. Body size estimation procedures (video-distortion and image-marking techniques) and self-report questionnaires were used for the ...