Background and Purpose: Social media play a crucial role in setting cultural standards for the ideal body, which are often unrealistic and emphasize the importance of thinness for girls. This research aimed to explore the effect of media literacy on eating disorders with the mediating role of body image of female athletes in Izeh City, Iran. Materials and Methods: This correlational research w...

B ody image refers to a subjective concept of one’s physical appearance based on self-observation and the reaction of others. ‘‘Ideal’’ body image is the phrase used to refer to the body size determined by one’s cultural group to epitomize beauty and/or success in achievement of the optimum physical state as defined by that group. The ‘‘ideal’’ body image can vary between cultural groups, withi...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of five major personality factors and sexual self-schema in body image dissatisfaction.  Methods: In this study, a correlational design was used and 270 individuals (Male: 135, Female: 135) with age of 17 to 40, citizens of Tehran, who were selected by the available random sampling were included. They completed Neo-PI questi...

In this paper, we describe our participation in the ImageCLEF 2015 Scalable Concept Image Annotation task. In this participation, we display our approach for an automatic image annotation by the use of an ontology-based semantic hierarchy handled at both learning and annotation steps. While recent works focused on the use of semantic hierarchies to improve concept detector accuracy, we are inve...

conclusions concerns about body image, an avoidant attachment style, and cognitive strategies to regulate negative emotions were the strongest predictors for eating disorder symptoms. based on current research findings, an avoidance attachment style, concerns about body image, and negative emotion regulation cognitive strategies increase eating disorder symptoms in students. because attachment ...

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BACKGROUND Negative body image is a risk factor for development and relapse in eating disorders (ED). Many patients continue to be dissatisfied with their body shape or weight after treatment. This study presents a qualitative analysis of written reflections on body image from patients with an ED and a negative body image before and after an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group treatment at ...