A study is reported which investigated the proposal that high trait anxiety is associated with a memory bias for worry themes. Forty-five participants were categorised as being high or low trait anxious on the basis of scores on the (Spielberger et al., 1983) (Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Form Y) (1983)). The participants were requested to rate a number of worry and non-worry s...

Background: Body image is an integral component of the self-concept that significantly shapes human functioning and people’s life outcomes. Although negative body image is well-studied, there is little research on positive body image. The study examined the basic characteristics of positive body image intending to standardize a scale for it.  Methods: The study used using an exploratory resear...

abstract background: eating disorder is one of the most common health problems with clinical and psychological consequences, which can affect body image in cancer patients. similar studies in this area for checking the status of this disorder and its relevance with body image in patients with cancer are limited. therefore, this study was designed with the aim of determination of eating disorder...

background: most previous research has focused on polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) characteristics and their association with psychological disorders, such as anxiety and depression. objective: in the present study, our aim was to study whether pcos characteristics are associated with several aspects of psychological well-being namely self-esteem and body satisfaction. materials and methods: th...

This study aims at developing a measuring instrument of which validity and reliability for the body images individuals during adolescence young adulthood are proven. The group consists 384 high school students. content was tested by seeking an expert opinion construct applying explanatory (EFA) confirmatory (CFA) factor analysis. In scope analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics v20.0 Lisrel 8.80 programs...

Worry is a common phenomenon in children and adolescents, with some experiencing excessive worries that cause significant distress and interference. The metacognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder (Wells 1995, 2009) was developed to explain cognitive processes associated with pathological worry in adults, particularly the role of positive and negative beliefs about worry. This review ev...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To investigate symptom-based cancer worry in women who are at hereditary risk for breast cancer, specifically levels of worry, correlations of cancer worry, perceived cancer risk, and clinical signs or symptoms of breast cancer, as well as predictors of cancer worry. DESIGN Cross-sectional, correlational. SETTING Primarily the United States. SAMPLE 200 women, aged 18-80...