School-based body image interventions for girls have typically been evaluated in single-sex rather than coeducational settings. However, there may be advantages to including boys within classes and it might also be more practical to deliver interventions to co-educational classes. Hence, it is important to examine any difference in outcomes between these two delivery settings. This study evalua...

Body dissatisfaction is normative among European American women, and involvement with predominant culture or linking self-worth to weight may intensify the association between body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness for women of color. Our study investigated whether orientation to other ethnic groups (Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure) and weight-based contingency of self-worth moderate th...

abstract introduction: eating disorders and body-image disturbances are of the most prevalent and disabling clinical complications that adolescent girls and young women develop. from the causes which effectively contribute to body dissatisfaction and eating pathology, is considered to be internalization of thin-ideal. this study aims to determine the correlations between thin-ideal internalizat...

Research has examined psychological moderators of the body dissatisfaction-bulimic symptomatology relationship, but the focus has been on variables thought to worsen the relationship. In this study, we examined self-esteem, optimism, satisfaction with life, and self-determination as potential buffers. Participants were 847 female undergraduates. Using hierarchical multiple regression (HMR), we ...

Increasingly, sports and fitness brands are using a variety of social media platforms. Instagram has come to the fore in the area of fitness, asserting itself as the de facto channel for users to catalogue their athletic activities, and offering inspirational training advice to followers. Considering this increasingly-popular ‘fitspiration’ trend, we see a significant impact upon young female u...

A measure of men's attitudes toward their body (MBAS) was developed and evaluated via three independent samples of college men. In Studies 1 and 2, factor analyses determined and cross-validated the MBAS's underlying structure. Three factors emerged from the items: muscularity, low body fat, and height. Studies 1 and 2 provided construct (i.e., convergent, concurrent, and discriminant) validity...

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most prevalent neoplasm in women worldwide and nationally, so there a need to investigate changes that are generated life of patient at physical, psychological social levels.Objective: Determining body image self-esteem with breast treated "José Carrasco Arteaga" Specialty Hospital, Cuenca 2022 -2023.Methodology: A quantitative study, cross-sectional analytica...

OBJECTIVE To determine the nutrition transition stage of female Jordanian college students. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey was used to assess eating styles, disordered eating attitudes and behaviours, body esteem and dissatisfaction, and media influence. SETTING Public and private universities in Jordan. SUBJECTS A total of 255 subjects were recruited through a government-initiated youth...

Background: Sexual satisfaction is the fundamental role in success of family foundation. sexual satisfaction is the one of the most important components of life’s satisfaction. that influence on couples’ health. Although sexual function is related to sexual satisfaction but this factor cant be recognized as the only influential factor and the other factors include relational and emotional varia...

The study aimed to assess dietary restraint and self-esteem as predictors of weight change over a time period of 8 years. Questionnaires assessing self-reported weight, body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, and self-esteem were completed by 77 young adults (19 men and 58 women) on two occasions separated by 8 years. On average, participants gained approximately 6 kg over the 8 years. Althoug...