Research investigating dimensions of relationship quality (Markey, Markey, & Birch, 2001; Pierce, Sarason, & Sarason, 1996) has suggested that aspects of relationship quality (e.g., commitment, support, trust) are related to lower levels of body dissatisfaction in women. However no studies have examined the effect of all three measures of relationship quality on body dissatisfaction simultaneou...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Given the theoretically postulated causal pathway from low self-esteem on body dissatisfaction, the aim of the present study was to experimentally test this linkage before and after a mirror exposure in body dissatisfied females. METHOD Thirty-six women with high body dissatisfaction (HBD) and 39 women with low body dissatisfaction (LBD) received either a positive or...

BACKGROUND Elective aesthetic surgeries are increasing in the Iranian population with reasons linked to body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms. This study compared the body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms among invasive and minimally invasive aesthetic surgery patients and a control group. METHODS Data from 90 participants (invasive aesthetic surgery=30 Ss, min...

The aim of the current study was to add to the growing body of research on men with eating disorders by examining the association between different types of body dissatisfaction (muscularity and body fat) and disordered eating in heterosexual and gay men. Two hundred four participants (over one-third were gay) completed measures assessing disordered eating, muscularity and body fat dissatisfact...

This research examined the effects of appearance-based comparisons to muscular and slender idealized male bodies and the contribution of internalization and social comparison to change in body dissatisfaction. Participants were 111 male undergraduates who completed measures of body dissatisfaction, internalization, and social comparison and viewed images of either muscular or slender men in adv...

This study was aimed to identify the body dissatisfaction among female athletes and in nonfemale athletes. This present study also examined ideals body size, and media influence towards body dissatisfaction perception among female recreational athletes and nonathletes. Participants were 40 women age ranged between 21 and 30 years: 20 recreational athletes who regularly go to the gym, do running...

OBJECTIVE To investigate risk factors for disordered eating among overweight youth, a subset of the population particularly at risk for such behaviors. METHODS A population-based sample of overweight youth (n = 553) self-reported their disordered eating (binge eating, extreme weight control behaviors), depression-related symptoms, body dissatisfaction, and weight-related teasing at 5-year int...

This study examined the associations among weight status, body dissatisfaction, and negative body talk with a sample of young adult male friends (N = 55 pairs). Actor-Partner Interdependence Model revealed that individuals' body dissatisfaction was positively associated with their own body mass index, but was negatively associated with their friend's body mass index. In addition, having a frien...

Breast and global body dissatisfaction were examined in Asian (n=237), European (n=196), Hispanic (n=109), and African (n=58) American college women. Asian American women reported the lowest body satisfaction on the Appearance Evaluation Scale (Cash, T. F. The multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire users’ manual: 3rd revision, 2000) and greatest breast dissatisfaction on one of two ...

Correnspodence to: Sandra Vuk Pisk, MD, PhD, tel. 0038513430095, e-mail: [email protected] Psychiatric Hospital Sveti Ivan, Jankomir 11 10090 Zagreb, Croatia Copyright © 2017 KBCSM, Zagreb e-mail: [email protected] • www.http//hrcak.srce.hr/acoholism Abstract – The aim of study is to evaluate the impact of body dissatisfaction and obesity on suicide attempts in patients suffering...