objective: the main aim of the current survey was to evaluate a hypothesized model on subjective quality of life (sqol), and to survey the role of scale anchoring on satisfaction and dissatisfaction ratings. method: the sample consisted of 456 volunteering students who were randomly assigned in to two different conditions, and rated their current overall life (dis)satisfaction and their (dis)sa...

BACKGROUND Acne vulgaris has high prevalence, disturbing quality of life during adolescence. OBJECTIVES To measure dissastifaction and acne in 18-year-old male individuals and its associated factors. METHODS A questionnaire was applied by trained interviewers to all boys during selection for the military service. Dissatisfaction and acne was evaluated using a self-administered face scale. F...

Title of Document: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND MARITAL DISSATISFACTION Elizabeth Davenport Pollock, M.S., 2006 Directed By: Associate Professor Manouchehr Mokhtari, Department of Family Studies This study examines the relationship between mental health, physical health and physical appearance and marital dissatisfaction for women interviewed ...

Self-Determination Theory predicts that fulfillment of the three psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness predicts well-being. Fulfillment of these needs has long been considered a uni-dimensional construct consisting of need satisfaction and (reverse coded) need dissatisfaction. Recent research suggests that satisfaction and dissatisfaction should be separated. We tested w...

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...

Social comparison (i.e., body, eating, exercise) and body surveillance were tested as mediators of the thin-ideal internalization-body dissatisfaction relationship in the context of an elaborated sociocultural model of disordered eating. Participants were 219 college women who completed two questionnaire sessions 3 months apart. The cross-sectional elaborated sociocultural model (i.e., includin...

Previous research has found concurrent and prospective associations between negative mood and body dissatisfaction; however, only experimental research can establish causal relationships. This study utilized an experimental design to examine the influence of negative mood on body dissatisfaction. Undergraduate women were randomly assigned to an experimental or control condition. Participants in...

OBJECTIVE We examined the mediating role of self-criticism in the relation between childhood maltreatment and both depressive symptoms and body dissatisfaction in patients with binge eating disorder (BED). METHOD Participants were 170 BED patients who completed measures of childhood maltreatment, self-criticism, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and body dissatisfaction. RESULTS Specific fo...

Research suggests that depression may play a role in the relationship between body dissatisfaction and the development of disordered eating behaviors. Self-focus has been identified as playing a role in both depression and eating disorders. Using a self-report, cross-sectional methodology, we examined self-focused attention as a mediator between body dissatisfaction and depression and disordere...

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 ...