Differences in the prevalence and natural history of diseases between races have been well recognised. The prevalence of Hepatitis B infection, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and systemic lupus erythematosus for instance, is relatively high among the Chinese as compared to the Malays and Indians living in apparently the same community. Black Americans have a higher prevalence of hypertension than Whi...

Short Description Epilepsy is a chronic medical condition with many social aspects, documentations of which exist since earliest historical times. This chapter looks at a selection of topics comprising religion and superstitions, work and mobility, family, and legislation. In the broad public, superstitions and stigma have been slow to react to medical progresses. The many evolutions that moder...

Sociocultural factors hypothesised to be influential in eating disorders were assessed for their relationship with compulsive exercise. A sample of 828 adolescent boys and girls completed measures assessing sociocultural messages to change body shape as well as pressure to be thin, and also measures of compulsive exercise and disordered eating. Results showed that the sociocultural influences d...

We examined the sociocultural model of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitude development in young girls for the first time. According to the model, internalizing an unrealistically thin ideal body increases the risk of disordered eating via body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, and depression. Girls aged 7-11 years (N=127) completed measures of thin-ideal internalization, body ...

This study explored the relationships between perceived sociocultural pressure to fulfill the thin beauty ideal, body distress, and the presence of eating disorder symptoms. Participants were 437 Chilean adolescent girls from Arica, northern Chile, aged 13-18. Results showed significant associations between perceived pressure from social agents to be thin and the presence of disrupted eating at...

objective: this study aimed to examine factors influencing attitudes toward cosmetic surgery among university students. sociocultural attitudes toward appearance, physical appearance perfectionism, and appearance investment were considered as predictors of tendency toward cosmetic surgery. methods: this study was a descriptive-correlative research. one stage cluster sampling was utilized to col...