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This chapter argues that the analytical ‘cut’ of the body in traditional creativity research is detrimental to not only theoretical conceptualization...
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Body Comparisons Compromise the Benefits Body Diversity Exposure has on Body Satisfaction Among Female Adolescents and Young Adult Women
Sociocultural expectations to conform to a thin beauty ideal often lead women to evaluate themselves based on physical appearance. This evaluation...
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The Effect of Body-Focused Positive Psychology Interventions on Behavioural Intentions, Body Esteem, and Body Compassion
Positive psychology interventions increase well-being and some health outcomes. In this experimental study, we assessed three positive psychology...
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Body evaluation in men: the role of body weight dissatisfaction in appearance evaluation, eating, and muscle dysmorphia psychopathology
BackgroundBody image dissatisfaction is a significant concern among men, influencing appearance evaluation, eating behaviors, and muscle dysmorphia...
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Effects of Viewing Body Positive Quotes on Body Satisfaction, Appreciation and Self-objectification
The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of viewing body positive quotes on body satisfaction, body appreciation and...
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The effect of visually manipulating back size and morphology on back perception, body ownership, and attitudes towards self-capacity during a lifting task
Body re-sizing illusions can profoundly alter perception of our own body. We investigated whether creating the illusion of a muscled and fit-looking...
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Age and gender differences in misperceptions of body shape in a Taiwanese population
ObjectivesMost studies of body size perception have been performed in adolescents, and most focus on gender differences in accurate perception of...
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Fat and (Un)Healthy: A Dramaturgical Analysis of Health, Lifestyle, and Body Size in Healthcare Settings
The assumption that a person’s weight has a direct link to their overall health and wellbeing, and that the fat body is (un)made through lifestyle...
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Development and validation of a new body image and eating behaviors measure for pregnant women: the maternal body image and eating behaviors scale
Pregnant women undergo many physiological and psychological changes which can lead to body image disturbances and disordered eating. This study aimed...
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Self-Compassion and Body Image
The study of self-compassion holds great relevance for body image theory, research, and practice. In this chapter, we review the various theoretical...
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Can I Love My Body Even if It Doesn’t Look Like the Porn Stars’? Longitudinal Associations Between Pornography Use Frequency and Body Appreciation in a Diverse Sample of Adolescents
Online technologies could play an important role in the sexual development of adolescents as they watch more pornography than before. Pornography may...
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How does the experience of shame impact body dysmorphic symptomatology? Exploring the role of mindfulness and body image-related cognitive fusion
Shame has been considered a core component of body dysmorphia-related symptomatology. However, literature concerning the emotion regulation processes...
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What about young adults’ photo manipulation activity? The predictive role of body shame and the mediating effect of body esteem
In recent years, the centrality of photos on Social Networking Sites (SNSs) dramatically increased among young adults. The particular attention...
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Identity Formation, Body Image, and Body-Related Symptoms: Developmental Trajectories and Associations Throughout Adolescence
Emerging evidence highlights the intricate link between identity and one’s body, however, integrative longitudinal research on this identity-body...
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Beyond Desirable in North America: an examination of actual and ideal body preferences, and body attractiveness preferences in a heterosexual sample of men and women from the USA
A recent Australian study demonstrated that both men and women want to have less body fat and more muscularity than they perceived that they had, and...
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Being Able to Describe How One Thinks and Feels May (Partly) Attenuate the Association Between Perceived body Image Discrepancy and Body Dissatisfaction: Preliminary Evidence in Young Women
Perceived discrepancies between how one’s body looks and how one wishes their body looked are positively associated with body dissatisfaction,...
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