PURPOSE The aim of this work was to compare body image in females and males, and particularly to investigate overall level of dissatisfaction with the body and its areas, as well as the examination of level of its discrimination and relations between different body parts evaluation. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was carried out on 74 males and 145 females aged 19 to 25. Color-A Person Body D...

Problem Statement: This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the relationship established between self-esteem and body image dissatisfaction, as subjective variables among young, female Romanian university students. Purpose of Study: We hypothesize that young women’s body dissatisfaction is related to their self-esteem level. The second purpose of this study is to verify whether sel...

This study investigated whether an expanded tripartite influence model would represent gay men's experiences. This model was extended by adding partners and gay community involvement as sources of social influence and considering dual body image pathways (muscularity and body fat dissatisfaction) to muscularity enhancement and disordered eating behaviors. Latent variable structural equation mod...

Despite their elevated risk of health problems and a propensity to be more overweight or underweight relative to the other members of the Australian population, there has been no previous investigation of body image concerns among Indigenous Australians. In this study we investigated the level of body image importance and body image dissatisfaction among 19 rural Indigenous adolescents (7 males...

This study examined the relation between weight stigma, exercise motivation and exercise behavior. One hundred female undergraduates (BMIs [kg/m(2)] 17-38) completed measures of experiences with weight stigma, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem and exercise motivation, and reported on their exercise behavior. Stigma experiences were positively correlated with BMI and body dissatisfaction. Import...

We have read with interest the article entitled "The misuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids among Iranian recreational male body-builders and their relation with psycological, social and demographic factors" (1). Although the obtained results were enriching for the understanding of the problem in Iran, like the authors, we also believe that a more adecuate questionnaire could be used instead of...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with body image dissatisfaction among physical education students enrolled in a public university. METHODS This study evaluated 236 students and assessed body image perception (silhouette scale), sociodemographic variables (sex, age, parental education, marital status, university course, work, living arrangement, study shift, and...