The concept of body image has been the centre of attention for the past few decades. Every person has certain kind of view about his/her physical appearance; some people consider themselves attractive, others consider themselves “unattractive”. This attitude towards one’s body is actually our body image; the perception, thinking and feelings about one’s body and also how other perceives them. B...

OBJECTIVE Numerous correlational studies have examined whether perceptions of vulnerability or worry are better predictors of health-related behavior. The aim of this experimental study was to explore some of the potential causal relationships involved: Are the effects of a brief smoking cessation intervention (for women attending for cervical smear tests) on intention to stop smoking mediated ...

Clients in treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) were compared to a control group to assess the extent and nature of imagery during worry or while thinking about a personally relevant positive future event. Two methods were used to assess mentation and were completed in counter balanced order within the worry and positive conditions. One method assessed the occurrence of imagery by r...

The effects of worry and rumination on affective states and mentation type were examined in an unselected undergraduate sample in Study 1 and in a sample of individuals with high trait worry and rumination, high rumination, and low worry/rumination in Study 2. Participants engaged in worry and rumination inductions, counterbalanced in order across participants to assess main and interactive eff...

Worry is a normal response to uncertainty. Education, empathetic support, reassurance, and passage of time usually ameliorate ordinary worries. However, these common-sense strategies for dealing with transient worries often prove ineffective for patients with excessive worry, many of whom meet the criteria for disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. Evide...

the aim of this study is investigate the relationship between resilience, hardiness and life satisfaction with body image of high school girls of sabzevar in 2014. this study was correlational. the population of this study included 1578 in high school girls of sabzevar and 311 persons were selected through multistep cluster sampling method. the data was collected using conner-davidson resilienc...

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, minim...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether parental worry about their children's health predicts usage of a pediatric Internet intervention for encopresis. METHODS Thirty-nine families with a child diagnosed with encopresis completed a national clinical trial of an Internet-based intervention for encopresis (www.ucanpooptoo.com). Parents rated worry about their children's health, encopresis severity, c...