BACKGROUND Body image disturbance is an increasing problem in Western societies and is associated with a number of mental health outcomes including anorexia, bulimia, body dysmorphia, and depression. The aim of this study was to assess the association between body image disturbance and the incidence of depression. METHODS This study included 10,286 participants from a dynamic prospective coho...

The quality of life of burn-injured patients can be impaired physically and psychologically. Burn patients who experience facial disfigurement have psychological, social, and economic difficulties living with their appearance in addition to difficulties associated with their medical treatment. The aim of this review was to investigate, within a cognitive behavioural framework, the effect of fac...

OBJECTIVES Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a life-threatening mental health condition. A core feature is a disturbance of body image, such that sufferers see themselves as fatter than they actually are. DESIGN We tested the effectiveness of a novel training programme to recalibrate our participants' perception of body size. METHODS In a novel adaptation of a cognitive bias training programme, part...

BACKGROUND Body image is a critical psychosocial issue for patients facing treatment for oral cancer, yet there is limited research conducted in this area. This study uses a multidimensional approach to body image assessment and evaluates relationships between body image, demographic, health, and psychosocial variables. METHODS Newly diagnosed patients with oral cancer completed self-report q...

OBJECTIVE Cultural diversity in body image has been studied elsewhere. In this study, we extend previous research by inclusion of (1) multiple ethnic groups for comparison and (2) measures for the assessment of multiple dimensions of body image. METHOD Participants were college students who self-identified as African, Asian, Caucasian, or Hispanic-American. Quantitative measures of weight-rel...

The connections between body image disturbance and psychological functioning have been well established in samples of older adolescent girls and young women. Little is known, however, about body image in younger children. In particular, little is known about possible gender differences in preadolescent children. The current study explored self-reported body image disturbance and psychological f...

OBJECTIVE Individuals with an eating disorder experience the rubber hand illusion (RHI) significantly more strongly than healthy controls on both perceptual (proprioceptive drift) and subjective (self-report embodiment questionnaire) measures. This heightened sensitivity to visual information about the body, and/or reduced somatosensory information processing about the body, suggest an increase...

backgroundit is not clearly specified that which of the components of body mass index (bmi) affect body image and which of them do not. given that having information in this regard is of special importance as a basis for future planning for adolescents, the present research aimed to compare body image in female and male adolescents and study its relationship with body mass index in high school ...

body image is an internal representation of the external appearance which includes physical and perceptual aspects and attitudes toward them. body image anxiety can cause weight problems. in addition, perfectionism, the trend or effort to be perfect and flawless can cause extreme thinking and self-criticism. perfectionism can provoke anxiety and concerns for body image and weight, especially in...