objectives: the aim of the present study was to compare and contrastthe sub-scale of the body image of the athletes and nonathlete menopaused females. methods & materials: the subjects of the research comprise 60 individuals who were between 43-53 years old. in this study the personalinformation questionnaire and psdq test were used.the personal information questionnaire included the sub-scales...

during the last two decades, extensive researches have been done on body image in adolescents. several psychological factors can affect fear or satisfaction of body image. the present study aims to investigate the role of predicting self-esteem about fear of body image in adolescents emphasizing social anxiety as a mediator variable. the present study is cross-sectional and correlational. the s...

Stereotypic attributions about “overweight people” (called weight stigma or bias) and “slender people” were elicited through semantic differential procedures and compared with self-attributions on the same bipolar personality trait scales. More negative personality traits were attributed to overweight people than to slender people and self-descriptions. Overweight subjects attributed negative t...

Background: Two main factors of success and failure of individuals in all different stages of life are considered to be self-esteem and body image. Objectives: The present study aimed at examining self-esteem and body image concern among students of Islamic Azad University of Abhar based on demographic variables. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2015, and participa...

INTRODUCTION Although evidence suggests that interpersonal psychotherapy may be an efficacious treatment for eating disorders, there is surprisingly little systematic knowledge about the interpersonal world of these patients. METHOD SASB self-image ratings were used to explore interpersonal profiles in a large heterogeneous sample of eating disorders (N = 830), matched normal controls (N = 10...

abstract: this study was carried out to examine the image of god among students at ferdowsi university. methods: a sample of 455 students (randomly selected), answered image of god (lawrence, 1997), self concept rogers (1951) and general self-efficacy (military and associates, 1996). data was analyzed using pearson, spearman and eta coefficient and chi-square test. results: psychometric propert...

Presenting published narratives of transgender and transsexual men (henceforth "trans men"), along with case study interview narratives from five lesbian-identified partners of trans men, I consider how body image issues may surface both individually and interpersonally in relation to the body dysphoria of a trans partner. In addition to self-reports of negatively shifting body image among some...