Background & Aims: Body image represents the attitude of the individual toward himself/herself, along with the feelings and thoughts that can change individuals’ behavior in various conditions and in the positive or negative direction. In neurotic perfectionism, extreme tendency to perfectionism, obsessive thoughts, impulses, or unwanted images can be observed that can damage women’s perception...

conclusions psychological status, self-esteem, economic level, and place of residence of nursing students may be the potential factors for eating disorders. results about 30.0% of turkish nursing students had negative eating attitudes. there was a significant positive correlation between the bds and eat scores (p < 0.001). there was a significant negative correlation between rses scores and eat...

objective: the interest in cosmetic surgery has increased dramatically during recent years and psychologists have focused on the associations of this interest. the present study aimed to compare cosmetic surgery patients and normal individuals in terms of their early maladaptive schemas (emss), body image (bi), and self-esteem, as well as investigate the relationships of emss and self-esteem wi...

backgroundbody image is a determinant of individual attractiveness and physical activity among the young people. this study was aimed to assess the association of trans-theoretical model based exercise behavior change with body image evaluation among the female iranian students.materials and methodsthis cross-sectional study was conducted in sanandaj city, iran in 2016. using multistage samplin...

objective: this study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of sociocultural attitude towards appearance questionnaire in female adolescents. method: this was a methodological study. the english version of the questionnaire was translated into persian, using forward-backward method. then the face validity, content validity and reliability were checked. to ensure face validity, the ques...

background adolescents’ perception of their weight is a strong factor in shaping dietary habits and weight control and management. among non-overweight and overweight adolescents, both overestimation and underestimation of weight status are associated with harmful effects. this study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived weight and attitude toward eating disorders among adolescent...

Objectives: During the past decades, cosmetic surgery has become increasingly popular. The purpose of this study is to make questionnaire for screening patients with negative body image in cosmetic clinics for special need people. Methods: In the present study, 150 special need people in cosmetic clinics were randomly assigned to fill questionnaires for assessing body area concerns. Resul...