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McLagan, Beverley May. "Self-esteem components in eating disordered women : body-image disturbance, body dissatisfaction, and cultural and individual body shape ideals." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28170.
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Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Robinson, Shelagh Wynne. "Bodies imaged : women, self-objectification and subjectification." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38263.
Full textIn the present study, hypotheses regarding women's social experiences of objectification and self-objectification were tested on 228 college-age women who completed the Objectification Response Questionnaire (ORQ; Robinson, 2001), and measures assessing Objectified Body Consciousness (OBC; McKinley & Hyde, 1996) and Self-Objectification (SOQ; Noll & Fredrickson, 1997). On the ORQ, participants report on emotional and cognitive responses, as well as behavioural responses in the form of social looking, to hypothetical scenarios depicting social experiences of objectifying gazing by a stranger. ORQ responses were unrelated to SOQ scores, but were related to OBC Self-Surveillance and Control Beliefs subscales. Interactions of OBC scores and observer characteristics of gender and attractiveness were also significantly related to ORQ scores. Results are discussed in the context of augmenting prevailing theories and models in the area of women and self-objectification, specifically in the form of clinical applications to disrupt certain social experiences of objectification and self-objectification, and facilitate behaviours, thoughts and attitudes associated with resilience, competence and subjectification.
Dell'Era, Maria Elena. "The Effects of Mirror Confrontation on Body Image Ratings." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277965/.
Full textChan, Hoi-kei Gloria, and 陳凱琪. "Rejection concerns accentuate effects of thin-ideal images on women's body satisfaction." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45986277.
Full textGlauert, Rebecca. "Body dissatisfaction and its relationship with the perceptual effects of exposure to bodies and attentional biases toward bodies." University of Western Australia. School of Psychology, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0220.
Full textMannor, Susan. "The effect of media and the fashion industry on body image." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2003. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/326.
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Mikesell, Matthew. "The Relationship of Appearance Pressures, Exercise Behaviors, and Reasons for Exercise to the Psychological Well-Being of Retired Female Athletes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248438/.
Full textWard, Jessica. "The relationship between exercise and physical self-concept among nonparticipants, exercisers, and athletic college females." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1221292.
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Lee, Man-shan Emily, and 李雯珊. "An exploratory study of women's body image across the life span: the role of cognitive control." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43895402.
Full textWong, Wai Kei. "Body image dissatisfaction, postpartum depression and marital satisfaction of mothers after childbirth in Macau." Thesis, University of Macau, 2012. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2589458.
Full textDoss, Farrell Dean. "Clothing availability from department and speciality stores: implications for self-esteem, body satisfaction, and design line preference of large-size women." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41896.
Full textHwang, Jinsook. "Body Image, self-esteem, and clothing of men and women aged 55 years and older." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06232009-063041/.
Full textVieira, Teresa Cristina da Costa. "Mulheres mastectomizadas: o que muda na dinâmica conjugal?" Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2016. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1155.
Full textFretz, Amelia. "The relationship between anorexic-like symptoms and sexuality among female college students." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1045635.
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Alvarez, Ana. "The Effects of a Psychosocial Environment on College Women’s Exercise Regulations and Social Physique Anxiety." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799470/.
Full textSilva, Raquel de Souza Gomes da. "Um estudo sobre as modificações corporais pela via das cirurgias plásticas como manifestação do traço perveso em mulheres midiáticas." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2015. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1176.
Full textThe body modification is increasing among women who search for plastic surgery and other aesthetic procedures in order to achieve a body that is praised by the media. Some of them modify their bodies beyond measure pulling their floating ribs out to make their waists slimmer, performing many procedures at the same time or when they exceed the amount of silicon implant in their breasts which detonates an undue behavior guideded by the disproportion. However, the current context is marked by a perverse social organization because it sets itself on the boundaries deletion and on the elation of the jouissance and moves the appearance of perverse traces independently on the clinical structure. Thus, this study aims to highlight some perverse traces in three cases of media women that compulsively change their bodies. Weve collected the depositions displayed on internet videos, focusing on those who dealt with the aesthetic procedures. For analysis, weve selected three perverse traces: disproportion and the boundaries transgression, the partial objects fixation, the body as a fetish and the search for other peoples look as way to achieve jouissance. Those women through the disproportion , deny their lacks by offering their bodies, in parts, as a fetish object to the others look.
Fillion, Jennifer Mary. "Metaphor Use in Interpersonal Communication of Body Perception in the Context of Breast Cancer." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1014.
Full textCatarino, Gabriela Nunes. "A importância da relação terapeuta - paciente na preparação e acompanhamento psicológico de pessoas que se submetem à cirurgia bariátrica." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2014. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=976.
Full textFerreira, Mariane Dias. "“Espelho, espelho meu, existe alguém mais bela do que eu?”: um grupo focal de mulheres obesas com enfoque na psicologia analítica." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20423.
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In Brazil, according to the Ministry of Health in 2014, 50.8% of Brazilians were overweight, therefore, more than half of the population. Of these, 17.5% were obese, of which 54.7% were men and 47.4% were women. Obesity and overweight (which can lead to obesity) are disorders whose appearance and maintenance indicate the existence of several correlated factors, presenting, therefore, a multidimensional cause. Aside from health problems, being overweight also leads to a "negative view of the body," especially for women. This causes them to associate fitness with acceptance, social success and happiness. In general, studies on body image and self-esteem in obese women point to losses related to dissatisfaction, depreciation, distortion and concern with self-image in a way that is dissociated from the sense of identity. The present study sought to identify expectations of weight loss and examine body image and self-esteem through a focus group of six women between the ages of 36 and 50, who were overweight and obese, without distinguishing how much, through their narratives and the use of photographs. In the group narrative they tried to determine subjects related to body image, self-esteem and expectation of weight loss; such narrative was completed with a case study of each participant, in which the interlocution between symbols emerged from photos brought by each participant along with their personal narratives. The results indicated that, influenced by individual and collective factors, the participants experienced little expectation of weight loss along with the alienation of self-esteem which operated in the service of compensatory defenses. The functional aspects of the group, of the photographs and their clinical and symbolic potential within the framework of analytical psychology, enabled participants to reflect on their symptomatic and individual conditions by translating the conflict from measurement to mythical, or from number to narrative, so that they were able to initially reflect on individual demands and self-image rather than maintaining massive projections in the collective
No Brasil, segundo o Ministério da Saúde em 2014, 50,8% dos brasileiros estavam acima do peso, ou seja, mais da metade da população. Destes, 17,5% eram obesos, dos quais 54,7% homens e 47,4% mulheres. A obesidade e o sobrepeso (que pode levar à obesidade) são uma doença que indica a existência de diversos fatores que se correlacionam para seu aparecimento e manutenção, portanto, tem uma causa multidimensional. Fora os problemas de saúde, há particularmente nas mulheres uma “visão negativa do corpo” perante o sobrepeso, levando-as a associar a forma física com a aceitação, o sucesso social e a felicidade. De uma forma geral, os estudos sobre imagem corporal e autoestima em obesas apontam para prejuízos relacionados à insatisfação, depreciação, distorção e preocupação com a autoimagem de modo dissociado ao senso de identidade. O estudo presente buscou identificar expectativas de emagrecimento e investigar imagem corporal e autoestima a partir de um grupo focal com seis mulheres entre 36 e 50 anos com sobrepeso e obesidade, sem distinção de grau, por meio de narrativas e do uso de fotografias. Na narrativa grupal procurou-se determinar temas relativos à imagem corporal, autoestima e expectativa de emagrecimento; tal narrativa completou-se com um estudo de caso de cada participante, no qual se buscou a interlocução entre símbolos emergidos de fotos trazidas por cada participante e suas narrativas pessoais. Os resultados indicaram que, influenciadas por fatores individuais e coletivos, as participantes experimentavam baixa expectativa de emagrecimento aliada ao alheamento da autoestima que operava a serviço de defesas compensatórias. Os aspectos funcionais do grupo, das fotografias e de seu potencial clínico e simbólico dentro do enquadre da psicologia analítica, possibilitaram às participantes refletirem sobre suas condições sintomáticas e individuais traduzindo o conflito da métrica à mítica, ou do número para a narrativa, de modo que elas puderam de maneira inicial refletir sobre demandas individuais e autoimagem ao invés de manter projeções maciças no coletivo
Petersson, Khaliah. "Exercise, self-perceptions and mood during pregnancy." University of Western Australia. School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0049.
Full textBauer, Paul Charles. "The body image diviner." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23405.
Full textPayton, Suzanne Marguerite. "Alterations in body image in patients with chronic renal failure or cancer." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277002.
Full textAlbin, Drema Dial. "Making the body (w)hole a qualitative study of body modifications and culture /." Full text (off-campus access restricted to users with UT Austin EID) Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3023541.
Full textVita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International. Available also from UMI's Dissertation Abstracts.
Botha, Ilza. "Female sexuality and body image during pregnancy." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14741.
Full textThis explorative study, partially based on the psychological and developmental perspectives, evaluated female sexuality and body image during pregnancy and the postnatal period. A cross-sectional and longitudinal research design was used. Several female (n = 208) and male ( n = 84) subsamples were evaluated. Assessment included a Biographical Questionnaire, Female and Male Sexuality Scales rated on 3- and 5- point scales, and the Rorschach Inkblot Test, scored for Barrier and Penetration responses. Parametric and non-parametric statistical techniques were employed in the cross-sectional data analysis. The biographical background of the subjects was homogeneous. Predominantly all of the women were educated, had planned their pregnancies, attended prenatal classes and were informed about the process of pregnancy. Chi-square tests on the single items measuring female sexuality, from prior to conception to during pregnancy, and after childbirth, showed a significant decline in females' sexual satisfaction and in the intensity with which they experienced orgasms. Excluding the retrospective data, a significant decline was found on female sexual desire and enjoyment during pregnancy and during the postnatal period. Physiologically related reasons were commonly associated with declined sexual desire. Few pregnant or postnatal women abstained from sexual intercourse or introduced coital methods and positions unfamiliar to them. A factor analysis of the single sexuality variables revealed four factors, Sexual Responsivity, Sexual Orgasmic Ability, Multiple Orgasmic Ability and Sexual Motivation. The data subjected to a multivariate analysis of variance yielded a significant linear downward trend of Female Sexual Responsivity over the gestation period and after childbirth. The conclusion is drawn that female sexuality I specifically referring to the psychological dimension (Factor 1) was not related to a specific trimester (or stage). No significant differences were evident on the physiological dimension of female sexuality referring to Orgasmic Ability or Sexual Motivation. Female body image was assessed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The descriptive analysis showed that pregnant women felt overweight, and unacceptable by social standards, yet they viewed these bodily states as temporary. The projective account of body image yielded no significant differences. The conclusion was drawn that women consciously rejected their pregnant body image, but subconsciously it formed part of their identity. Expectant fathers only experienced a significant decline in sexual satisfaction and initiated less sexual activity during their wives' pregnancy. It was concluded that male sexuality was minimally affected by their partner's pregnancy. Finally, pregnancy was found to be a natural and positive event.
Bindarwish, Jamal. "Social physique anxiety and exercise setting preferences among college students in a required PEFWL course." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1164844.
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Lauffer, Patricia Louise 1961. "THE EFFECT OF GENDER, GENDER ROLE, AND WEIGHT TRAINING ON SELF-CONCEPT AND BODY CATHEXIS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276469.
Full textChun, Yuk-mong Raymond, and 秦旭望. "Attitude towards fat people: the role of perceived consensus of legitimacy of social norms." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45985844.
Full textCevik, Senem Bahar. "Impact of media spokeswomen on teen girls' body image." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2801.
Full textKung, Shuk Mei. "Discipline and female subjects : an analysis of women's experience in the learning and using of female underwear." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2000. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/230.
Full textPathanapong, Poonsri. "Childbirth pain communicative behaviors among selected laboring Thai women." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185186.
Full textLee, Heesu. "Effects of Levels of Physical Activity on Physical Self-Concept and Social Physique Anxiety Among College Students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2012. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2760.
Full textOlney, Cynthia Ann. "THE EFFECT OF COMMUNICATOR GENDER, NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION STYLE, AND RESPONDENT GENDER ON MANAGERS' TASK AND SOCIAL ATTRACTIVENESS (WORKING WOMEN)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275426.
Full textGreene, Saara. "Breast cancer : the social construction of beauty and grieving." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23980.
Full textDiehl, Nancy S. (Nancy Sue). "A Longitudinal Investigation of Different Exercise Modalities on Social Physique Anxiety." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278207/.
Full textDorrer, Nike Cornelia. "Women, body and eating : a social representational study in British and Tobagonian cultural contexts." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21460.
Full textBoyer, Elizabeth M. "Psychological benefits of sport participation and physical activity for adolescent females." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3997/.
Full textMatoti-Mvalo, Tandiwe. "An exploration of the perceptions about being thin, HIV/AIDS and body image in black South African women." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8466_1189596026.
Full textThis study explored the perceptions of black South African women residing in Khayelitsha, Site B, about thinness, HIV./AIDS and body image. Obesity is a major public health problem in developed as well as developing countries. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been escalating in Sub-Saharan Africa and has been said to be the leading cause of death in South Africa.
Liebig, Yvonne D. "Body Ideals and Weight Bias: Does Ethnicity Make a Difference?" Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5360/.
Full textGriffiths, C. "The role of psychological inflexibility in the tripartite influence model for women : a single body image inflexibility pathway to disordered eating behaviours." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2017. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/27739/.
Full textRussell, Katrina Marie. "Women's participation motivation in rugby, cricket and netball : body satisfaction and self-identity." Thesis, Coventry University, 2002. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/42cf2a98-088e-404f-9ffb-f81911bbc086/1.
Full textTollin, Sharon. "Prophylactic, Risk-Reducing Surgery in Unaffected BRCA-Positive Women: Quality Of Life, Sexual Functioning and Psychological Well-Being." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3743.
Full textStanford, Jacqueline, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Prevention of body concerns and risk behaviours in adolescent boys." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2003. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050815.093958.
Full textHolt, Kate Eloise, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "A clinical investigation of attachment theory and the manifestation of psychological disturbance." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2005. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050825.093259.
Full textFlood, Karen R. "The process of shaping self through regular physical exercise among women : a grounded theory." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0017/NQ56542.pdf.
Full textVong, Diana. "Influence of media female image on the perception of college students in Macao." Thesis, University of Macau, 2008. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1943962.
Full textSolomon, Zanne. "The dionysian in performance reclaiming the female transgressive performing body." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002380.
Full textGrisé, Suzanne M. "The relationship of perceived sport competence, body attractiveness, physical self worth and social physique anxiety to girls' physical activity participation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37207.pdf.
Full textGarcia-Rea, Elizabeth Ann. "Acculturation and Sociocultural Influences as Predictors of Family Relationships and Body Image Dissatisfaction in African American, Hispanic American, and European American Women." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5463/.
Full textTucker, Molly Salome. "The Role of Self-Criticism in Direct and Indirect Self-Harming Behaviors." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248457/.
Full textBarta, Jonna Lee. "Media Effects on the Body Shape Ideal and Bulimic Symptomatology in Males." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2261/.
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