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Ashurian, Nicole. "Bodyscapes : body to body, body to city, body to self." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118683.
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Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Our modern spaces are a result of a history of architects losing agency to technology. In the era of climate control spaces and the digital interfaces of social media, a sense of place and association with others is lost to enclosed spaces of satellite conversations detailed with attention to standardization rather than customization. These desires for comfort and control manifest in the lack of friction in our built realm. Spaces mirror the scaleless quality of the digital, impose no physical friction of environment and allow for isolation between bodies in the same room. Boarded in these spaces with the disappearing digital threshold, our friends fall in the same political silos as ourselves, empathy for others falters, context is arbitrary and we never have to be 'alone' when we have our phones. The tech industry tries to offer solutions to alleviate these problems with apps and devices. However, without a violent change in environment - engaging the physicality of the body, its senses and its association to others and site, the problems will persist. 'Bodyscapes' is a series of provocations at varying scales that subvert the language of corporate standardization to allow new opportunities for human interface where the public and private realm meet.
by Nicole Ashurian.
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DeGarmo, Lillian G. "Ostomies, Self-Esteem, and Body Image." Walsh University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=walshhonors15554983446509.
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Arbie, Muhammad Rizqie. "Stability of self-propelled body wake." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016AIXM4754/document.
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La nageoire caudale des animaux aquatiques peut être modélisée par un foil oscillant qui produit de la poussée. Le sillage moyen d'un tel foil oscillant est un jet de quantité de mouvement nette positive. Il a été proposé que les caractéristiques de stabilité de ces sillages moyens sont liées à l'efficacité de la propulsion des animaux aquatiques. Dans cet étude, nous reprenons cette question en tenant compte à la fois de la poussée et de la traînée exercée sur un corps auto-propulsé lorsqu'il nage. Nous étudions la stabilité d'une famille de sillages ayant une quantité de mouvement nulle, construit comme l'approximation d'Oseen d'un doublet de force se déplaçant à vitesse constante. En effectuant une analyse de stabilité locale, nous montrons d'abord que ces sillages subissent une transition convectif-absolu. En utilisant une approche "time-stepper" et intégrant le système de Navier-Stokes linéarisé, nous étudions la stabilité globale et mettons en évidence des effets non-parallèles de l'écoulement principal, ainsi que le rôle de la région absolument instable dans l'écoulement. Pour compléter le scénario d'instabilité globale, nous abordons l'évolution non linéaire d'une perturbation injectée dans le sillage. Ces résultats sont ensuite discutés dans le contexte de la nage d'un animal aquatique. Selon les résultats de stabilité, les sillages de quantité de mouvement nulle produit par les animaux aquatiques sont généralement stables, tandis que le sillage qui correspondrait à la poussée seule est instable. Il est essentiel de considérer toutes les forces exercées sur un animal auto-propulsé lors de l'examen de la stabilité de son sillage et l'efficacité de sa propulsionThe caudal fin of swimming animals can be modelled as a thrust-producing flapping foil. When considered alone, such a foil produces on average a jet wake with a positive net momentum. It has been argued that the instability characteristics of these averaged wakes are linked to the propulsion efficiency of swimming animals. Here, we reconsider this question by taking into account both the thrust and the drag exerted on a self-propelled swimming body. To do so, we study the stability of a family of momentumless wakes, constructed as the Oseen approximation of a force doublet moving at constant velocity. By performing a local stability analysis, we first show that these wakes undergo a transition from absolute to convective instability. Then, using the time-stepper approach by integrating the linearised Navier-Stokes system, we investigate the global stability and reveal the influence of a non-parallel base flow as well as the role of the locally absolutely unstable upstream region in the wake. Finally, to complete the global scenario, we address the nonlinear evolution of the wake disturbance. These results are then discussed in the context of aquatic locomotion. According to the present stability results, the momentumless wake of aquatic animals is generally stable, whereas the corresponding thrust part is unstable. It is therefore essential to consider all forces exerted on a self-propelled animal when discussing its wake stability and its propulsion efficiency
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Picard, Kelly M. "Adolescent body image and self-esteem." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/437.
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Merchant, Andrea Elaine. "Adolescent body image: the effects of media images on body satisfaction, self-esteem, adn body esteem." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243359869.
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Merchant, Andrea Elaine. "Adolescent body image : the effects of media images on body satisfaction, self-esteem, and body esteem /." Connect to resource, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1243359869.
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Josephs, Molly V. "Body Dissatisfaction, Self-Efficacy and Trait Self-Control in NCAA Athletes." Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10790218.
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Athletes face a significantly higher risk of developing clinical eating disorders compared to nonathletes (Petrie & Greenleaf, 2007; Sundgot-Borgen & Klugland Torstveit, 2004). One risk factor for the development of eating disorders is body dissatisfaction, which is when an individual has a subjective, negative view of their physical body (Stice & Shaw, 2002). Researchers in the field are calling for future research to examine factors that can be modified and strengthened through targeted interventions. Two such factors are self-efficacy and trait self-control. Self-efficacy is the belief is one’s ability to organize the necessary steps to achieve desired goals (Bandura, 1997). Trait self-control is the enduring ability to interrupt undesired behavioral tendencies and resist acting upon them (Baumeister, Vohs & Tice, 2007). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between body dissatisfaction, self-efficacy and trait self-control. One hundred and five NCAA division I and division II athletes completed an online questionnaire containing demographic information and measures for body dissatisfaction, self-efficacy and trait self-control. Pearson correlations found a significant positive relationship between trait self-control and self-efficacy. Significant negative relationships were found between body dissatisfaction and trait self-control and body dissatisfaction and self-efficacy. Additionally, two separate one-way ANOVAs were run assessing the effect of sex and division on body dissatisfaction, self-efficacy and trait self-control. Female athletes were found to have higher amounts of body dissatisfaction than male athletes and athletes in division II schools also had more body dissatisfaction than those in division I schools. Future research should examine differences in the sporting environment as well as instrumentation that better satisfies the needs of male and female athletes.
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Holtkamp, David James. "A Self-Configuring 3-D Body Scanner." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1244174060.
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Al, Ansari Mona Saleh. "Body image, self-esteem, body composition and exercise : a study of Bahraini women." Thesis, Leeds Beckett University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306969.
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Rogers, Jordan N. "Every Body Matters: College-Aged Women's Experiences of Body Positivity and Self-Acceptance." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703325/.
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The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological inquiry was to explore college-aged women's experiences of body positivity and self-acceptance. I applied a conceptual framework that blended feminist identity development model (FIDM) and relational cultural theory (RCT) to answer the following questions: (a) what are the lived experiences of college-aged women who identify as having a positive and accepting body image? and (b) how do college-aged women's intersecting identities contribute to the development of positive and accepting body image? Ten college-age women participated in the current study. The participants provided detailed accounts of their experiences of body image throughout their life. Five overarching themes were identified through data analysis of the interview transcripts: (a) advocating for self and others, (b) beauty expectations and societal definitions, (c) intersecting identities, (d) journey of acceptance, and (e) relationships and community. Participants offered insight into the development of their current position of body positivity and self-acceptance that serve as implications for other relevant contexts. Implications and recommendations drawn from the participants' experiences can inform preventative and treatment care in educational settings, family environments, clinical practice, and integrated care.
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Jung, Jaehee. "Body image as a function of social comparison, self-schema, and self-discrepancy." Connect to this title online, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1112639819.
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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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This study examined the differences between eating disordered and non-eating disordered women on self-deficits, specifically self-esteem, body-image disturbance, and body dissatisfaction. In addition, the existence of a cultural and individual ideal body shape was investigated. It was expected that eating disordered women, compared to non-eating disordered women would exhibit lower self-esteem, higher body dissatisfaction and a greater degree of body overestimation (as measured by the waist). Furthermore, it was expected that eating disordered women would choose a thinner cultural and individual ideal shape than the non-eating disordered women.
The subjects were 82 females aged 19 to 40 years. The eating disordered group was recruited from a local support group and subjects met either the DSM-III (1980) criteria for anorexia nervosa, or Russell's (1979) criteria for bulimia nervosa. None of these subjects were hospitalized at the time of testing. Non-eating disordered subjects were nursing students recruited from a local college. The Eating Attitudes Test was administered to these subjects as a screening device to ensure that no subjects were included who had a mild eating disorder. All subjects completed a test package: The Eating Attitudes Test; The Adult Self-Perception Profile; The Eating Disorder Inventory; and a demographic sheet. At a second interview, subjects completed a body-image estimation procedure (Askevold, 1975), the cultural and individual ideal questions (Perceived Body Image Scale, Manley & LePage, 1986), and were weighed and measured for height.
A one-way multivariate analysis of variance was computed for measures of self-esteem, body dissatisfaction and body-image disturbance, examining differences between the two groups. Significant differences were found for self-esteem and body dissatisfaction (p < .001), with body-image disturbance approaching significance (p < .06). An investigation of the means revealed that eating.disordered women showed less self-worth, more ineffectiveness and experienced greater body dissatisfaction, than did non-eating disordered women. While body-image disturbance was present in both groups, the eating disordered group showed a slightly greater tendency to overestimate
their waist area than did the non-eating disordered group. A Chi square analysis computed for the cultural and individual ideals revealed the eating disordered group chose a significantly thinner cultural ideal shape (p < .05) and individual ideal shape (p < .001) than the non-eating disordered group. Both groups chose a very narrow range of acceptable female shapes to represent the cultural and individual ideal body shapes. Implications for these results and suggestions for future research are discussed.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Carbone, Arianna. "Self-consistent Green's functions with three-body forces." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/133260.
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The quantum many-body problem is an everlasting challenge for theoretical physics. The aim sought is to analyze, at the quantum level, the observables arising from a group formed by a certain number of interacting particles N. In the specific case of nuclear physics, the study and interpretation of interacting nuclear systems has spanned from the finite nuclei to the infinite nuclear matter case. In order to characterize such systems, the forces with which nucleons interact in their interior need to be sorted out. Once the Hamiltonian is chosen, the many-body problem for the group of interacting fermions, the nucleons, has to be solved.
In the present thesis we focus our study on infinite nuclear matter, analyzing the properties of the two systems which stand at the extremes in terms of isospin asymmetry: symmetric nuclear matter (SNM), with an equal number on neutrons and protons, and pure neutron matter (PNM), with only neutrons. We base our approach in terms of realistic microscopic potentials, hence we need to choose a many-body technique in order to treat the potential. We choose to perform our calculations exploiting the formalism provided by the self-consistent Green's function's (SCGF) theory. This approach is based on a diagrammatic expansion of the single-particle (SP) Green's function, or propagator. This method was devised to treat the correlated, i.e. beyond mean-field, behavior of strongly interacting systems, such as nuclear matter.
Unfortunately, it is a well established fact that whatever microscopic two-nucleon forces (2NFs) are used in the many-body calculation, empirical saturation properties of nuclear matter fail to be reproduced. Saturation densities appear at high values, presenting energies which are inconsistently too attractive, overbinding nuclear matter. This inconsistency bears some similarities to the case of light nuclei where, on the contrary, the 2NF-only based theory underbinds experimental data. The inclusion of three-nucleon forces (3NFs) has been the indispensable factor to cure this deficiency. Hence,
microscopic 3NFs have been mostly devised to provide attraction in light finite systems, small densities, and repulsion in infinite systems, high densities. However, in modeling these 3NFs, the inclusion of phenomenological ingredients has often been the way followed. To bypass the need to adjust the potential with ad hoc contributions, an alternative has been provided by chiral effective field theory (EFT).
Featuring the consistent Hamiltonian at the 2N and 3N level provided by EFT, in this thesis we present calculations including both chiral 2NFs and 3NFs. This is dealt within an extended SCGF formalism, specifically formulated to include consistently 3B forces by means of effective interactions.
We observe the striking effect of the inclusion of 3N forces for the total energy of the many-body ground state. Exploiting the extended SCGF approach presented in this thesis, we see how the modifications induced by the 3B force are larger as the density increases. This increasing with density is what provides the saturation mechanism for nuclear matter. In pure neutron matter, 3NFs are the main cause for the stiffening of the equation of state. In view of astrophysical studies for neutron star masses, this stiffening is a major ingredient for the achievement of theoretical results which can better match recent astrophysical observations.
The idea, on which the development of this thesis was based, has been all the way the quest to introduce consistently three-body forces in the formalism of the SCGF theory. While the main motivation of this study has been nuclear systems, the extended SCGF formalism can be easily applied to other many-body systems, of either atomic or molecular nature.El problema quàntic de molts cossos ha estat sempre un repte de la física teòrica. L'objectiu al qual s'intenta arribar es la descripció, des d'un punt de vista quàntic, dels observables d'un sistema de moltes partícules en interacció. En el camp específic dels sistemes nuclears, dels més petits com els nuclis als més grans com la matèria nuclear infinita dins de les estrelles, el problema nuclear de molts cossos s'ha intentat resoldre amb la construcció de diferents formalismes. L'objectiu ha sigut descriure aproximadament el comportament de molts nucleons, obtenen resultats els més propers als experimentals i empírics. En la present tesis ens hem centrat sobre l'estudi de la matèria nuclear infinita. En particular sobre els dos sistemes infinits que es situen en els extrems en termes d'asimetria d'isospín: la matèria nuclear simètrica (SNM), el sistema format d'un igual nombre de protons i nucleons, i la matèria purament neutrónica (PNM), el sistema format solament de neutrons. Per dur a terme aquests càlculs hem expandit, de manera consistent, el formalisme de funcions de Green auto-consistents per incloure forces a tres cossos. Hem treballat amb un potencial basat en la teoria efectiva de baixes energies aplicada a la Cromodinàmica Quàntica (QCD), i.e. la teoria efectiva quiral. En aquesta teoria, les 2NFs i 3NFs apareixen consistentment. La inclusió de les forces a tres cossos en els càlculs s'ha demostrat ser fonamental per obtenir el mecanisme de saturació en SNM al voltant de valors acceptables d'energia/densitat i per proporcionar una equació d'estat més rígida per al sistema de PNM. Això demostra, un cop més, la necessitat de considerar les forces de molts cossos per fel càlculs teòrics consistents amb els resultats empírics i experimentals.
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Moyers, Sheena. "Actual and Ideal Self Discrepancy and Body Satisfaction." TopSCHOLAR®, 2005. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/465.
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Over the past decade, there has been an increase in research and concern over body image and body attitudes in both clinical and community settings (Sondhaus, Kurtz, & Strube, 2001). Historically, body image has been thought to be more important to women than to men. However, recently male body image has begun to increase in importance. Over the past few decades, men have been facing increased societal pressure, concerning the type of body that they should have. One such way that pressure is manifested is through muscle dysmorphia, and a potential influence on muscle dysmorphia is self-concept. Self-concept may interact with muscle dysmorphia through the changes that people want to make about themselves. Within self-concept people may want to change a great deal about themselves and the way that they are currently (actual self) in order to achieve what they see as a better (ideal) self. The goal of the present study was to examine how men's self concept relates to body satisfaction and symptoms of body dysmorphia. The current study hypothesized that those individuals with a greater discrepancy between their actual and ideal selves will also have lower body satisfaction. The study also hypothesized that as the discrepancy between actual and ideal selves increases, men will report higher symptoms of body dysmorphia. Participants were 124 men all over the age of 18. The mean age of participants was 20.15. The participants completed a Demographics Questionnaire, the Dysmorphia Inventory (DI), the Body Assessment (BA), and the Self-Concept Questionnaire (SCQ). Linear regressions were performed to examine the relationship between body satisfaction and self-concept. A second set of linear regressions was also performed that focused on specific items that were selected from the SCQ. Results supported the first hypothesis; men's body satisfaction decreased as the discrepancy between their actual and ideal selves increased. This supported hypothesis supports research suggesting that the way people perceive their bodies and their level of satisfaction with their bodies is related to their self-concept and how they see themselves as an entire being. The second hypothesis predicted that as the discrepancy between actual and ideal selves increased, men would report higher symptoms of body dysmorphia and lower levels of body satisfaction. This hypothesis was also supported, with men reporting higher symptoms of body dysmorphia and lower levels of body satisfaction as the discrepancy between actual and ideal selves increased. The suggestion is that men who have more symptoms of body dysmorphia want to change more about themselves in general and want to strive to achieve their ideal self. The present study is important because a greater understanding of the relationship between body attitude/satisfaction and self-concept could help in designing effective interventions for such clinical problems as eating disorders and poor body attitude (Sondhaus, Kurtz, & Strube, 2001). This study may help initiate treatment for individuals who have body image problems or disorders, which focuses on the entire individual and self-concept and not simply on the body image problems and symptoms.
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McGrath, John Thomas. "Body, Subject, Self: The Art of Piero Manzoni." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11623.
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Piero Manzoni (1933-1963) is one of the best-known and under-theorized artists in all of postwar Europe. His body of work includes a range of practices from monochrome painting to readymade objects, from participatory sculpture to designs for architecture. More than simply innovative in its form and media, however, Manzoni's practice articulates a politics of the body and of the self that departs radically from the belief systems at stake in the work of his contemporaries in both Europe and America. If other postwar artists still claimed access to transcendence, to nature, or to autonomous subjectivity, Manzoni responds with works that reveal the body and the self as material and discursive effects of power relations.History of Art and Architecture
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Chamberlain, Colin William. "The Self-Body Problem in Descartes and Malebranche." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13070054.
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Descartes and Malebranche often seem to argue that the self (or I) is identical to an immaterial thinking substance distinct from the body. But there are also many passages where they insist that the body is part of the self. This means that Descartes and Malebranche have a problem, since they seem to endorse three mutually inconsistent propositions:
(1) I am an immaterial thinking thing.
(2) Immaterial things don't have bodily parts.
(3) I include my body as part of myself.
I call this puzzle the self-body problem. It is a problem about understanding how we - the immaterial thinking subjects who engage in the self-reflective project of the Meditations - can incorporate our bodies into ourselves.
I argue that Descartes and Malebranche have an elegant solution to this inconsistency. On my interpretation, the Cartesian self is not identical to an immaterial thinking substance. Rather, the Cartesian self is a variably constituted being that has different parts at different times and in different possible situations. Sometimes the self exists with both an immaterial thinking part and a bodily part. Other times it exists with only an immaterial part. The immaterial part is essential to the self, the bodily part is not. When Descartes and Malebranche say that I am immaterial, what they really mean is that I essentially have an immaterial part. But that is consistent with the claim that my body is part of myself.Philosophy
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Murray, Matthew. "Body Matters: Gary Snyder, The Self and Ecopoetics." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2513/.
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Gary Snyder has offered, in poems and essays, ways to acknowledge the interrelationships of humans with the more-than-human. He questions common notions of selfness as well as understandings of what it is to be human in relationship to other species and ecosystems, and he offers new paradigms for the relationship between cultures and the ecosystems in which these cultures reside. These new paradigms are rooted in a reevaluation of our attitudes toward our physical bodies which impacts our relationship to the earth and raises new possibilities for an ecological spirituality or philosophy. The sum of Snyder's endeavors is a foundation for an understanding of ecopoetics.
Snyder's poem "The Trail is Not a Trail" is an interesting place to begin examining how human perceptions of the self are central to the kinds of relationships that humans believe are possible between our species and everything else. In this poem there is a curious fusion of the speaker and the trail. In fact, with each successive line they become increasingly difficult to separate. The physical self is central to Snyder's poetry because his is a poetry of the self physically rooted in ever-shifting relationship with the biosphere.
The relationship of the self to the biosphere in Snyder's poetry also points toward a spiritual experience that can be called ecomysticism, by which I mean the space where new ecological paradigms and mystical understandings of the world overlap.
Ecomysticism goes beyond mysticisms that describe a spiritual being longing for supernatural experience while being "unfortunately" trapped in a physical body. Ecomysticism emphasizes the spiritual and physical interrelatedness or interconnectedness of all matter, the human and the more-than-human.
The integration of the spiritual and physical aspects of the self is only possible through an awareness of the interrelatedness of the self and the non-human. New paradigms for the self are thus central to ecopoetics, a poetics that seeks to heal the rift between humans and the biosphere.
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Freese, Whitney Jordan. "Advertising's Effects on Body Image and Self Perception." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144349.
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Damon, Shimeka. "Relationships Among Body Image Dissatisfaction, Body-Enhancing Behaviors, and Self-Esteem in Adult Males." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3761.
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Body image dissatisfaction (BID) is increasing among U.S. men and is associated with body-enhancing behaviors that threaten physical health, such as excessive dieting and exercising. A research gap was identified about the relationships between men's body image dissatisfaction, body-enhancing behaviors, and the possible mediating effect of self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among body image dissatisfaction, body-enhancing behaviors, and self-esteem in adult males. Sociocultural and social comparison theory served as the theoretical frameworks for this study, which included 103 participants recruited through a university participant pool and gyms. Participants completed questionnaires including the Body-Esteem Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Exercise Dependence Scale-21, Revised Restraint Scale, and a demographic questionnaire. Correlational and regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationships between all constructs and to test self-esteem as the mediating variable. A mediation model showed a relationship between dieting and self-esteem and BID in that high BID was related to low self-esteem. However, self-esteem did not mediate the relationship between diet and exercise. Findings indicated a significant relationship between higher BID and lower self-esteem. Results also indicated a significant relationship between BID and dieting. Results may be used to improve the lives of men affected by BID by informing them about factors that may affect BID and/or self-esteem. Enhancing the understanding of males' low self-esteem and body image may help researchers and practitioners develop more effective interventions.
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Burden, Nic. "Body image and self-disgust as self-appraisals influencing adjustment to limb amputation." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2016. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/81513/.
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This thesis explored the roles of body image and self-disgust, as self-appraisals, in their relationship to psychosocial adjustment and related factors in people with limb amputations. The thesis includes a systematic literature review of body image relating to psychosocial adjustment and a research paper examining the relationship of self-disgust to psychosocial adjustment following limb amputation. A critical appraisal of the research process and an ethics section are also included. Section one presents a quantitative systematic literature review of sixteen studies examining body image perception as a correlate or predictor of demographic, clinical and psychosocial factors related to adjustment following limb amputation. Body image concerns were found to be associated with poorer outcomes on several psychosocial factors, such as depression, anxiety, activity restriction and self-esteem, as well as prosthesis satisfaction. Findings are discussed in regard to theories of body image. Body image is proposed as an important consideration for clinical and prosthetic services, in working with people with limb amputations. In section two, an empirical study of quantitative, cross sectional methodology is presented, in which correlational and hierarchical regression analysis are used to examine the relationship of self-disgust to psychosocial adjustment and related factors; prosthesis use, prosthesis satisfaction, and body image. Self-disgust was found to correlate with each of the outcome measures and to significantly contribute to variance in psychosocial adjustment, prosthesis use, aesthetic prosthesis satisfaction and body image. Self-disgust emerged as an important consideration in understanding poor adjustment to amputation. Section three includes a critical appraisal of the research process, in which reflections are presented on the design of the study, the importance of researching difficult topics, such as selfdisgust, and potential areas for future research.
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Carter, Brett Edward. "When does ostracism decrease self-regulation." Thesis, Montana State University, 2008. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2008/carter/CarterB0508.pdf.
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Previous research in social psychology has suggested that ostracism has a negative impact on SE, and also can affect how much food individuals will consume. Moreover, research in the eating disorders literature shows a negative relationship between self-esteem and eating. As such, the present experiment was designed to merge these two lines of research to examine what causal role, if any, self-esteem plays in men\'s and women\'s food consumption. It was proposed that some individuals should show a lack of self regulation in terms of the type and amount of food eaten following ostracism. It was also predicted that this effect would have some possible moderators. To test this prediction, participants were randomly assigned to either an ostracism or inclusion condition within the computer game Cyberball. Results indicated that the ostracism manipulation did not result in the anticipated decrease in SE status nor did it cause any significant changes in eating behavior. Nevertheless, significant correlations between SE and body dissatisfaction (BD) were observed, as well as between BD and appearance based rejection sensitivity. There were also significant correlations between body mass index (BMI) and BD, as well as between SE and ARS in both genders. There was also a significant correlation between SE and BMI, but only for male participants. Exploratory analyses revealed that there may have been an unforeseen impact of experimenter gender on eating behavior post ostracism such that self presentation may have impacted the manner in which individuals responded to ostracism.
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Davies, Deirdre. "The discourse of weight control and the self." Thesis, Davies, Deirdre (2003) The discourse of weight control and the self. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2003. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/35/.
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This thesis offers an exploration of the discourse of weight control and examines how its concepts and goals are incorporated into the way people perceive and understand the self and others. The central focus is an analysis of the nexus between weight control and concerns surrounding 'excess' weight. The analysis reveals the way discourses on the balanced body, the normalised body, the healthy body, the natural body and the transformative body generate varying understandings of the normal, weight-controlled body and overweight body and in turn, how they give rise to different weight watching practices. It shows how the different ways of viewing the body also engender various visualisations of the subjects of weight control. It is argued the discourse of weight control is not put into effect by subjugation but through the generation of a personal desire to be slender and weight-controlled. As such, the central inquiry of the thesis also gives consideration to the impacts which discourses of weight control might have upon individuals in the constitution of self and identity. A sub-theme of the analysis is a consideration of the possibilities people have to engage with the discourse of weight control, in particular those who are considered overweight.
Particular attention is paid throughout to the relationship between women and weight control. The findings are predominantly based upon content analysis of a broad range of primary texts including medico-scientific texts, historical material, policy and public health documents, and popular written and audiovisual media. The research is also informed to a less extent by participant observation at two weight loss centres and by semi-structured in-depth interviews with 13 women considered 'overweight' by current standards.
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Davies, Deirdre. "The discourse of weight control and the self." Davies, Deirdre (2003) The discourse of weight control and the self. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2003. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/35/.
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This thesis offers an exploration of the discourse of weight control and examines how its concepts and goals are incorporated into the way people perceive and understand the self and others. The central focus is an analysis of the nexus between weight control and concerns surrounding 'excess' weight. The analysis reveals the way discourses on the balanced body, the normalised body, the healthy body, the natural body and the transformative body generate varying understandings of the normal, weight-controlled body and overweight body and in turn, how they give rise to different weight watching practices. It shows how the different ways of viewing the body also engender various visualisations of the subjects of weight control. It is argued the discourse of weight control is not put into effect by subjugation but through the generation of a personal desire to be slender and weight-controlled. As such, the central inquiry of the thesis also gives consideration to the impacts which discourses of weight control might have upon individuals in the constitution of self and identity. A sub-theme of the analysis is a consideration of the possibilities people have to engage with the discourse of weight control, in particular those who are considered overweight.
Particular attention is paid throughout to the relationship between women and weight control. The findings are predominantly based upon content analysis of a broad range of primary texts including medico-scientific texts, historical material, policy and public health documents, and popular written and audiovisual media. The research is also informed to a less extent by participant observation at two weight loss centres and by semi-structured in-depth interviews with 13 women considered 'overweight' by current standards.
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van, den Berg Patricia. "Self-schema and social comparison explanations of body dissatisfaction." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0001281.
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Örnólfsdóttir, Unnur Ósk. "Swedish women´s self-esteem, body dissatisfaction and health." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-58684.
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Self-reported mental health problems have increased dramatically among young female high school (Swedish: gymnasium) and university students in Sweden since the 1990’s. The reasons for this increase are mostly unknown but self-esteem and body image might be important factors behind this problem. The aim of this study was to test whether self-esteem and body dissatisfaction predict health. All correlation directions were in accordance with previous studies on the subject. There was no age group difference in levels of self-esteem, body dissatisfaction or health among the women. Multiple regression analysis revealed that global self-esteem was the strongest single predictor of health. These results give support for the importance of global self-esteem for subjective health. This should be considered in future studies and in the battle against the development of depression, anxiety and eating disorders among women.
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Paul, Nathaniel. "Self/disciplining/body, a genealogy of obsessive-compulsive disorder." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63221.pdf.
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Steer, Rebecca. "Body image and affect : a self-discrepancy interaction framework." Thesis, Bangor University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.574549.
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Overview of the Thesis Research interest in body image has accelerated in recent decades. As such, there exists a substantial body of literature examining affective and behavioural correlates of body dissatisfaction. Although this literature has consistently demonstrated positive relationships between body dissatisfaction and depression, social physique anxiety, disordered eating and physical inactivity, the underlying mechanisms of the relationships between one's body image and affect remain poorly understood. Furthermore, although body image researchers have commonly examined discrepancies between one's current (or actual) self and one's ideal self, they have not commonly done so within an established theoretical framework. Higgins' (1987) self-discrepancy theory proposes that individuals possess three selves: an actual self, an ideal self, and an ought self; and that discrepancies between these selves result in distinct emotional consequences. Furthermore, it has been proposed that individuals possess a feared self, which may act as a moderator of the relationships between ideal and ought selves, and affect. Although this proposal has begun to receive research attention within the global self-discrepancy literature, it has yet to be examined within the context of body image. As such, utilising a self-discrepancy theory framework, this thesis presents a detailed examination of ideal, ought and feared body image self-discrepancies and their interactions as predictors of social physique anxiety, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes. The first study extends the work of Carver et al. (1999) and W oodman and Hemmings (2008) by examining the moderating role of the feared self in the relationship between women's ought body fat discrepancies and social physique anxiety. Specifically, we examined the hypothesis that the positive relationship between ought body fat discrepancies and social physique anxiety will be stronger when women are farther from their feared self. Results were in line with that hypothesised and provide initial support for such an interaction framework in examining body self-discrepancies; highlighting the importance of considering the role ofthe feared self in the relationship between body self- discrepancies and social physique anxiety. Study 2 was an examination of the interaction between ought and feared body fat discrepancies in predicting social physique anxiety and disordered eating attitudes. Study 2 extended the fmdings of Study 1 by examining a model of mediated moderation such that ought and feared discrepancies interact to significantly predict disordered eating attitudes, 11 III and that this relationship is mediated by social physique anxiety. Results demonstrated that the ought x feared interaction on disordered eating attitudes was fully mediated by social physique anxiety. However, the form ofthe ought x feared interaction was in contrast to that hypothesised (cf. Study 1). Specifically, the positive relationship between ought body fat discrepancies and disordered eating attitudes was significant only when women were close to their feared self. Study 3 addressed the growing body of correlational and experimental literature examining the effects of acute exposure to media ideals on body image and associated affect (e.g., Halliwell & Dittmar, 2004, 2005). We extended this by examining the moderating role of exposure to media ideals on the relationship between body discrepancy magnitude and affect. Specifically, we examined whether the positive relationships between ideal discrepancies and body dissatisfaction; and ought body discrepancies and social physique anxiety, are attenuated by exposure to media ideals. Results provided support for these hypotheses such that the positive relationship between ideal body discrepancies & body satisfaction, and ought body discrepancies & social physique anxiety, were weaker following exposure to media ideals compared to a control condition. Utilising a hierarchical linear modelling approach, Study 4 examined within-person variability in the specific shape of interactions between self-guides in predicting social physique anxiety. Specifically, we examined whether the moderating role of the feared self differs as a function of mean levels of social physique anxiety. Results demonstrated a three-way cross-level interaction such that when mean social physique anxiety was high, the positive relationship between ideal discrepancies and social physique anxiety was significant only when participants were relatively far from their feared self. In contrast, when mean social physique anxiety was low, the positive relationship between ideal discrepancies and social physique anxiety was significant only when participants were relatively close to their feared self. The fmal chapter presents a discussion of the central fmdings of the thesis and the advances made in understanding the interplay between body self-discrepancies in predicting affect. Furthermore, we discuss the implications and propose future directions for body image, social physique anxiety and self-discrepancy research.
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Lee, Fung-shan, and 李鳳珊. "Body and self in women with systemic Lupus Erythematosus." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31250865.
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Steele, Warren Donald. "Body of glass : cybernetic bodies and the mirrored self." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2008. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/163/.
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This thesis examines the ontology of the cyborg body and the politics inherent to cultural manifestations of that image, and focuses on the links between glass and human-machine integration, while tracing the dangerous political affinities that emerge when such links are exposed. In the first chapter, the cyborg’s persistent construction as a cultural Black Box is uncovered using the theories of Bruno Latour and W. Ross Ashby. It examines why the temptation to explore the cyborg solely through close readings of contemporary incarnations leads only to confusion and misreading. The second chapter builds on the work of the first by placing the cyborg within its proper historical context, and provides a detailed examination of the period in which the cyborg was not only named, but also transformed into a physical possibility with an existent political agenda. It then investigates the phallogocentricity, hyper-masculinity, and inherent racism of the cyborg body, and demonstrates how representations of human-machine integration reinforce the pre-existing racist, hetero-normative, patriarchal hegemony of the Cold War. The discussion then explores the issue of the emergent property in the cyborg body; specifically, the figure’s persistent construction as a ‘body of glass.’ It demonstrates how cyborgs are not only associated with objects like the mirror, but also how that figure is tied to visual motifs such as the double or doppelganger. Accordingly, the theories of Jacques Lacan are employed to elucidate the issues that arise when one of the most pervasive images in Western culture also doubles as a reflector. The final chapter seeks to expand upon the framework provided by Lacan, and examines the cyborg not as a mirror, but as a portal. Subsequently, this section challenges not only the cyborg’s current status as a posthuman figure, but also current theoretical assumptions which frame the cyborg as the point of transition from humanism to posthumanism.
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Kurdi, Imane Mamoun. "Body image and self esteem : a cross cultural comparison." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249504.
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Ying, Min. "A Soft-Body Interconnect For Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots." Digital WPI, 2014. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/234.
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Disaster support and recovery generally involve highly irregular and dangerous environments. Modular robots are a salient solution to support search and rescue efforts but are still limited to do their reliance on a rigid structure design. To enhance flexibility and resilience to damage, a soft-body interconnection mechanism for self-reconfigurable modular robotic systems has been developed. The soft-body interconnection mechanism utilizes elastomeric polymers instead of a rigid body. Hence, it is capable of deforming under extreme loads without damage. This thesis presents the work completed towards the realization of a soft-body interconnection mechanism. The functional requirements of the soft-body mechanism were broken down into two separate modules for extension and capture. An initial simulation demonstrated the inability of using a simulated model made of hypo-elastic materials as a basis for design. Hence, an iterative design process was used to develop an initial extension and capture soft-body mechanisms that conformed to the desired performance parameters. An empirical study which varied multiple structural parameters was then completed with the initial extension and capture soft-body mechanisms as a basis for the modified designs. The data from the study was correlated with measured performance data with resulted in diagrams useful for the optimal design of soft-body extension and capture mechanisms. The use of the diagrams for design was demonstrated in the design and development of a soft-body interconnection mechanism for an in-house designed small hard shell modular robot system.
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Grant, Susannah. "Connecting self, body and world : a counselling psychology perspective." Thesis, City University London, 2014. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/15158/.
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Children in England currently take part in a government-funded childhood weight surveillance and feedback initiative - the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). Limited research has been undertaken, predominantly using a positivist framework. This study explored the maternal experience of being told one’s child is overweight or obese as part of the NCMP. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with the eight participants, and the data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Three master themes emerged: ‘the Impacted Self’, ‘the Disempowered Self’ and ‘the Mother Self’. ‘The Impacted Self’ suggests that participants’ experiences changed over time: there was initial surprise and shock; subsequent uncertainty and rumination regarding whether or not the weight category ascribed to their child was appropriate and, if so, concern regarding their role in the event; and an evolving experience, where participants either were able to move on and reject the category, or move on and accept the category, or remain stuck within uncertainty. ‘The Disempowered Self’ suggests that participants felt their power, authority, or confidence was undermined or removed; being judged, blamed and shamed; being branded and reduced to a weight label; and being controlled by numerous others, such as professionals, the letter, and societal meanings. ‘The Mother Self’ suggests that being a mother was an integral part of the overall experience, specifically: being a nurturer and protector in relation to their child; experiencing a unique bond to their child both emotionally and biologically; and navigating complexity of varying motherhood ‘pulls’, both logistical and psychological. This research study provides an in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of some of those who are affected by the NCMP, which is absent from current literature. Possible implications for the future development of the NCMP and related programmes, and for future research, are discussed.
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Pratt, Michelle. "Interoceptive awareness and self-objectification in body dysmorphic disorder." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2014. http://digirep.rhul.ac.uk/items/adb95fcc-1ddc-14ff-642c-a8e250a6a127/1/.
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The cognitive model of BDD (Veale, 2004) proposes high levels of self-objectification (viewing and treating oneself as an object) as an important maintaining factor; however, to date this construct has not been empirically measured in this population. In addition, recent models of the self (Damasio, 2010) point towards the central role of interoceptive awareness (IA; the ability to identify bodily signals) in developing a sense of self. Low levels of IA have been associated to body dissatisfaction, eating disorders and depression. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of self-objectification and interoceptive awareness in patients with BDD. Three groups of participants with BDD (n=14), anxiety (n=23), and non-clinical participants (n=23) completed a heartbeat detection task to measure levels of IA under two conditions: blank screen and while facing a mirror in order to also explore the impact of self-focus attention on IA. Levels of self-objectification and self-focussed attention were measured through self-report questionnaires. Statistical comparisons between groups indicated significantly lower levels of IA in the BDD group at blank screen only when compared to the non-clinical group. In the mirror condition the BDD group had significantly lower IA scores than both control groups. Furthermore, the BDD group reported significantly higher self-objectification than the non-clinical group, and there was a trend towards the group scoring at a higher level than the anxiety group. Across groups there was no significant relationship between levels of IA in either condition, and self-reported levels of self-objectification or self-focussed attention. The results support the role of self-objectification in BDD and points towards the potential contribution of somatoperception. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings, the limitations of the methodology employed, and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Howes, Hannah. "The body and the self following acquired brain injury." Thesis, Swansea University, 2004. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43019.
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The effect of acquired brain injury (ABI) on the individual's perception of their body, and the effect of the injury on their self concept was studied. Existing literature has not addressed the significance of the body changes for the individual following ABI. In women differences in body image and psychological health were found between the control and ABI group, these centred on a greater concern with health following injury. Two male clinical groups (a stroke and a traumatic brain injury group) were examined. The changes in body image and psychological distress were investigated using two carefully matched control groups. Males with ABI had lower self esteem and greater dissatisfaction with physical and sexual functioning. Using a longitudinal design, assessment was repeated at a one year interval for male and female clinical groups. The finding was that the pattern of psychological distress and poor body image is remarkably resistant to change. The participant's experience of ABI was examined using qualitative methods. Female participants experience and was conceptualised as a grief like reaction, and a change in self. The male participants perception and was characterised by practical concerns with sexuality, relationship changes and social inclusion that seem amenable to inclusion in existing rehabilitation models. Finally the experimental chapters were related to existing theoretical models. In particular the idea of the 'body drop' that is a sudden change in the functioning of the body, triggers a reappraisal of the self was supported. The thesis argues that despite the existence of cognitive changes, it is often the physical changes that have resonance for the individual and thus have greater significance for the person with ABI.
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Van, Gent Jacqueline. "Magic, body and the self in eighteenth-century Sweden /." Leiden : Brill, 2009. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb413955504.
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Maples-Wallace, Rajah. "Media's effects on African-American women's self-body image /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1418050.
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Van, den Berg Patricia. "Self-Schema And Social Comparison Explanations of Body Dissatisfaction." Scholar Commons, 2005. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/892.
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The current study was an investigation of the self-schema and social comparison theories of the development of body dissatisfaction. Social comparison stimuli, consisting of photographs of women, were piloted and selected to form 3 stimuli sets: upward comparison, downward comparison, and no comparison. A priming manipulation consisting of an imagery exercise intended to prime participants appearance self-schema was also piloted. Participants completed state measures of body image and mood at pretest, were given the priming manipulation and the social comparison stimuli, then completed posttest measures of mood and body image, as well as providing demographic information. Results indicated no significant interaction between priming and social comparison and no significant main effect for priming. However, there was a significant effect of social comparison, such that those in the downward comparison condition showed decreased body dissatisfaction and negative mood. Results are discussed in the context of self-schema theory and social comparison, and suggestions are given for future research that might further shed light on these topics.
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Jackson, Justin E. "The Effects of Self-Efficacy on Lower Body Power." DigitalCommons@USU, 2011. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/937.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of increased self-efficacy on three separate jump tests. Forty-seven students (18 females & 29 males) from Utah State University were randomly assigned to a treatment or control group. Participants performed a vertical jump test, a standing broad jump test, and a 30-s Bosco test on three separate days over a span of 1 week. The treatment group (n = 24) were given false, positive feedback about their performance while the control group (n = 23) were told their true results. Self-efficacy was measured pre and post using the Physical Self-Efficacy scale (PSE) and was found to increase more for the treatment group than the control group. A 3 x 2 ANOVA showed a significant improvement for the Bosco test but no significance for the other two tests, suggesting that self-efficacy has an effect on power endurance but not explosive power.
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Doty, Mary E. "Self-Consciousness and Body Image Issues Among College Females." DigitalCommons@USU, 1990. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5979.
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This study examined some of the procedures used in eating disorder research. Body size estimation procedures, in light of their similarity to procedures in social psychology, were used to create self-focus and selfconsciousness conditions. If the procedures in the present study create self-consciousness effects, it is possible that the results of those studies have been affected by a heightened state of self-awareness. The present research also explored the relationships between self-consciousness, self-esteem, body esteem, body perception, and eating disorder proneness. The research was conducted with a nonclinical sample from a university population, controlling for age and body development factors. Baseline and experimental measures of objective self-awareness and body size perception were taken. The experimental conditions consisted of the presence of a) a VCR and mirror and b) an observer who was rating the subject. The third condition was a control setting that replicated the baseline setting. The sample was also tested at the posttest for self-esteem, body esteem, and eating disorder proneness. The results indicate that the subjects reported no significant changes in self-consciousness or body size estimates, suggesting that something besides the presence of equipment influences whether or not one feels selfconscious. This idea has been borne out in other research that implicates self-esteem as a major consideration in whether or not an individual feels self-conscious in certain situations (that is, that low self-esteem appears to increase one's amenability to induce self-consciousness). Another primary factor is that self-consciousness cannot be induced when the individual is interested in the task. Subjects in the present study indicated that they found the tasks inherently interesting and forgot about the presence of equipment and observers once they began thinking about the questions posed to them. In the present research, selfesteem and body esteem were both found to be negatively related to self-consciousness, while eating disorder proneness was found to be positively related to selfconsciousness. The results are discussed in light of these connections, and suggestions for future research are provided.
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Rogers, Amy M. "Subjective norms, attitudes, body mass indices, and self esteem as influences on women's body image behavior." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1617.
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Allnutt, Susann. "Learning the body voice : body memorywork with women." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0026/MQ50492.pdf.
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Breseman, Betsy Covell. "Weight-related teasing relationship to body image, self-esteem, and relative body size of adult females /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1086180186.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 215 p. : ill. Advisors: Nancy Ann Rudd and Patricia A. Cunningham, College of Human Ecology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-114).
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Solano, López Ana Laura. "THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG BODY AWARENESS, SELF-REGULATION,SELF-MANAGEMENT, AND BLOOD PRESSUREIN ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1450797361.
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Clancy, Sara Elysia. "The effects of yoga on body dissatisfaction, self-objectification, and mindfulness of the body in college women." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2010/S_Clancy_050710.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, August 2010.Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 29, 2010). "Department of Education Leadership and Counseling Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-100).
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Fasthén, Patrick. "The Virtual Self : Sensory-Motor Plasticity of Virtual Body-Ownership." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-10501.
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The distinction between the sense of body-ownership and the sense of agency has attracted considerable empirical and theoretical interest lately. However, the respective contributions of multisensory and sensorimotor integration to these two varieties of body experience are still the subject of ongoing research. In this study, I examine the various methodological problems encountered in the empirical study of body-ownership and agency with the use of novel immersive virtual environment technology to investigate the interplay between sensory and motor information. More specifically, the focus is on testing the relative contributions and possible interactions of visual-tactile and visual-motor contingencies implemented under the same experimental protocol. The effect of this is supported by physiological measurements obtained from skin conductance responses and heart rate. The findings outline a relatively simple method for identifying the necessary and sufficient conditions for the experience of body-ownership and agency, as studied with immersive virtual environment technology.
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Chee, Melissa Li Yun. "The relationship between exercise dependence, self esteem and body image /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARPS/09arpsc5151.pdf.
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Townsend, Joanna Kate. "Speaking the body, representing the self : hysterical rhetoric on stage." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/4270/.
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This thesis centres on the twin discourses of hysteria and theatre, and contends that an examination of hysteria, which is above all a performative disease, can illuminate our understanding of performance on the public stage. My analysis of the history of hysteria shows that our modern understanding of the condition developed out of the interactions between the physician/analyst and the live body of the hysteric, with all its symptomatic acts, this thesis, which has as its central concern the live body of staged performance, uses the history of those interactions to re-centre attention on the symptomatic acts of the performing body on stage, and on the process of reading such acts. Drawing its material from a number of stage performances from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - from the texts of melodrama such as The Dumb Man of Manchester(l837) or The Bells (1871) through the work of the American actress Elizabeth Robins in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (1891) and her own play Alan's Wife (1893) to modem texts such as Helne Cixous's Portrait of Dora (1976) - this thesis reads those performances, and the relationship of those performances to their audiences, through the lens of hysteria: using an understanding of hysteria to read those texts anew and, in reverse, using the texts to develop, and critique, a model of hysterical performance rhetoric. Such a model, this thesis argues, with its very basis in a condition of rejection of or failure to fit into the dominant discourses of society, is not limited in application to performance texts which take hysteria as their subject. Instead it can be more widely employed as a key part of a radical theatrical politics by those who today find themselves silenced by the dominant discourses and values of our own era.
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Tuggle, Charlette DeShane. "The Effects of Self-Esteem on Early Adolescent Body Image." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392798935.
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Baensch, Allison L. "Body of knowledge : self-organisation in a gentle bodywork practice." Thesis, View thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/46352.
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This research locates my work in a theoretical and practical context, exemplified by a five-day intensive fieldwork project with a group of eight participants at my home and consulting rooms. My practice is based on two main ways of working with the body: Ortho-Bionomy (SOBI, 2006); and Bowen Technique (Navratil, 2003), especially the former, which is the focal modality (or method) of my work and this research. Ortho-Bionomy is a respectful way to attend to aspects of the body’s self-organising ability, also known as emergence. The work basically involves taking the body into positions of comfort, allowing time and space for the easing of pain and tension. In the research I have also explored two other modalities: Open Space Technology, designed by Harrison Owen (1994) for group meetings, and Process Work (sometimes known as Process Oriented Psychology), developed by Arnold Mindell and colleagues in Switzerland and USA (Mindell, 1982). Like Ortho-Bionomy (Kain and Berns, 1992), these two ways of working also provide time, space and structure for issues of concern to be resolved. All are described in the Modalities chapter. This research follows on from my Masters research (Baensch, 2002b) about the effects of my learning, life experiences and work, on my body. This time my focus is on researching my practices using two meanings of the word ‘practice’. One meaning relates to the hands-on work I carry out and the principles and concepts behind that, which I will generally call my ‘work’. As well, I touch on aspects of my practice as an enterprise in the community.
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Baensch, Allison L. "Body of knowledge self-organisation in a gentle bodywork practice /." View thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/46352.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2009.Accompanied by DVD entitled: Body of knowledge. DVD can be viewed at UWS Library. A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, Social Justice and Social Change Research Group, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographies.