Construction and validation of a body image rating scale: A preliminary...

International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......scale for use in routine screening of body image disturbances in nursing practice. METHODS...IMPLICATIONS. The preliminary version of the body image rating scale has the potential to provide...can help nurses to identify possible body image disturbances and to plan individual ...

Body Image: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Body Image: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and...the imagination visually with regard to body image. The visual media has placed before us...complexity of the question, "What is body image?" which the editors, Thomas Cash and...

Body image perception in female Mexican-American adolescents.

Journal of School Health;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Body image perception has been conceptualized as...much research has been conducted on body image perception among adolescent females...represent increased fatness.[2,3] A distorted body image, perceiving oneself to weigh more or...

Reflections of Me: A Body Image Project

Our Times;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......School Board, are two of the authors of the body image curriculum. They have been training teachers across Ontario in how to deliver the body image curriculum. The body image project began in 2001, when the Elementary Teachers...

Body Image, Self-Esteem, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Male and...

Journal of College Student Development;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the relationships among self-esteem, body image, and health-related behaviors of 267...Self-esteem was consistently related to body image dissatisfaction for women, and women consistently exhibited a more negative body image than did men. Even when both men and...

Body Image Assessment Software: Psychometric data

Behavior Research Methods;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the psychometric characteristics of the Body Image Assessment Software (BIAS), an innovative...computer program developed to assess body image disturbances. The program was tested...Eating Disorders Inventory-2, and the Body Image Assessment-Revised (a test of silhouettes...

Students struggle with body image.(Neighbor)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  February 16, 2001 ;     640 words ......enough to worry about, you're wrong. Body image. It pervades most women's daily thoughts...advertisement and feature story. Negative body image is not an unfamiliar issue. Sometimes...at a discussion held on campus titled Body Image: History and Effects. Editorials in the...

The impact of mirrors on body image and classroom performance in female...

Journal of Dance Medicine & Science;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Body image is the perception we have of our body...A dancer's personal vision of their body image is an important component of her psychological...classroom. A review of the literature on body image and ballet has shown that the study of...

Resources for Planning No.6: Body Image. (Kits and resources).(Brief...

Youth Studies Australia;  March 1, 2003 ;     290 words ......series, `Resources for Planning No.6: Body Image', was designed to assist practitioners...promotion workers, in the development of body image programs for groups or communities. It consists of the Research Review of Body Image Programs--an overview of body image ...

Effects of aerobic and circuit training on fitness and body image among...

Journal of Sport Behavior;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Research on body image has been abundant in recent years...nervosa (Cohen & Petrie, 2005). Body image refers to the accuracy of the perception...the body (Cash, 1989). Traditionally, body image has been viewed as a multidimensional...

Effect of body image and self-image on women's sexual behaviors.(Brief...

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality;  June 22, 2000 ;     522 words ......amp; Peterson, C.B. (2000). Effect of body image and self-image on women's sexual behaviors...a direct relationship exists between body image and sexual behaviour, particularly among...the relationships between self-image, body-image and frequency and type of sexual activity...

Tufts U. men talk about issues with body image

University Wire;  October 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ......magazine and it becomes obvious that body image is a prevalent source of distress in...enormous amount of attention given to body image problems, one expanding societal phenomenon...eating disorder, explained that male body image ranges from two extremes: "You can choose...

Body image a critical factor in treatment of adolescent girls.(Road to...

Addiction Professional;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...For adolescent girls, a healthy body image is one of the most important ingredients...research that focuses mostly on males, body image problems are often overlooked. This leaves...that is available shows that a healthy body image is a protective factor against substance...

Relationship between body image and body mass index in college...

Journal of American College Health;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......cognitive and affective dimensions of body image of a randomized sample of 188 college...overweight, and obese) on demographics and body image measures. Results: The authors found significant differences in regard to total body image (p < .001), weight or shape concern...

Battling body image: confessions of a health educator.(Viewpoint)

Journal of American College Health;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......with students about issues related to body image and various factors that can shape the...people do. I know the problems of negative body image. I know the factors associated with it...challenges and frustrations of negative body image. (1-4) As early as 1984, scholarly journals...