Download or read book The Relationships Between Alexithymia Perfectionism Aelf esteem Ethnicity and Body Image Disturbance written by Whitney Alexis Kantack and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body image disturbance is a pervasive problem in this country that is associated with eating disorder pathology, depression, anxiety, and other psychological problems. Very few studies have attempted to examine body distortion (the more severe form of body dissatisfaction) as it relates to alexithymia, perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, self-esteem, ethnicity, and ethnic identity. This study explored the relationships between body satisfaction/dissatisfaction and body distortion with alexithymia, self-esteem, and perfectionism and ethnicity variables through the use of the following measures: Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS), Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale (PSPS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), Appearance Evaluation and Body Areas Satisfaction subscales of the Multidimensional Body Self-Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ), Photographic Figure Rating Scale (PFRS), and Eating Attitudes Test (EAT). Participants included 151 females of all ethnicities between the ages of 18 and 65 (Mage = 29.98 years). Results indicated that self-esteem was the most significant predictor of body satisfaction. Additionally, greater body satisfaction was associated with lower levels of alexithymia, perfectionism, and perfectionistic self-presentation and higher levels of ethnic identity. Body satisfaction also was found to mediate the relationship between ethnic identity and body distortion. Further, body satisfaction was found to vary based on age, parent education, and parent SES. These findings present important information on psychosocial factors which influence body dissatisfaction.

Download or read book The Moderating Effects of Perfectionism and Ethnic Identity on the Relationship Between Sociocultural Pressure and Body Dissatisfaction written by Nicole M. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of body image research within the last two decades has been on the relationship between sociocultural pressure to be thin and body dissatisfaction. Body dissatisfaction has become an increasingly prevalent problem in Western society as women are becoming increasingly displeased with their body size (Grabe & Hyde, 2006). Sociocultural pressure has been shown to be lead to increased drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, and eating pathology (Levine et al., 1994). While these findings have been consistently shown in Caucasian females, research with African American female samples has found inconsistent results. Research has generally argued that Caucasian females experience greater body dissatisfaction and eating pathology than African Americans (Akan & Grilo, 1995; Crago et al., 1996) and that African Americans are less affected by sociocultural pressure to be thin (Schooler et al., 2004). There may be other variables that would enhance our understanding of these relationships among African American women. The purpose of this research was to examine the mediational influences of body dissatisfaction on the relationship between sociocultural pressure and eating pathology and the moderational influences of perfectionism and ethnic identity on the relationship between sociocultural pressure and body dissatisfaction. Participants were 100 undergraduate or graduate African American females enrolled at a private or public college or university. Following informed consent, participants completed the following questionnaires: a demographic data sheet, the Perceived Sociocultural Pressure Scale (Stice & Bearman, 2001), the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AS; Brown et al., 1990; Cash, 2000), the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS; Hewitt & Flett, 1991), the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS; Frost et al., 1990), the Multi-group Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM; Phinney, 1992; Roberts et al., 1999), and the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS; Stice et al., 2000; Stice et al., 2004). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to test the hypothesized mediational and moderational pathways. Results suggest that body satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between sociocultural pressure and eating pathology. Self-oriented perfectionism moderated the relationship between sociocultural pressure and body satisfaction. When sociocultural pressure was reconceptualized as sociocultural pressure from the media and sociocultural pressure from peers and family, self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism moderated the relationship between sociocultural pressure from the media and body satisfaction. Implications of these findings for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

Download or read book Impacts of Race ethnicity and Self esteem on Body Dissatisfaction in Women written by Kristie Vail Schultz and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, there is a push for individuals to be of a particular size, and for women, that ideal size is extremely thin (Katzmarzyk & Davis, 2001). Overall, females indicate a greater drive for thinness and put more emphasis on weight and shape salience than do men (Anderson & Bulik, 2001), and they prefer a less muscular body type than men as well (Oehlhof, Musher-Eizenman, Neufeld, & Hauser, 2009). Among women, Caucasian females report more body dissatisfaction than do African American women (e.g., Kelly et al., 2011). Body dissatisfaction can be influenced by many factors; in addition to gender and race/ethnicity, those factors can include low self-esteem and high body mass index (Wojtowicz & von Ranson, 2012). This study further examines the relationship among the factors that potentially predict body dissatisfaction. 295 undergraduate females, from age 18 to age 25, participated in an online survey, in which five measures were administered. This study examines the relationship between body dissatisfaction and global self-esteem across ethnicities, in addition to exploring the impacts of race/ethnicity, body mass index, global self-esteem, contingent self-esteem, and need to belong on body dissatisfaction.

Download or read book An Eastern Western Cross cultural Investigation of Body Image Dissatisfaction and Self esteen in Relation to Ethnicity Gender and Socioeconomic Status written by Jean Lynn Kanitz and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated the relationship between body image dissatisfaction and self-esteem in relation to ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status. The purpose of this study was to determine if there were significant differences in body image and self-esteem between three different ethnic groups: European Americans, African-Americans, and East Indians. It investigated gender and socioeconomic status, as well as ethnicity, to determine if there were any significant main or interaction effects. Correlations were also utilized to determine the strength of the relationship between body image and self-esteem among the independent variables. The participants in this study were male and female university students (N=865) from North America (African Americans and European Americans) and India. This study included two measures of body image (Body Image Questionnaire and Figure Rating Scale), and two measures of self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Coppersmith Self-Esteem inventory (CSEI)) as dependent variables to analyze differences among ethnic groups, gender, and socioeconomic status. The findings revealed ethnicity has a significant main effect for both body image and self-esteem indicating group differences. No significant main effects were found for gender or socioeconomic status. This investigation afforded an Eastern-Western cross-cultural comparison.

Download or read book Sociocultural Predictors of Self esteem and Body Image Satisfaction in Black Female College Students written by Isabelle Madeleine Elisha and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in the UK written by Katie Evans and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in the UK is an adaptation of Australia and New Zealand’s foremost mental health nursing text and is an essential resource for both mental health nursing students and qualified nurses. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect current research and the UK guidelines as well as the changing attitudes about mental health, mental health services and mental health nursing in UK. Set within a recovery and patient framework, this text provides vital information for approaching the most familiar disorders mental health nurses and students will see in clinical practice, along with helpful suggestions about what the mental health nurse can say and do to interact effectively with patients and their families. Gives readers a thorough grounding in the theory of mental health nursing. Case studies throughout the text allow readers to understand the application of theory in every day practice. Includes critical thinking challenges and ethical dilemmas to encourage the reader to think about and explore complex issues. Exercises for class engagement complement learning and development in the classroom environment.

Download or read book The Relationship of Race ethnicity to Body Image and Self Esteem of Adolescent Girls Ages 13 17 written by Rita Long Glynn and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing written by Katie Evans and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing has established itself as Australia and New Zealand's foremost mental health nursing text and is an essential resource for all undergraduate nursing students. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect current research and changing attitudes about mental health, mental health services and mental health nursing in Australia and New Zealand. Set within a recovery and consumer-focused framework, this text provides vital information for approaching the most familiar disorders mental health nurses and students will see in clinical practice, along with helpful suggestions about what the mental health nurse can say and do to interact effectively with consumers and their families. Visit evolve.elsevier.com for your additional resources: eBook on Vital Source Resources for Students and Instructors: Student practice questions Test bank Case studies Powerful consumer story videos 3 new chapters:- Physical health care: addresses the physical health of people with mental health problems and the conditions that have an association with increased risk of mental health problems - Mental health promotion: engages with the ways in which early intervention can either prevent or alleviate the effects of mental health problems - Challenging behaviours: presents a range of risk assessments specifically focused upon challenging behaviours Now addresses emerging issues, such as:- The transitioning of mental health care to primary care- The development of peer and service user led services, accreditation and credentialing- Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program

Download or read book Differences in Body Satisfaction and Self Esteem in White Black Hispanic and Asian Females at a Small College written by Lisa L. Moretti and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor body image and low self-esteem have been accepted as factors increasing the risk of the development of eating disorders in women. For decades research was conducted with populations of mostly White women focusing little on other races. The recent attention to ethnic differences in body image and self-esteem have not provided consistent results. With the shift in the definition of beauty in the United States that is more inclusive of differing ethnicities and body shapes prior conclusions may be invalidated. This study examined the self-esteem and body perception of Black, White, Hispanic, and Asian women at a small college. A relationship was found between self-esteem and body satisfaction independent of ethnicity. Black women were found to have the highest self-esteem and to be more satisfied with their bodies than any other group yet their mean body mass index is considered to be overweight.

Download or read book When Culture Impacts Health written by Cathy Banwell and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing the hard-to-quantify aspects of lived experience to analysis, and emphasizing what might be lost in interventions if cultural insights are absent, this book includes case studies from across the Asia and Pacific regions –Bangladesh, Malaysia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Tuvalu and the Cook Islands. When Culture Impacts Health offers conceptual, methodological and practical insights into understanding and successfully mediating cultural influences to address old and new public health issues including safe water delivery, leprosy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and body image. It contains useful methodological tools – how to map cultural consensus, measure wealth capital, conduct a cultural economy audit, for example. It provides approaches for discerning between ethnic and racial constructs and for conducting research among indigenous peoples. The book will be indispensible for culture and health researchers in all regions. Discusses global application of case descriptions Demonstrates how a cultural approach to health research enriches and informs our understanding of intractable public health problems Covers methods and measurements applicable to a variety of cultural research approaches as well as actual research results Case studies include medical anthropology, cultural epidemiology, cultural history and social medicine perspectives

Download or read book Examining the Relationship Between Competitiveness and Body Dissatisfaction in African American and Caucasian Women written by Karen Pulliam Egan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To investigate the relationship between body dissatisfaction and dieting peer competitiveness, general competitiveness, and ethnic identity among African American and Caucasian women, online survey data from 165 African American and 178 Caucasian participants were analyzed. Two measures of body dissatisfaction were used, one focusing on the size and shape of specific body parts and one broadening the definition of body dissatisfaction to include variables that have been found to be important in body image of African American women, such as skin complexion, hair texture, and body proportion. Analysis of covariance tests were conducted to assess the effect of race/ethnicity on body dissatisfaction scores while controlling for age, body mass index, household income, number of children, self-esteem, and depression. Caucasian participants had significantly higher adjusted mean scores for body dissatisfaction than African American participants on both measures (Caucasian adj M = 1.431, African American adj M = 1.065; adj M = 1.431, African American adj M = 1.00). Dieting peer competitiveness was a significant predictor of both types of body dissatisfaction for all participants (F(1, 282) = 35.846, p .01); (F(1, 277) = 67.420, p .01)). General competitiveness scores were not a significant predictor of either type of body dissatisfaction for all participants (F(1, 276) = .001, p .05); (F(1, 272) = .485, p .05)). Ethnic identity was a significant predictor of body dissatisfaction as measured by the broader construct ((F(1, 267) = 6.631, p .05); (F(1, 257) = .5.140, p .05)) but not for body dissatisfaction as defined as shape and size of particular body parts ((F(1, 261) = .443, p .05); (F(1, 256) = .002, p .05)). Racial/ethnic differences in body dissatisfaction were found among women ranging in age from 18 to 73 years old. Peer competitiveness focused on body image and eating behaviors was related to body dissatisfaction for African American and Caucasian women while general competitiveness scores were not, adding support to Social Comparison Theory. Ethnic Identity was also found to be related to a broader definition of body dissatisfaction, which included skin complexion and hair texture.

Download or read book Examining the Relationships between Ethnic Identity Self Esteem and Body Image in Middle Childhood written by Katherine Hines and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Body Dysmorphic Disorder written by Dr Katharine Phillips and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark book is the first comprehensive edited volume on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a common and severe disorder. People with BDD are preoccupied with distressing or impairing preoccupations with non-existent or slight defects in their physical appearance. People with BDD think that they look ugly -- even monstrous -- although they look normal to others. BDD often derails sufferers' lives and can lead to suicide. BDD has been described around the world since the 1800s but was virtually unknown and unstudied until only several decades ago. Since then, research on BDD has dramatically increased understanding of this often-debilitating condition. Only recently, BDD was considered untreatable, but today, most sufferers can be successfully treated. This is the only book that provides comprehensive, in-depth, up-to-date information on BDD's clinical features, history, classification, epidemiology, morbidity, features in special populations, diagnosis and assessment, etiology and pathophysiology, treatment, and relationship to other disorders. Numerous chapters focus on cosmetic treatment, because it is frequently received but usually ineffective for BDD, which can lead to legal action and even violence toward treating clinicians. The book includes numerous clinical cases, which illustrate BDD's clinical features, its often-profound consequences, and recommended treatment approaches. This volume's contributors are the leading researchers and clinicians in this rapidly expanding field. Editor Katharine A. Phillips, head of the DSM-V committee on BDD, has done pioneering research on many aspects of this disorder, including its treatment. This book will be of interest to all clinicians who provide mental health treatment and to researchers in BDD, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and other obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. It will be indispensable to surgeons, dermatologists, and other clinicians who provide cosmetic treatment. Students and trainees with an interest in psychology and mental health will also be interested in this book. This book fills a major gap in the literature by providing clinicians and researchers with cutting-edge, indispensable information on all aspects of BDD and its treatment.

Download or read book The Autisms written by Mary Coleman and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: Biology of the autistic syndromes / Christopher Gillberg, Mary Coleman. 3rd ed. 2000.

Download or read book Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment written by Niva Piran and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For five decades, negative body image has been a major focus of study due to its association with psychological and social morbidity, including eating disorders. However, more recently the body image construct has broadened to include positive ways of living in the body, enabling greater understanding of embodied well-being, as well as protective factors and interventions to guide the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment is the first comprehensive, research-based resource to address the breadth of innovative theoretical concepts and related practices concerning positive ways of living in the body, including positive body image and embodiment. Presenting 37 chapters by world-renowned experts in body image and eating behaviors, this state-of-the-art collection delineates constructs of positive body image and embodiment, as well as social environments (such as families, peers, schools, media, and the Internet) and therapeutic processes that can enhance them. Constructs examined include positive embodiment, body appreciation, body functionality, body image flexibility, broad conceptualization of beauty, intuitive eating, and attuned sexuality. Also discussed are protective factors, such as environments that promote body acceptance, personal safety, diversity, and activism, and a resistant stance towards objectification, media images, and restrictive feminine ideals. The handbook also explores how therapeutic interventions (including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Dissonance, and many more) and public health and policy initiatives can inform scholarly, clinical, and prevention-based work in the field of eating disorders.

Download or read book The Self in Understanding and Treating Psychological Disorders written by Michael Kyrios and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This must-have reference is a unique exploration of how the individual notion of 'self' and related constructs, such as early schemas and attachment styles, impact on psychopathology, psychotherapy processes and treatment outcomes for psychological disorders across DSM-5, such as depression, bipolar and schizophrenia spectrum disorders, anxiety and trauma, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, autism, personality disorders, gender identity disorder, dementia and somatic problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome. It discusses the role of the concept of self in a wide range of existing theoretical and treatment frameworks, and relates these to real-life clinical issues and treatment implications. Emphasizing the importance of integrating an awareness of self constructs into evidence-based conceptual models, it offers alternative practical intervention techniques, suggesting a new way forward in advancing our understanding of psychological disorders and their treatment.

Download or read book Body Image Eating and Weight written by Massimo Cuzzolaro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book equips readers with the knowledge required to improve diagnosis and treatment and to implement integrated prevention programs in patients with eating and weight disorders. It does so by providing a comprehensive, up-to-date review of research findings and theoretical assumptions concerning the interface and interactions between body image and such disorders as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, other specified feeding and eating disorders, orthorexia nervosa, overweight, and obesity. After consideration of issues of definition and classification, the opening part of the book examines the concept of body image from a variety of viewpoints. A series of chapters are then devoted to the assessment of the multidimensional construct “body image”, to dysmorphophobia/body dysmorphic disorder, and to muscle dysmorphia. The third part discusses body image in people suffering from different eating disorders and/or overweight or obesity, and two final chapters focus on body image in the integrated prevention of eating disorders and obesity, and cultural differences regarding body image. The book will be of interest to all health professionals who work in the fields of psychiatry, clinical psychology, eating disorders, obesity, body image, adolescence, public health, and prevention.