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2. Black Women's Body Image: Implications for Identity Formation and Well-Being.
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Dickens, Danielle D. and Stephens, Dionne P.
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This paper serves as the introduction to a special issue on Black women's body image. Today, controlling images of Black women, such as the Jezebel, Mammy, and Sapphire stereotypes, are evident in controversial public and corporate policies regarding natural hair choices, differential judicial outcomes for darker-skinned Black women, and inequitable responses to Black women's COVID-19 symptoms and maternal health experiences. In response to these events, many Black women are (re)claiming control over their biological, social, and cultural bodily experiences across public and private spaces. Thus, we highlight how the papers in this special issue represent a large-scale effort to apply the Black feminist thought framework to the scientific study of body image among Black women. Consistent with body positivity principles, all papers use the foundation of Black feminist thought in the experiences and knowledge of Black women, consider the roles of power, privilege, and oppression throughout the inquiry process, and address the utility of findings for improving the lives of marginalized groups through structural and social change. With this special issue, we hope to advance scholarship on the ways in which Black women's bodies are evaluated and monitored. Black women's efforts to resist and dismantle these controlling images and gendered racial injustices are also critical contributions needed to strengthen this area of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Enjoyment of Physical Activity among Children and Adolescents: A Concept Analysis.
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Bajamal, Eman, Abou Hashish, Ebtsam Aly, and Robbins, Lorraine B.
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SCHOOL health services ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,SELF-perception ,CHILDHOOD obesity ,PLEASURE ,COGNITION ,PHYSICAL activity ,SELF-efficacy ,SCHOOL nursing ,HEALTH behavior ,EXERCISE ,CONCEPTS ,HIGH school students ,PHYSICAL education ,BODY image ,CHILDREN ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Although enjoyment has been linked to participation in physical activity (PA), a thorough analysis of the concept is lacking. Health-related behavior research emphasizes the necessity of focusing on individual psychological requirements, such as enjoyment in PA, to boost children and adolescents' motivation for PA. The current paper is a report on a conceptual analysis of the enjoyment of PA among children and adolescents. We adopted the concept analysis procedure by Walker and Avant. Several databases (PubMed, CINAHL, ERIC, PsychInfo, and Sport Discus) were searched and used to extract relevant articles about the enjoyment of PA. The review process yielded a final set of 72 papers. A refined definition of enjoyment in PA, attributes, cases, antecedents, and consequences of enjoyment in PA were presented. A conceptual understanding of enjoyment in PA can enable nurses to plan interventions that help children and adolescents get appropriate PA and improve their health habits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. A Sociocultural Exploration of the Impact Body Image Has on Black College-Aged Women's Mental Health.
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Greene, Anthony D. and Wooden, Kira
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MENTAL imagery ,PSYCHOLOGICAL well-being ,WOMEN'S mental health ,MENTAL health ,ETHNICITY ,BODY image ,WHITE women ,AFRICAN American women - Abstract
This study aimed to explore the relationship between Black cultural identity body image and mental well-being among Black Americans and Black immigrant women who attend predominately white universities (PWIs). As part of the Multi-Site University Study of Identity and Culture (MUSIC) survey, participants completed the Brief Inventory of Body Image, which included questions such as "I'm proud of my body," "I often feel ugly," 'I have a good figure," "I'm ashamed of my body," and "I am anxious about the way I look." The results showed that there were several similarities between the subgroups in the correlations between body image and mental health indices, such as social anxiety, depression, psychological well-being, and self-esteem. Both Black American and Black immigrant college-aged women had a positive association between body image and indicators of Black women's sense of self, like self-esteem and psychological well-being. They also had a negative association between body image and mental health, such as social anxiety and depression. However, there was one key difference in that Black American women had a stronger association between their sense of self and self-esteem and psychological well-being compared to Black immigrant women. These findings support other studies that suggest Black women tend to have a stronger positive body satisfaction relative to their overall mental well-being. The study has important implications for the understanding of Black women, ethnic identity, body image, and mental health, which are discussed in the paper. Plain Language Summary: Examining body image issues among Black women and its impact on their mental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Exploring adolescents' perspectives on social media and mental health and well-being – A qualitative literature review.
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Popat, Anjali and Tarrant, Carolyn
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SOCIAL media ,INTERNET addiction ,MENTAL health ,QUALITATIVE research ,CYBERBULLYING ,BODY image ,THEMATIC analysis ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,MEDLINE ,RESEARCH methodology ,SOCIAL skills ,PERSONAL beauty ,ONLINE information services ,SOCIAL support ,COVID-19 pandemic ,WELL-being ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Many quantitative studies have supported the association between social media use and poorer mental health, with less known about adolescents' perspectives on social media's impact on their mental health and wellbeing. This narrative literature review aimed to explore their perspectives, focusing on adolescents aged between 13 and 17. It reviewed qualitative studies published between January 2014 and December 2020, retrieved from four databases: APA Psychinfo, Web of Science, PubMed and Google Scholar. The literature search obtained 24 research papers. Five main themes were identified: 1) Self-expression and validation, 2) Appearance comparison and body ideals, 3) Pressure to stay connected, 4) Social engagement and peer support and 5) Exposure to bullying and harmful content. This review has highlighted how social media use can contribute to poor mental health – through validation-seeking practices, fear of judgement, body comparison, addiction and cyberbullying. It also demonstrates social media's positive impact on adolescent wellbeing - through connection, support and discussion forums for those with similar diagnoses. Future research should consider adolescent views on improvements to social media, studying younger participants, and the impact of COVID-19 on social media use and its associated mental health implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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6. Enriching social work research through architectural multisensory methods: Strategies for connecting the built environment and human experience.
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Grittner, Alison L and Burns, Victoria F
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BUILT environment ,ARCHITECTURE ,SOCIAL justice ,CREATIVE ability ,SENSORY stimulation ,EXPERIENCE ,SOCIAL work research ,PHOTOGRAPHY ,CONSUMER activism ,SPACE perception ,BODY image - Abstract
Scholars have called for greater emphasis on the physical environment to expand social work research, policy, and practice; however, there has been little focus on the role of the built environment. Redressing this gap in the literature, this methodological paper explicates how four multisensory research methods commonly used in architecture—sketch walks, photography, spatial visualization, and mapping—can be used in social work research to create a greater understanding of the complex, interconnected, and multidimensional nature of built environments in relationship to human experience. The methods explored in this paper provide social work researchers with a methodological conduit to explore the relationship between the built environment and vulnerable populations, understand and advocate for spatial justice, and participate knowledgeably in interdisciplinary policy realms involving the built environment and marginalized populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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7. Towards a psychology of sexual health.
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Rohleder, Poul and Flowers, Paul
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ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,BODY image ,CLINICAL health psychology ,FEMALE condoms ,FERTILITY ,GENDER identity ,GROUP identity ,HIV infections ,HUMAN rights ,SEXUAL health ,ILLEGITIMACY ,MASCULINITY ,PENIS ,PEOPLE with disabilities ,UNWANTED pregnancy ,PSYCHOLOGY ,SERIAL publications ,HUMAN sexuality ,SEX crimes ,SEX education ,SEXUALLY transmitted diseases ,REPRODUCTIVE health ,FEMININITY ,LGBTQ+ people ,SAFE sex ,WELL-being ,UNSAFE sex - Abstract
An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses topics within the issue including aspects of sexual and reproductive health, young people's sexual health and influence of political and social power on control over sexual and reproductive choices.
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- 2018
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8. Disturbed interoception in body dysmorphic disorder: A framework for future research.
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Jenkinson, Paul M and Rossell, Susan L
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BRAIN physiology , *SENSORY perception , *MENTAL illness , *BODY dysmorphic disorder , *SEVERITY of illness index , *SYMPTOMS , *BODY image , *MEDICAL research , *SELF-consciousness (Awareness) , *VISUAL perception - Abstract
Body dysmorphic disorder is a severe psychiatric condition characterised by a preoccupation with a perceived appearance flaw or flaws that are typically not observable to others. Although significant advances in understanding the disorder have been made in the past decade, current explanations focus on cognitive, behavioural and visual perceptual disturbances that contribute to the disorder. Such a focus does not consider how perception of the internal body or interoception may be involved, despite (1) clinical observations of disturbed perception of the body in body dysmorphic disorder and (2) disturbed interoception being increasingly recognised as a transdiagnostic factor underlying a wide range of psychopathologies. In this paper, we use an existing model of hierarchical brain function and neural (predictive) processing to propose that body dysmorphic disorder involves defective interoception, with perceived appearance flaws being the result of 'interoceptive prediction errors' that cause body parts to be experienced as 'not just right'. We aim to provide a framework for interoceptive research into body dysmorphic disorder, and outline areas for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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9. Effects of Socio-educational Interventions on the Quality of Life of People with a Digestive Ostomy.
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Duque, Paula A., Valencia Rico, Claudia L., Campiño Valderrama, Sandra M., and López González, Luz A.
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ENTEROSTOMY nursing ,EVALUATION of medical care ,WELL-being ,NURSING ,ENTEROSTOMY ,RESEARCH methodology ,SEXUAL intercourse ,INDIVIDUALIZED medicine ,MANN Whitney U Test ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,PRE-tests & post-tests ,T-test (Statistics) ,QUALITY of life ,PUBLIC hospitals ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH funding ,PATIENT education ,STATISTICAL sampling ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,DATA analysis software ,NURSING interventions ,PSYCHOTHERAPY ,BODY image ,HEALTH self-care - Abstract
Introduction: The creation of digestive stomata is associated with a change in people's lives. Causing a strong impact that influences all dimensions of life. This paper reports on the effects of socio-educational interventions on the quality of life (QOL) of people with a digestive ostomy. Objective: To describe the effect of a nursing intervention on the QOL of people with a digestive ostomy. Methods: A quasiexperimental study was conducted whose sample consisted of 12 people who were ostomized in a public hospital in Colombia. Participants were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to the intervention group and the control group. For the control group, an educational process was carried out through a theoretical session with virtual mediation (educational video). The QOL was evaluated before and after the interventions through the Montreux questionnaire. Results: The average age was 57(+7) years. No statistical differences were found between the groups in the QOL index or for any of the dimensions that make up QOL. Pretest and post-test analysis for each intervention separately showed improvement in two dimensions of QOL for each group; in the intervention group body image dimension (p =.017) and the positive coping dimension (p =.027). In the control group, the physical well-being dimension (p =.037) and social concerns dimension (p =.034). Conclusions: The personalized educational intervention or carried out through virtual pedagogical mediation, generated a clinically significant increase in the dimensions of QOL, without statistical differences. The study adds knowledge about the impact that digestive stomata have on the QOL, which is why it is necessary to establish specialized interdisciplinary teams to care for the person's new condition at home during the following months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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10. Instagram versus reality: the design and use of self-curated photo elicitation in a study exploring the construction of Scottish identity amongst personal style influencers on Instagram.
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Marcella-Hood, Madeleine
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PERSONAL beauty ,HUMAN research subjects ,SOCIAL media ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,GROUP identity ,INTERVIEWING ,QUALITATIVE research ,PHOTOGRAPHY ,BODY image - Abstract
This paper evaluates the use of self-curated photo elicitation as a new method for exploring self-identity by reflecting on its design and use in a study of Scottish identity. The approach builds on the work of others in the fields of visual analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Participants were style influencers who were asked to select and discuss a sample of their own Instagram posts that they felt represented their Scottish identity. The approach enabled deep and meaningful engagement with research participants and encouraged further revelations through asking them to reflect on how they went about choosing their posts. Participants spoke passionately and at length about the story behind these and began to understand more about themselves in doing so. Recommendations are made as to how self-curated photo elicitation could be used in future. It is proposed that this method is particularly adaptable to IPA research and studies of self-identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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11. What is the evidence of effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical, non-surgical, biopsychosocial interventions for body image and pain management in individuals with endometriosis? A systematic review.
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Falconer, Laura, Hendricks, Emma, and Harcourt, Diana
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BODY image , *BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model , *PAIN management , *ENDOMETRIOSIS , *CLINICAL health psychology - Abstract
Aim: To identify and review the success of non-pharmaceutical, non-surgical biopsychosocial interventions in individuals with endometriosis, in managing pain and improving body image. Methods: Cochrane, EBSCO, IBSS, NICE, Open Grey, OVID, Proquest, Scopus and Science Direct were searched in April 2021, using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data collection and analysis: Five randomised control trials, and one controlled clinical trial resulted from the search. Study quality was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) Quality Assessment Tool. Studies were synthesised by intervention type, into physical only, and physical and psychological. Results: Across the six papers, 323 participants were recruited, through medical records or self-referral, and treatments largely administered by specialist practitioners. From the EPHPP quality assessment,2 weak quality papers, and four moderate quality papers found improvements to pain, with large effect sizes in four papers. No studies used established body image measures to examine intervention effects on body image, and all lacked health psychology theoretical basis. There were common issues in selection bias, confounders and blinding. Conclusion: Without gold-standard methodology, evidence of effectiveness cannot be concluded. However, there is promising rationale if these issues are addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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12. Rethinking the Admissions Interview: Piloting Multiple Mini-Interviews in a Graduate Psychology Program.
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Clark, Jennifer R., Miller, Catherine A., and Garwood, Erin L.
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GRADUATE education ,MEDICAL personnel ,HEALTH programs ,PHYSICAL therapy ,CRITICAL thinking ,CLINICAL psychology ,BODY image - Abstract
Health profession programs routinely utilize traditional interviews in admissions as a means of assessing important non-academic characteristics (e.g., critical thinking, interpersonal skills, judgment) of candidates. However, the reliability and validity of traditional interviews is highly questionable. Given this, multiple health profession programs (e.g., medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy) have implemented multiple mini-interviews as an alternative for assessing non-academic characteristics. This paper describes the development and implementation of multiple mini-interviews in the admissions process for a doctoral clinical psychology program, one of the health professions yet to use multiple mini-interviews. This paper also examines the feasibility and acceptability of the multiple mini-interviews in this program. Results of a mixed-method survey of all 120 candidates who participated in admissions days are presented along with discussion of factors associated with satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Recommendations for program refinement and application to other graduate psychology programs for improved admissions processes are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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13. Sexualizing Media Use and Self-Objectification.
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Karsay, Kathrin, Knoll, Johannes, and Matthes, Jörg
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CONFIDENCE intervals ,INTERNET ,MASS media ,MEN ,META-analysis ,SELF-perception ,HUMAN sexuality ,TELEVISION ,VIDEO games ,WOMEN ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Objectification theorists suggest that exposure to sexualizing media increases self-objectification among individuals. Correlational and experimental research examining this relation has received growing attention. The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the influence of sexualizing media use on self-objectification among women and men. For this purpose, we analyzed 54 papers yielding 50 independent studies and 261 effect sizes. The data revealed a positive, moderate effect of sexualizing media on self-objectification (r = .19). The effect was significant and robust, 95% CI [.15, .23], p < .0001. We identified a conditional effect of media type, suggesting that the use of video games and/or online media led to stronger self-objectification effects when compared to television use. Other sample characteristics or study characteristics did not moderate the overall effect. Thus, our findings highlight the importance of sexualizing media exposure on women’s and men’s objectified self-concept. We discuss future research directions and implications for practice. We hope that the article will stimulate researchers in their future work to address the research gaps outlined here. Moreover, we hope that the findings will encourage practitioners and parents to reflect on the role of the use of sexualizing media in the development of individuals’ self-objectification. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl10.1177/0361684317743019 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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14. The Impact of Teasing and Bullying Victimization on Disordered Eating and Body Image Disturbance Among Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
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Day, Sinead, Bussey, Kay, Trompeter, Nora, and Mitchison, Deborah
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PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,ONLINE information services ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,QUANTITATIVE research ,CRIME victims ,RISK assessment ,MEDLINE ,BULLYING ,EATING disorders ,BODY image ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Adolescence is a developmental period in which disordered eating and negative body image are highly prevalent, yet their risk factors are insufficiently understood and targeted. Despite research implicating both teasing and bullying victimization in the development of eating disorders, these strands of research are yet to be integrated. This systematic review hence aimed to identify whether teasing and bullying victimization are associated with greater risk of eating disorders and body image disturbance for adolescents. Systematic searches of PsycINFO and PubMed databases identified 79 papers that included quantitative analyses of the relationship between weight-related or nonspecific teasing or bullying victimization and disordered eating or body image disturbance. Overall, studies indicated that adolescents who are teased or bullied are more likely to experience disordered eating and negative body image compared to nonvictimized adolescents. This was more consistently observed in cross-sectional studies than in longitudinal findings. We identify several methodological limitations of the literature, including the infrequent consideration of potential mediating and moderating variables. Finally, we outline future directions such as temporal sequencing of the complex interrelationships among teasing and bullying, disordered eating, and body image disturbance in adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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15. Body hair and its entanglement: Shame, choice and resistance in body hair practices among young Icelandic people.
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AFFECT (Psychology) ,RESEARCH methodology ,FEMINISM ,INTERVIEWING ,SEX distribution ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,HAIR removal ,HAIR ,SHAME ,ICELANDERS ,BODY image - Abstract
Iceland's performance on the Gender Gap Index has been outstanding in the last nine years. It now has a reputation for being one of the most gender equal countries in the world. However, local feminist activists argue that challenges to full gender equality remain. Underlying both the dominant gender equality rhetoric and feminist activism is a neoliberal, postfeminist sensibility that all are free to choose their most preferred body practices and that empowerment is a fact. There are, however, more subtle indications that young people's views of body hair practices, hinging around binaristic gender norms, are more ambivalent than that. This paper investigates how body hair practices are performed among young Icelandic people. The theoretical framework draws on feminist, poststructuralist, and affect theories. The data was collected between 2012 and 2016 and consists of semi-structured interviews with young women and men, group interviews with five young women based on co-operative inquiry, and an instrumental case study focusing on the issue of body hair practices. The analysis shows that shame and disgust remain entangled with practices around body hair among both men and women. It is gendered in that women's bodies are under more surveillance than men's. The paper concludes that, notwithstanding feminist activism and gender equality rhetoric, policing around body hair practices still exists in contemporary Icelandic society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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16. "I want to look as if I am my child's big sister": Self-satisfaction and the yummy mummy in Taiwan.
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Keyser-Verreault, Amélie
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AESTHETICS ,PSYCHOLOGY of mothers ,SELF-perception ,SATISFACTION ,BODY image - Abstract
This paper explores the trend of stay-fit maternity in Taiwan and extends the feminist analysis of the yummy mummy under neoliberalism to a non-Western context. Drawing insight from Foucault's critique of the theory of human capital and his emphasis on "psychic return," it examines a process of continuous interaction between outer appearance and the inner world of these Taiwanese women during and after pregnancy. Thus, by using the perspective of the flux of psychic return in order to understand these women's continuous aesthetic labour, I emphasize the importance of self-satisfaction as a determinant gain of the valorization of appearance in this process of maximizing self-appreciation and diminishing self-depreciation. I underline not only the importance of the functioning of an economy of affects which supports and overdetermines their beauty practices but also, in some circumstances, that the immaterial return in the quest for beauty takes priority over material earnings and the influences of social pressures. As well, my analysis finds complex and overlapping relations between self-satisfaction and neoliberal rationality such that self-appreciation constitutes the pleasure of embodying a recognized ideal of the maternal, the joy of overcoming undisciplined flesh, and the confidence-enhancement of being mistakenly seen as a young girl. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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17. "Up for it" or "asking for it"? Violence against women in the age of postfeminism.
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Frazier, Kathryn E
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FEMINISM ,HUMAN sexuality ,VIOLENCE ,INTERVIEWING ,GENDER ,SEXUAL harassment ,QUALITATIVE research ,ABUSED women ,VICTIMS ,BODY image ,WOMEN'S health - Abstract
Postfeminist young women are encouraged to "embrace" their sexuality by sexualizing their bodies as a means of empowerment. In stark contrast, dominant understandings of violence identify these same bodily displays as risk factors, condemning women who enact them as "asking for" victimization. While these competing demands on the female body have been widely documented in popular media, empirical work has not investigated if, and the extent to which, women reproduce these tension-filled constructions of the body in their own lives. Using in-depth interviews with 15 participants of varied race, class and gender identity in the US, this paper explores the ways in which these conflicting discursive constructions of the body are enacted by participants in their everyday lives. While participants took up varied sensibilities of the body and empowerment (including several that emphasized sexiness and sexuality), participants uniformly discussed perceptions of risk that inscribed the female body as vulnerable. This produced tensions in reasoning for some participants (but not all), in ways that were intersectionally inflected by race and gender presentation. More broadly, data suggests that postfeminist (and other) visions of the body that appear to otherwise produce lived experiences of empowerment are deemed invalid in contexts of risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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18. Understanding body image in physical education.
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Kerner, Charlotte, Haerens, Leen, and Kirk, David
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PHYSICAL education ,BODY image in children ,CURRICULUM ,PHYSICAL activity ,SOCIAL comparison - Abstract
Body image disturbance in children and adolescents has negative implications for psychological and physical well-being. To positively impact well-being, it is important to explore factors that influence body image and to identify strategies that can be used to reduce body image disturbance. The school curriculum can play a significant role in shaping how children and adolescents experience their bodies. Within this school curriculum, physical education lessons represent one of the only school subjects in which the body is a focus of curricular outcomes. In physical education, the body is judged for physical ability but is also situated in a space that provides the potential for social comparisons and body judgements. Significant attention has been paid to the development of classroom-based interventions that aim at reducing body image disturbance, yet physical education has largely been ignored as a context in which one can effectively intervene. This paper reviews current knowledge on the relationship between physical education and body image disturbance by using the cognitive-behavioural model of body image developments as a guiding framework. It also considers the contribution that physical education could make to wider school-based interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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19. The Psychosocial Patient-Reported Outcomes of End of Pathway Cleft Surgery: A Systematic Review.
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Acum, Michelle, Mastroyannopoulou, Kiki, O'Curry, Sara, and Young, Judith
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PERSONAL beauty ,BODY image ,CLEFT lip ,CLEFT palate ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,PSYCHOLOGICAL distress ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,MEDLINE ,ORAL surgery ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,ONLINE information services ,OSTEOTOMY ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,PATIENT satisfaction ,QUALITY of life ,RHINOPLASTY ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,CROSS-sectional method ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,EVALUATION - Abstract
Objective: To identify and review the literature on the psychosocial patient-reported outcomes (PROs) of surgery at the end of the cleft treatment pathway. Design: A systematic literature search was performed using electronic databases (Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, PsycInfo, Web of Science, and Science Direct) from database inception to September 2017, to identify studies measuring and reporting the psychosocial PROs of end of pathway cleft surgery. Results: Of 263 identified papers, 22 studies were eligible for inclusion. Apart from one randomized controlled study, studies were largely observational and adopted a cross-sectional or retrospective design. The majority (n = 16) were small-scale studies. The methodological quality was variable in terms of what, how, and when psychosocial outcomes were measured and reported. None of the studies utilized a psychosocial PRO measure validated in the cleft population, and few studies measured outcomes prospectively. A high proportion of studies utilized bespoke measures of patient satisfaction. Taken together, findings from the included studies are tentative but seem to suggest patients derive some benefit from undergoing end of pathway cleft surgery, in terms of increased satisfaction, quality of life, social interactions, and decreased appearance-related distress. Conclusions: Due to methodological challenges and the heterogeneity of what, how, and when outcomes are measured and currently reported, it is difficult to determine the psychosocial PROs of end of pathway cleft surgeries. Consequently, this review advocates the conduct of well-designed, longitudinal studies using cleft-sensitive tool/s to capture the psychosocial PROs of end of pathway cleft surgery at various time points. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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20. "I feel fat and ugly and hate myself": Self-objectification through negative constructions of premenstrual embodiment.
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Ussher, Jane M and Perz, Janette
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PREVENTION of psychological stress ,BODY image ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,PSYCHOLOGICAL distress ,EMOTIONS ,FEMINIST criticism ,INTERVIEWING ,OBESITY ,PREMENSTRUAL syndrome ,PSYCHOTHERAPY ,HEALTH self-care ,SOCIAL stigma ,SURVEYS ,PSYCHOLOGY of women ,SELF diagnosis ,DEHUMANIZATION - Abstract
The body is central to women's construction of premenstrual change as premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and to experiences of premenstrual distress. Embodied change, such as bloating or breast tenderness, can act as a marker of PMS. Within biomedical models, PMS is located within the body. Women's dissatisfaction with their bodies is also reported to be higher in the premenstrual phase of the cycle. What is absent from this analysis is the meaning and experience of embodied change, in the context of broader constructions of femininity and embodiment. In this paper, we adopt a feminist material-discursive theoretical framework to examine the role of premenstrual embodiment in women's premenstrual distress, drawing on open-ended survey responses and interviews with 83 women who self-diagnose as "PMS sufferers". We theorize premenstrual body hatred as subjectification, wherein women take up cultural discourse associated with idealized femininity and the stigmatization of the fat body, resulting in self-objectification, distress and dehumanization. However, women can resist negative cultural constructions of premenstrual embodiment. We describe the impact of psychological therapy which increases awareness of emotional and embodied change, resulting in greater acceptance of the premenstrual body and self-care, serving to reduce premenstrual distress and self-objectification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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21. Young Adult Women and Alcohol-Related Problems: The Key Role of Multidimensional Feminine Norms.
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Iwamoto, Derek Kenji and Mui, Vivian W.
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PERSONAL beauty ,BODY image ,BODY weight ,CONFORMITY ,COST effectiveness ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,STUDENT attitudes ,PSYCHOLOGY of women ,FEMININITY ,BINGE drinking ,ALCOHOL drinking in college ,ALCOHOL-induced disorders ,SEXUAL partners ,DISEASE risk factors ,ADULTS - Abstract
Young adult college women are closing the gender gap with respect to heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related problems. Accordingly, it is important to understand and examine the factors that help explain within-group differences in problematic drinking patterns among this vulnerable population. One promising theoretically-relevant factor that appears to explain problematic alcohol use among young adult women is conformity to multidimensional feminine norms. Feminine norms are the beliefs and/or expectations of what it means to be a woman. This review paper identifies the current trends and limitations of research examining the role of feminine norms on alcohol use among young adult women in college. The review of the literature suggests that relationship between feminine norms and alcohol problems is complex in that there are costs and benefits for endorsing and opposing different feminine norms. Women who endorse appearance and relational feminine norms such as striving to be thin, focusing on their appearance, and maintaining relationships are at heighten risk of engaging in heavy episodic drinking and alcohol problems. Women who endorse feminine norms including maintaining sexual relationships with one partner, endorse the belief that one should be modest, and sweet, and nice, and upholding domestic values are less likely to report alcohol problems. Clinical and future research recommendations are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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22. Variation in Skin Red and Yellow Undertone: Reliability of Ratings and Predicted Relevance for Social Experiences.
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Branigan, Amelia R., Nunez, Johanna G., Adnan Khan, Mariya, and Gordon, Rachel A.
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HUMAN skin color ,SOCIAL psychology ,RESEARCH funding ,PREJUDICES ,BODY image ,SURVEYS ,RACISM ,PERSONAL beauty ,COLOR ,DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) - Abstract
It is well established that skin lightness-darkness is associated with social outcomes, but little is known regarding the social salience of skin undertones (redness and yellowness). Our study addresses two related research questions on this topic: first, we ask whether red and yellow undertones are consistently perceived by observers; second, we ask whether red and yellow undertones are associated with expectations of discrimination across a range of social settings. We address these questions using novel survey data in which skin lightness-darkness and undertones are captured using CIELAB measurements and a two-dimensional categorical skin color scale. Although we find skin lightness-darkness to be the strongest and most consistent predictor of discrimination expectations, respondents also perceived skin undertones consistently, and skin yellowness was associated with a higher predicted likelihood of discrimination net of lightness-darkness in certain social settings. Our findings suggest that colorism can extend beyond a light-dark binary and emphasize the value of capturing undertones, particularly yellowness, in social surveys assessing skin color. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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23. Photos Sculpt the Stories of Youth: Using Photovoice to Holistically Capture the Lived Experiences and Pain of Youth Who Underwent Spinal Fusion Surgery.
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Noyek, Samantha, Newman, Gillian, Jordan, Abbie, Birnie, Kathryn A., and Noel, Melanie
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LUMBAR vertebrae surgery ,POSTOPERATIVE care ,QUALITATIVE research ,CHRONIC pain ,RESEARCH funding ,AESTHETICS ,SOUTHEAST Asians ,MEDICAL personnel ,SCOLIOSIS ,INTERVIEWING ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,KYPHOSIS ,POSTOPERATIVE pain ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,MEDICAL care ,PHOTOGRAPHY ,BODY image ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,EXPERIENCE ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,THEMATIC analysis ,LONGITUDINAL method ,TEENAGERS' conduct of life ,SURGICAL complications ,SPINAL fusion ,LUMBAR vertebrae ,PAIN management ,CISGENDER people ,ADOLESCENT idiopathic scoliosis ,COMPARATIVE studies ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Spinal fusion surgery is one of the most common major surgical procedures in youth. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most frequent reason for corrective spinal fusion. AIS (∼25%–47% of cases) and spinal fusion surgeries are associated with pain, including the development of new onset chronic pain for up to 15% of youth. This research used photovoice approaches to explore the journeys of youth from before, during, and after spinal fusion surgery, to demonstrate their experiences both of and beyond pain. Twenty participants were recruited from a previous study conducted by the senior author's lab. Participants captured photos/videos in their daily life (Phase 1); collected previously taken photos/videos from before/during/after their surgery (Phase 2); and participated in individual interviews to reflexively discuss the meaning behind photos/videos (Phase 3). Before interviews, a questionnaire was administered to assess pain characteristics. Nineteen girls/women with scoliosis and one boy/man with kyphosis (12–19 years old, M
age = 16 years) participated; they identified as white (80%), other (15%), and Southeast Asian (5%). The researchers used a reflexive thematic analysis approach, which generated five themes: (1) body aesthetic versus machine; (2) expectations and anticipation of surgery/outcomes; (3) desire of normalcy and freedom; (4) navigating a hoped-for positive surgery experience; and (5) the journey sculpts identity formation and sense of self. Findings support youth advocacy, underscoring the need to validate youth concerns and inform healthcare professionals of the importance of individualized care. Youth perspectives highlighted opportunities for optimizing surgery/healthcare experiences and the psychosocial impacts of scoliosis on body image and appearance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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24. Adolescents' Multi-Layered Media Processing: A Panel Study on Positive and Negative Perceptions Toward Ideals and Adolescents' Appearance Anxiety.
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Trekels, Jolien and Eggermont, Steven
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MEDIA exposure ,REGRESSION analysis ,PANEL analysis ,SELECTIVE exposure ,SOCIAL interaction ,BODY image - Abstract
Selective exposure literature indicates that not all users take away the same messages from their media exposure; it is suggested that viewers are not merely exposed but rather reactive to multiple—and possibly opposing—messages. The current study aims to introduce an active media-processing perspective, focusing specifically on the media-body image association among an early adolescent sample. Results of a three-wave longitudinal survey among 971 early adolescents (M
age = 11.14; SD = 1.13) show that media-focused peer interactions (W1), but not media exposure (W1), were associated with contradictory perceptions of attractiveness (i.e., perceived benefits and perceived costs for investing in appearance) (W2). Polynomial regression analyses pointed out that the association between these contradictory perceptions (i.e., interaction between benefits and costs; W2) was curvilinearily related to body image investment (W3). The findings emphasize the variable vulnerability of adolescents to the media effect and the importance of acknowledging multi-layered media messages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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25. Body image in patients with prostate cancer undergoing treatment with hormone therapy: Observational study using both a cross-sectional and longitudinal design.
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Chen, Pei-Yi, Liu, Kuan-Lin, Chuang, Cheng-Keng, Wu, Chun-Te, Pang, See-Tong, Chang, Ying-Hsu, Yu, Kai-Jie, and Chien, Ching-Hui
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CROSS-sectional method ,RESEARCH funding ,T-test (Statistics) ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,STATISTICAL sampling ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,PROSTATE tumors ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CHI-squared test ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,LONGITUDINAL method ,ODDS ratio ,ANALYSIS of variance ,STATISTICS ,DATA analysis software ,CONFIDENCE intervals - Abstract
This study aims to examine changes in body image (BI) over time and factors related to BI among patients with prostate cancer who receive hormone therapy (HT). A cross-sectional design and longitudinal design were utilized. Patients with prostate cancer who received HT were recruited from the urology outpatient departments in two hospitals in Taiwan between August 2017 and December 2020. Cross-sectional data were collected from 177 patients who had started HT for prostate cancer. Longitudinal data were collected from 34 newly diagnosed patients before receiving HT and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after HT. The variables measured included hormonal symptoms and distress, self-efficacy, and BI. The results showed that BI dissatisfaction ranged from 6.1% to 17.2%. Hormonal symptoms and distress (e.g. lack of vitality) were correlated with BI dissatisfaction. Education on the side effects of HT and coping strategies can be provided to patients to prevent BI dissatisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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26. Self-objectification and cosmetic surgery consideration among Chinese young women: The mediating roles of alienation and body image inflexibility.
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Huang, Xiaole, Lin, Rongmao, and Yan, Youwei
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SOCIAL alienation ,BODY image ,PSYCHOLOGY of women ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,PLASTIC surgery ,COLLEGE students ,FACTOR analysis ,SELF-perception - Abstract
The behavior of undergoing cosmetic surgery is a coping strategy for body-image threats and challenges. Self-objectification is associated with alienation and body image inflexibility, and all of these are associated with stronger cosmetic surgery considerations. This study evaluated the relationship between self-objectification and cosmetic surgery consideration, and whether this relationship was mediated by alienation and body image inflexibility. The participants were 650 Chinese female college students. Serial mediation analysis indicated that the relationship between self-objectification and cosmetic surgery consideration was significantly mediated by alienation followed by body image inflexibility. The total mediating effect value was 0.424, accounting for 57.5% of the total effects. These results suggest that reducing alienation and improving the flexibility of body image can reduce the influence of self-objectification on young women's willingness to undergo cosmetic surgery. These findings provide a basis for intervening or preventing the self-objectified young women's willingness for cosmetic surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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27. Female bodybuilders on Instagram: Negotiating an empowered femininity.
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Marshall, Kayla, Chamberlain, Kerry, and Hodgetts, Darrin
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BODY composition ,BODY image ,BODYBUILDING ,SELF-efficacy ,SELF-perception ,WOMEN athletes ,FEMININITY ,SOCIAL media ,ATTITUDES toward sex ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Strength and femininity have in many ways been culturally constructed as two mutually exclusive phenomena. This paper considers how Instagram facilitates female body objectification and surveillance through an examination of female bodybuilders whose muscular bodies represent both resistance against and conformity to dominant cultural notions around women as fragile, weak, and subservient. We reveal how surveillance over the bodies of female bodybuilders on Instagram functions to reposition them as more (hetero)normatively feminine by encouraging them to present bodies which are ornamented, sexualized, and passive. We also reveal how female bodybuilders practise self-surveillance on Instagram by simultaneously resisting and conforming to this surveillance. In the process, these women manage to redefine femininity for themselves in ways which problematize dualistic notions around strength and femininity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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28. Hot right now: Diverse girls navigating technologies of racialized sexy femininity.
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Ringrose, Jessica, Tolman, Deborah, and Ragonese, Marisa
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RACISM ,PSYCHOLOGY ,BODY image ,CONFIDENCE ,MINORITIES ,CULTURAL pluralism ,RACE ,SHAME ,PSYCHOLOGICAL stress ,WHITE people ,PSYCHOLOGY of Black people ,FEMININITY ,SOCIAL media ,ATTITUDES toward sex - Abstract
In this paper, we draw upon group interviews in London and New York City to explore how differently classed and racialized groups of teen girls navigate media constructions of hot, sexy, femininity. We explore how cultural ideals of sexiness are shifting to include more skin shades and larger body parts in specific proportions which align to new sexualized and racialized ideals of femininity. Some celebrities embody these new forms of what is termed racial mobility, but these ambiguous mixtures still relate to a standard that references normative white, middle-class femininity. All girls found navigating the contradictory and impossible ideals of sexy femininity challenging, but white girls had internalized the norms and technologies of "perfectibility" the most, and believed that achieving sexy femininity would bring them confidence. In contrast, racially marginalized girls were much more critical of normative ideals of sexiness. Black girls had a heightened awareness of how their bodies were consistently read as either not sexy enough or hypersexualized and they discussed the dangers this posed to them in both their school communities and in other public spaces. Overall, our findings demonstrate how diverse girls must undertake very different forms of work to navigate and manage expectations around racialized and classed sexiness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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29. Toward Development of a Novel Proprioceptive Trail-Making Test: Comparing Healthy Dancers and Non-Dancers.
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Card, Madison R. and Ryals, Anthony J.
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MOTOR ability ,STATISTICAL correlation ,PROPRIOCEPTION ,TASK performance ,COGNITIVE testing ,EXECUTIVE function ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,RESEARCH evaluation ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,BODY image ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,ATTENTION ,LONGITUDINAL method ,RESEARCH methodology ,NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,DANCE ,RESEARCH ,COMPARATIVE studies ,VISUAL perception ,SHORT-term memory ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,ENTERTAINERS - Abstract
There is a pressing need for ecologically valid versions of traditional neuropsychological tests indexing executive function (EF), such as the Trail-Making Task (TMT), that incorporate movement and bodily awareness in healthy participants with varying abilities. We designed a proprioceptive version of the TMT (pTMT) that involved coordinated gross motor movement and proprioceptive awareness to investigate whether this measure of visual attention, task switching, and working memory positively correlated with a computerized version of the TMT (the dTMT). We aimed to establish the initial validity of our proprioceptive TMT (pTMT) by comparing performances on the dTMT and pTMT among a cohort of 36 healthy participants (18 dancers, 18 non-dancers; M age = 22, SD = 5.27; 64% female) anticipating that dancers would express higher intrinsic bodily awareness than non-dancers. Results revealed a mild to moderate but statistically significant positive correlation between dTMT and pTMT completion times [part A: r (36) =.33, p =.04; part B: r (36) =.37, p =.03] and numbers of errors [part B: r (36) =.41, p =.01] across both participant groups. These data suggest partial measurement convergence between these two TMT versions. Relative to non-dancers, dancers exhibited a higher level of performance (likely due to their better proprioceptive ability) through their faster completion times on dTMT-B [ t (34) = 3.81, p =.006, d = 1.27] and pTMT-B [ t (34) = 2.97, p =.005, d =.99], and their fewer errors on dTMT-B [ t (34) = 2.93, p =.006, d = 1.0]. By identifying cognitive differences between these different groups of healthy individuals, our data contribute to both a theoretical understanding and the initial development of gross motor movement-based cognitive assessments, providing a path toward the further refinement of an ecologically valid full-body TMT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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30. A Discourse of Deviance: Blame, Shame, Stigma and the Social Construction of Head and Neck Cancer.
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Thamm, Carla, McCarthy, Alexandra L., and Yates, Patsy
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SOCIAL constructionism ,RISK assessment ,ORGANS (Anatomy) ,LANGUAGE & languages ,ATTITUDES toward illness ,TOBACCO ,HEAD & neck cancer ,INTERVIEWING ,FIELD notes (Science) ,BODY image ,CANCER patients ,PAPILLOMAVIRUSES ,DISCOURSE analysis ,PERSONAL beauty ,RESEARCH methodology ,DIARY (Literary form) ,SHAME ,ALCOHOL drinking ,SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL stigma ,DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
Cancer of the head and neck is a confronting condition, as the disease and its treatments alter the appearance and function of body organs associated with physical appearance and identity. Many of the risk factors for head and neck cancers, including tobacco, alcohol, and human papilloma virus, can also have significant negative social and moral permutations. Language and action (discourse) plays an important role in constructing disease and illness and shape the way it is managed, both institutionally and socially. This research used a critical constructionist lens to investigate how the common discourses surrounding head and neck cancer are constructed within the healthcare context and how this influences patients and healthcare professionals' responses to the illness. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, field noting, journaling and literature reviews. Analysis was guided by a three-dimensional approach to critical discourse analysis that investigated text, discursive practices, and social context. The overarching finding was that deviance dominates the common discourse and shapes head and neck cancer and responses to it. Deviance is channelled through metaphors, adjectives, descriptors, and collective nouns and is made overt through labelling, avoidance, blaming, shame, and categorization. Discourse is contextualized by a sociocultural understanding that when someone deviates from what is perceived as normal, they are devalued. Open dialogue and reflection on head and neck cancer discourse could enable better understanding of how people experience their condition and inform more supportive responses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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31. Breaking body hair boundaries: Classroom exercises for challenging social constructions of the body and sexuality.
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Fahs, Breanne
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PERSONAL beauty ,BODY image ,CULTURE ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,FEMINISM ,HAIR ,HAIR removal ,SELF-perception ,SOCIAL networks ,STEREOTYPES ,WOMEN'S health ,SOCIAL attitudes - Abstract
Courses in women’s studies and gender studies within US contexts have long prioritized content that critically examines the social construction of bodies and sexualities, consciousness-raising about how social identities interface with disciplinary and institutional practices, and the notion that ‘the personal is political.’ This article examines the social and pedagogical implications of an extra-credit assignment where I asked women to grow out their body hair and men to remove their body hair for 10 weeks in several upper-division women’s studies courses. Students’ response papers and weekly logs from 87 students over four semesters highlighted the social policing of gender and sexual identity, pervasive disgust and misinformation about body hair, raced and classed dimensions of students’ experiences, configurations of masculinity as agentic and powerful, and postexperiential reflections on challenging social norms. This assignment showed how temporary excursions into rebelling against body norms can generate sociopolitical awareness, particularly for living as Other (e.g. queerness, fatness, disability). I also consider implications for ‘ripple effect pedagogy’ and ‘peer generated pedagogy,’ along with pedagogical reflections about using the assignment as a consciousness-raising tool in feminist classrooms. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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32. Post-feminist advertising laid bare: Young women’s talk about the sexually agentic woman of ‘midriff ’ advertising.
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Malson, Helen, Halliwell, Emma, Tischner, Irmgard, and Rúdólfsdóttir, Annadís
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PSYCHOLOGY of women ,ADVERTISING ,BODY image ,DISCOURSE analysis ,FEMINISM ,FEMINIST criticism ,FOCUS groups ,HUMAN sexuality ,SOCIAL psychology - Abstract
This paper presents a feminist Foucauldian analysis of women’s interpretations of images of women in post-feminist advertising. Building on Ros Gill’s analysis of post-feminist advertising images of women, and more specifically the figure of ‘the midriff ’, the paper presents an analysis of focus group discussions with seven young women who were asked to discuss ‘midriff’ advertising images. Whilst participants sometimes construed these images positively as ‘sexy’ and independent, midriff figures were more frequently constituted negatively as ‘bimbos’ and/or ‘slutty’ ‘sex objects’ whose seeming independence was achieved through or limited only to attracting men. In interpreting midriff figures negatively, participants, we suggest, constituted the midriff as other; as different and distant from themselves and ‘normal’ women. Where occasionally participants interpreted images more favourably, the midriff figure was, in contrast, constituted as ‘normal’ and ‘natural’ and as being about ‘what she likes, not what he likes’. Participants did not identify themselves or their arguments as feminist. Nevertheless, they articulated critiques of these images which often converged significantly with critical feminist analyses. Our analysis suggests, therefore, that young women read these images in complex ways. These complexities of interpretation, we argue, should be central in understanding the relationships between women, bodies and post-feminist images of women’s bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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33. The Fat Jesus: Feminist Explorations in Fleshy Christologies.
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Isherwood, Lisa
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FEMINISM ,DOCTRINAL theology ,CHRISTIANITY ,BODY image ,WOMEN - Abstract
This paper takes issue with the Slim for Him programmes which suggest that Christianity has no place for the fleshy, indeed that the devil lurks in ample bodies. It investigates the way in which women have suffered a reducing rhetoric which has had its genesis in certain kinds of theology but has exacted a great price on the flesh of women. The paper therefore offers a fleshy Christology as a counter rhetoric in the hope that women may once again dance in their skins and offer another set of values on their broad hips. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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34. Pubic hair and its removal: A practice beyond the personal.
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Li, Alex Yang and Braun, Virginia
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AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,BODY image ,CULTURE ,DISCOURSE analysis ,FEMINISM ,FEMALE reproductive organs ,HAIR removal ,HYGIENE ,INTERVIEWING ,THEMATIC analysis ,SOCIAL media - Abstract
Pubic hair removal, now common among women in Anglo/western cultures, has been theorised as a disciplinary practice. As many other feminine bodily practices, it is characterised by removal or alteration of aspects of women's material body (i.e., pubic hair) considered unattractive but otherwise “natural.” Emerging against this theorisation is a discourse of personal agency and choice, wherein women assert autonomy and self-mastery of their own bodies and body practices. In this paper, we use a thematic analysis to examine the interview talk about pubic hair from 11 sexually and ethnically diverse young women in New Zealand. One overarching theme – pubic hair is undesirable; its removal is desirable – encapsulates four themes we discuss in depth, which illustrate the personal, interpersonal and sociocultural influences intersecting the practice: (a) pubic hair removal is a personal choice; (b) media promote pubic hair removal; (c) friends and family influence pubic hair removal; and (d) the (imagined) intimate influences pubic hair removal. Despite minor variations among queer women, a perceived norm of genital hairlessness was compelling among the participants. Despite the articulated freedom to practise pubic hair removal, any freedom from participating in this practice appeared limited, rendering the suggestion that it is just a “choice” problematic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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35. Nondieting Psychological Interventions for Individuals who are Overweight or Obese: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.
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MacDonald, Danielle E. and Cassin, Stephanie E.
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WEIGHT loss & psychology ,PATHOLOGICAL psychology ,OBESITY ,WELL-being ,REDUCING diets - Abstract
Nondieting psychological interventions for overweight/obesity emerged from poor maintenance of change in weight reduction interventions, psychological difficulties experienced by this group, and the position that focusing on weight loss can reinforce psychological struggles. The nondieting paradigm aims to improve wellness without weight loss. This paper reviews the efficacy of nondieting interventions for overweight/obesity. Thirteen randomized controlled trials were reviewed, which compared nondieting interventions to wait list, weight loss, and psychosocial comparison groups. In the short-term and in follow-up, nondieting interventions resulted in improvement of body dissatisfaction, restrained eating, and eating disorder psychopathology, but not other psychological or physiological variables. Despite not focusing on weight reduction, there were no weight differences compared to weight loss treatments at 12-18 month follow-up. These findings suggest that elements of the nondieting paradigm may be beneficial to psychological wellbeing in individuals with overweight/obesity, and that integrating such interventions into clinical practice may be helpful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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36. Boys' Internalized Appearance-Related Norms from Different Socializers Uniquely, Negatively Relate to Wellbeing and Gender Beliefs.
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Nielson, Matthew G., Tolman, Deborah, Martin, Carol Lynn, and Fraser, Ashley M.
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WELL-being ,MASCULINITY ,AFFINITY groups ,STRUCTURAL equation modeling ,SAMPLE size (Statistics) ,SOCIAL norms ,SELF-perception ,GENDER identity ,SEX distribution ,HEALTH attitudes ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH funding ,ELEMENTARY schools ,INTERNALIZING behavior ,BODY image ,SELF-esteem testing ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Much of the work on body image socialization masks the potentially unique influence of different socializers, yet clearer understanding of socialization mechanisms and ideological context aid intervention efforts. We explored how fathers, female peers, male peers, and adolescent boys themselves produce different levels of internalized appearance-related norms and how these socializer-specific norms differentially relate to wellbeing and beliefs related to gender identity. With a sample of early adolescent boys (n = 260; M
age = 11.44 years, SDage =.56, 64% White), we used SEM to investigate relations between internalized norms, wellbeing, and gender beliefs. We found that most boys internalized appearance-related norms, and that boys reported higher levels of norms from themselves than from fathers or peers. Internalized appearance-related norms from different socializers uniquely related to self-esteem, private/public regard of gender, and self-presentation expectations in peer interactions. This relational framework provides unique insights into boys' experiences with their appearance and the role of different socializers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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37. "My body is a cage": A qualitative investigation into the self-discrepancy experiences of young women with metastatic cancer.
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Kahraman-Erkus, Ozlem, Ar-Karci, Yagmur, and Gençöz, Tülin
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CANCER patient psychology ,SELF-perception ,RESEARCH methodology ,CHRONIC diseases ,METASTASIS ,INTERVIEWING ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,PSYCHOLOGY of women ,MENTAL depression ,THEMATIC analysis ,BODY image ,SADNESS - Abstract
Objectives: The current study investigated self-discrepancy experiences of young women with metastatic cancer. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted. Data were analyzed through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Findings: Eight female patients with metastatic cancer aged between 27 and 38 years formed the sample. Three superordinate themes emerged: (1) compulsory changes in self-concept with ambivalent evaluations; (2) new ideals not on the agenda of a healthy young woman; and (3) so-called 'minimalist' expectations from others. Discussion: Findings indicated that diagnosis and treatment of metastatic cancer impose unique developmental challenges for young adult women. Advanced cancer disrupted the tasks and responsibilities of young adulthood, resulting in frustration, grief, isolation, and overcompensation. These findings suggest that a developmental perspective is crucial when working with self-discrepancy experiences of young women with metastatic cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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38. Psychological and Peer Difficulties of Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Branson, Emma K., Branson, Victoria M., McGrath, Roisin, Rausa, Vanessa C., Kilpatrick, Nicky, and Crowe, Louise M.
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MENTAL depression risk factors ,RISK factors of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ,AFFINITY groups ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,PARENT attitudes ,PSYCHOLOGY of children with disabilities ,META-analysis ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,SELF-perception ,SELF-evaluation ,CLEFT palate ,CLEFT lip ,BEHAVIOR disorders in children ,RISK assessment ,COMPARATIVE studies ,BEHAVIOR disorders ,CHILD psychopathology ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,AFFECTIVE disorders ,QUALITY of life ,MEDLINE ,ANXIETY ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,BODY image ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,SOCIAL disabilities ,DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
Objectives: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to determine if children born with cleft lip and/or palate are at increased risk of psychological and peer difficulties, and if so, which difficulties they develop. Methods: EMBASE, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO were searched for English language studies published between January 2005 and January 2022 which investigated the psychological outcomes and peer function of children with nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate. Outcomes included internalizing problems, such as anxiety and depression, externalizing problems, such as hyperactivity, conduct disorders, self-concept including self-image and self-esteem, peer problems, resilience, coping, and overall psychological function. A risk of bias assessment was performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Random effects models were used in the meta-analysis to compare the outcomes for children born with a cleft and those without. Results: In total 41 studies met inclusion criteria, with 9 included in the meta-analysis. Children born with a cleft appear to have similar psychological outcomes compared to normative controls when using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. There are some minor differences between self-report and parent report, with parents generally reporting that their child with a cleft has increased emotional, conduct, and hyperactivity problems. The small differences between the study cohort and control cohorts are unlikely to imply any differences on a clinical level. Conclusions: Overall psychological outcomes appear to be similar between children born with a cleft and the nonaffected population, however, some symptoms such as anxiety and depression appear higher in children with cleft lip and/or palate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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39. Body image perception and dissatisfaction in resistance training practitioners: A critical review of the literature of Brazilian studies and assessment tools used.
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da Silva, Vinícius Suedekum, Martins, Jeniffer Caroline Watte, Fochesatto, Annelise, and de Souza, Carolina Guerini
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RESISTANCE training ,OBESITY ,PERSONAL beauty ,REGULATION of body weight ,BODY dysmorphic disorder ,STRENGTH training ,SATISFACTION ,SEX distribution ,BODY mass index ,BODY image ,BODY size - Abstract
This study aimed to review the findings on body image (BI) dissatisfaction and muscle dysmorphia (MD) in Brazilian RT practitioners and the differences in the assessment tools used. A critical review of studies with searches in PubMed, Brazilian Virtual Health Library, SciELO, PsycInfo, and SPORTDiscus databases was conducted. A total of 23 studies were included. Nine tools were used to assess BI dissatisfaction or MD: three questionnaires and six visual scales. The overall mean BI dissatisfaction was 56.5% (59.2% in men vs 57.3% in women). The mean MD was 42.4% (45.1% in women vs 38.5% in men). BI dissatisfaction and MD are related to women seeking slimness and men wanting to increase muscle mass. In conclusion, the frequency of BI was high in both sexes, and MD, when identified, was higher in women. The scales and questionnaires used differ significantly in depth and scope for the same purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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40. Interoception: Where do we go from here?
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Murphy, Jennifer
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INTEROCEPTION ,INDIVIDUAL differences ,BODY image - Abstract
In recent years, there has been a significant rise in interest in interoception, the processing of internal bodily signals. This interest has been coupled by increased concerns regarding the measurement and conceptualisation of interoception. Focusing on cardiac interoceptive accuracy, I outline what I believe to be the most pressing issues in the field of interoception—specifically the continued reliance on the heartbeat counting task. I then provide an overview of what I believe to be more general limitations concerning how we measure and conceptualise individual differences in interoception and suggestions for a way forward. Specifically, I believe that by moving beyond single measurements, establishing optimal levels of interoceptive accuracy, and refocusing from accuracy to propensity, we may be able to uncover the real-life relevance of interoceptive abilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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41. ‘Gonna make yer gorgeous’: Everyday transformation, resistance and belonging in the care-based hair salon.
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Ward, Richard, Campbell, Sarah, and Keady, John
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DEMENTIA ,AGEISM ,PERSONAL beauty ,BODY image ,CITIZENSHIP ,DEBATE ,HAIR care products ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
This paper makes a contribution to an emerging debate on dementia and citizenship through a focus on the everyday experiences of women living with dementia and in receipt of care. In particular, a link is drawn between hairdressing and citizenship in the context of dementia care. Informed by a wider debate over the importance of an emplaced, embodied and performative approach to citizenship, the authors highlight the way that intersecting forms of resistance unfold in the salon. The Hair and Care project, as the name implies, focused upon hair care and styling in the context of a wider consideration of appearance and how it is managed and what it means for people living with dementia. With a focus upon the routine, mundane and thereby often unproblematised aspects of everyday life in/with care, the discussion draws together two key ideas concerned with the interplay of power and resistance: Essed’s (1991) theory of ‘everyday discrimination’ and Scott’s (1985) notion of ‘everyday resistance’. The findings illuminate the creative and collective forms of agency exercised by older women living with dementia, in the context of their relationships with one another and with the hairdressers whose services and support inspire their loyalty and patronage. Findings from the study point to the link between (inter-)personal practices of appearance management and a wider set of social conditions that are manifest in the on-going struggle over time, space and bodies in dementia care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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42. Association Between Social Networks and Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
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Webster, Deborah, Dunne, Laura, and Hunter, Ruth
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SUBJECTIVE well-being (Psychology) ,ONLINE social networks ,SOCIAL networks ,BODY image ,TEENAGERS ,WELL-being - Abstract
Social networks are ubiquitous in the lives of adolescents. This work systematically reviewed all studies which investigated the relationship between subjective well-being and the social networks of adolescents. Twenty-nine articles (out of 1,204 hits) were included within the review. Offline social networks have a positive association between the mood, self-esteem, and loneliness of adolescents but not body image. Nine of the studies investigating online social networks found a positive association on mood, life satisfaction, and loneliness through support seeking and receiving positive feedback. Fifteen of the studies found a negative association between online social networks and mood, self-esteem, life satisfaction, body image, and overall subjective well-being through high investment, passive use, receiving negative feedback, and social media ostracism. There is a need for intervention programs and education for young people, educators, and parents to address the risks to subjective well-being brought about by online social networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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43. Valuing the voice of lived experience of eating disorders in the research process: Benefits and considerations.
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Musić, Selma, Elwyn, Rosiel, Fountas, Grace, Gnatt, Inge, Jenkins, Zoe M, Malcolm, Amy, Miles, Stephanie, Neill, Erica, Simpson, Tamara, Yolland, Caitlin OB, and Phillipou, Andrea
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PSYCHIATRY , *PATIENT advocacy , *PSYCHOLOGY of human research subjects , *EXPERIENCE , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *VALUES (Ethics) , *EATING disorders - Abstract
Although the inclusion of individuals with lived experience is encouraged within the research process, there remains inconsistent direct involvement in many mental health fields. Within the eating disorders field specifically, there is a very strong and increasing presence of lived experience advocacy. However, due to a number of potential challenges, research undertaken in consultation or in collaboration with individuals with lived experience of an eating disorder is scarce. This paper describes the significant benefits of the inclusion of individuals with lived experience in research. The specific challenges and barriers faced in eating disorders research are also outlined. It is concluded that in addition to existing guidelines on working with lived experience collaborators in mental health research, more specific procedures are required when working with those with eating disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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44. Associations between menopause and body image: A systematic review.
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Vincent, Coralie, Bodnaruc, Alexandra M, Prud'homme, Denis, Olson, Viviane, and Giroux, Isabelle
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PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,SELF-perception ,WOMEN ,MENTAL health ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,MENOPAUSE ,DATA analysis software ,MEDLINE ,BODY image ,MIDDLE age - Abstract
Background: The menopausal transition involves multiple biological and psychosocial challenges that may render middle-aged women vulnerable to body image concerns. Objective: The aim of this study was to summarize evidence on the associations between menopause and body image perception in healthy middle-aged women. Design: This study is a systematic review of observational studies. Data sources and methods: Menopause-related exposure measures included menopausal stages, menopausal symptoms, and reproductive hormone levels during the menopausal transition. Studies investigating body image as an outcome, including through a positive (e.g. body self-esteem) or negative (e.g. body dissatisfaction) lens, were considered eligible. Articles published before March 2023 were identified through MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Embase and underwent double screening, extraction, and quality assessment by two independent investigators. Characteristics and results were summarized using narrative synthesis. Results: A total of 820 non-duplicate records were identified, with 18 observational studies deemed eligible for inclusion after full-text screening. All studies investigating menopausal symptoms and body image (n = 6) found some significant association between them, with a higher frequency, intensity, or number of symptoms being associated with greater body image concern. Differences in body image perception between menopausal stages were inconsistent across studies (n = 12), while evidence of potential associations between reproductive hormones and body image was minimal (n = 2). Findings should be interpreted with caution as 17 of the included studies used a cross-sectional design, and not all studies adjusted their analyses for relevant confounders. Conclusion: Overall, menopausal symptoms showed relatively consistent associations with a more negative body image perception. Additional research is required to understand the potential role of menopausal stages and reproductive hormone levels in the body image perception of middle-aged women and to confirm the direction of reported associations. Registration: PROSPERO—CRD42021241637 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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45. Coping in Post-Mastectomy Breast Cancer Survivors and Need for Intervention: Systematic Review.
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Mishra, Anju, Nair, Jayajith, and Sharan, Anjali Midha
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CANCER patient psychology ,ONLINE information services ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,MEDICAL databases ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,QUALITY of life ,MENTAL depression ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,MASTECTOMY ,MEDLINE ,ANXIETY ,WOUNDS & injuries ,BREAST tumors ,BODY image ,PSYCHOLOGICAL stress - Abstract
Background: Breast cancer is the most prominent cancer type to affect women. Surgical treatment of invasive breast cancers involves mastectomy. Due to mastectomy, women are subjected to social, emotional, and cultural problems which need to be addressed. Objective: The objective of the study is to understand how women cope with body image–related issues, trauma, anxiety, and depression post-mastectomy. Design: A systematic literature review was conducted for understanding the coping in post-mastectomy patients. The methods for identifying the studies were based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Databases: Medline/PubMed, PsycInfo, and Cochrane databases were used for searching relevant articles. A final of 19 studies were analyzed for the work. Methods: Search strings such as "coping strategies and post mastectomy," "body image coping and post mastectomy" and "anxiety coping and post mastectomy" were used for identification of references from databases. Eligibility criteria were used for finalizing the references. Results: Analysis of the 19 studies has clearly shown that women who undergo mastectomy suffer from anxiety, stress, and trauma. This study has observed that women have problems with their body image post-mastectomy along with bouts of depression. Self-coping has been observed in relatively few studies. Psychological interventions before surgery have been observed to be a better coping strategy. In most of the studies, women opted for breast reconstruction to overcome the trauma associated with mastectomy. Conclusion: Mastectomy has a severe impact on women's appearance and psychology. Breast reconstruction and acceptance have played an important role in coping among these women. However, breast reconstruction is not accepted by many women due to a multitude of factors. Thus, it is essential to have proper intervention programs in place to ensure women can cope with this situation and can lead healthy lives. Registration: Systematic literature review (SLR) is submitted to PROSPERO. The application confirmation number is 449135. Registration awaited from the database. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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46. Revisiting Self-Objectification Among Black Women: The Importance of Eurocentric Beauty Norms.
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Perkins, Tiani R., Ward, Lucretia Monique, Jerald, Morgan C., Cole, Elizabeth R., and Avery, Lanice R.
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Models of self-objectification utilized by the existing literature have been normed with predominantly White samples and may not account for the unique pressures on Black women to engage in beauty practices that prioritize European appearance expectations. Additionally mainstream media have historically rejected Black women's bodies and beauty, instead reifying Western European aesthetics. We expand the existing literature by testing the contribution of body surveillance using serial analyses via endorsement of Eurocentric appearance norms (i.e., feminine appearance, thinness, and Eurocentric appearance), mainstream media consumption, mental health (i.e., depression, anxiety, and hostility), and body shame. Based on a sample of 561 Black women, combined serial/parallel mediation models revealed that total media consumption was not associated with body surveillance; however, there was an indirect effect of media consumption through acceptance of European body image norms predicting mental health and body shame. Findings suggest that to fully understand the impact of sexual- and self-objectification among Black women, researchers must also examine their negotiations of Western European norms of femininity and beauty. Implications for Black women's body image beliefs are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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47. Perilous Patches and Pitstaches: Imagined Versus Lived Experiences of Women’s Body Hair Growth.
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Fahs, Breanne
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HAIR removal ,BODY image ,EXPERIENCE ,HAIR ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,JUDGMENT sampling ,THEMATIC analysis ,INTER-observer reliability ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Although some research has examined men and women’s general attitudes toward women growing body hair, little research has engaged in a side-by-side examination of women’s imagined experiences of growing body hair with an experiential component of growing their own body hair. In the first of two studies, I asked a diverse community sample of women aged 18 to 59 to assess their impressions of women who grew body hair and to imagine their own, and others’, reactions to their hypothetical body hair growth. For the second study, I utilized response papers from 62 women from diverse backgrounds in an undergraduate women’s studies course, who grew their body hair for an assignment. Results showed overwhelming negativity toward women growing body hair in both studies, but they differed in perceptions of social control and individual agency. Women in Study 1, who merely imagined body hair growth, described it more nonchalantly and individualistically, citing personal choice and rarely acknowledging social pressures placed upon women even disgusted by other women’s body hair. Women in Study 2 regularly discussed unanticipated social pressures and norms, rarely discussed personal choice, and reported a constellation of difficulties, including homophobia, family and partner anger, and internalized disgust and “dirtiness.” These results on a seemingly “trivial” subject nuance the “rhetoric of choice” debate within feminist theories of the body while also illustrating a vivid experiential assignment that delves into women’s personal values, relationships, and social norms. Implications for assessing and changing attitudes about women’s bodies—particularly “abject” or “othered” bodies—are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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48. Performative shamelessness on young women’s social network sites: Shielding the self and resisting gender melancholia.
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Dobson, Amy Shields
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WEB development ,BODY image ,FEMINIST criticism ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,PHOTOGRAPHY ,RESEARCH funding ,SELF-perception ,HUMAN sexuality ,SEX distribution ,SHAME ,SOCIAL networks ,WOMEN ,IMAGE retrieval ,BLOGS ,DICOM (Computer network protocol) ,ATTITUDES toward sex - Abstract
In this paper, I ask what the self-representations of young women on social network sites can tell us about the conditions and experience of inhabiting femininity in the digitally mediated post-feminist context. First, I outline four conditions of post-feminist girlhood that I suggest young women must navigate in the processes of subjectivity construction. I then describe some of the common kinds of performativity found on a small selection of social network site profiles owned by young Australian women. I suggest that a ‘shameless’ affect may be a necessary form of self-protection for these young women, operating in contexts that appear to require copious amounts, and intense forms, of self-display. The kind of ‘shameless’ affectations we can see on young women’s social network site profiles may also be a way of resisting the dominant terms by which contemporary femininity is understood as normatively ‘melancholic’ or damaged. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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49. ‘I couldn’t even dress the way I wanted..’ Young women talk of ‘ownership’ by boyfriends: An opportunity for the prevention of domestic violence?
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Towns, Alison J and Scott, Hazel
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INTIMATE partner violence ,VIOLENCE prevention ,CONTROL (Psychology) ,BODY image ,EXPERIENCE ,FOCUS groups ,INTERVIEWING ,JEALOUSY ,RESEARCH methodology ,RESEARCH funding ,SELF-efficacy ,SELF-perception ,GENDER role ,STALKING ,ATTITUDES toward sex - Abstract
In this paper, we document and theorise ‘ownership’ practices in young people’s intimate relationships and discuss the parallels with domestic violence. Ten young New Zealand women engaged in focus group discussions about their heterosexual partner’s ‘ownership’ practices or jealous, possessive and controlling behaviours. Using discourse analysis informed by feminist poststructuralism and critical realism, we identified three proprietary ‘ownership’ practices experienced by these young women: ‘ownership’ entitlement, surveillance and identity ‘ownership’. We discuss the parallels between these practices and those experienced by women subjected to men’s domestic violence, the possibility that such practices may be precursors to the development of domestic violence and the implications for prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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50. Psychosocial Influences on Bisexual Women’s Body Image: Negotiating Gender and Sexuality.
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Chmielewski, Jennifer F. and Yost, Megan R.
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BISEXUAL people ,BODY image ,FEMINISM ,INTERVIEWING ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,RESEARCH methodology ,RESEARCH funding ,HUMAN sexuality ,SEX distribution ,SOUND recordings ,WOMEN ,QUALITATIVE research ,THEMATIC analysis ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Research on body image has focused almost exclusively on heterosexual women and lesbians, leaving bisexual women’s experiences largely ignored. The present study sought to gain an understanding of psychosocial factors (including sexual prejudice, romantic relationship history, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT] communities, and feminist identity) that may contribute to bisexual women’s experiences of body image. The authors conducted semistructured interviews with six bisexual women and used interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyze the results. This analysis resulted in four themes: bisexual women’s desire to accept their bodies in a context of societal objectification; the influence of dominant sexuality and gender binaries that leave bisexual women feeling invisible; the protective role of LGBT communities and feminist identification in helping them resist the thin ideal; and the positive and the negative influences of romantic relationships with men and women. Results highlight the importance of validating sexual identity and promoting feminist identification and inclusion within an LGBT community for bisexual women. Future research might further explore the role of feminist communities and romantic relationships in bisexual women’s body satisfaction and should include the experiences of bisexual women from diverse backgrounds. Editor's Note: Findings for the present study must be considered along with the discussion across the accompanying set of three reflection papers: Yost and Chmielewski (2013); Wilkinson and Kitzinger (2013); and Crawford (2013). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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