Sökning: "body dissatisfaction"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade orden body dissatisfaction.
1. Body Image Across Cultures and Ethnic Groups
Sammanfattning : Studying body image across cultures and ethnic groups is essential if we are to understand the cultural framework that influences how people view and feel about their bodies. The objective of Study I was to cross-culturally examine differences in body satisfaction, dieting and weight loss attempts, and perceived body shape among 13-year-old Argentinean (n=358) and Swedish (n=874) adolescents. LÄS MER
2. Body image in patients with residual eating disorder symptoms : treatment effects of acceptance and commitment therapy and participants' reflections
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate an acceptance and commitment (ACT) group intervention targeting body image in patients with residual eating disorder (ED) symptoms, including treatment effects and participants’ reflections on body image and the intervention. Studies I, II and III are based on a randomized controlled trial including 99 patients that were randomized to the ACT intervention or to continue treatment as usual (TAU). LÄS MER
3. Body Image in Early Adolescence
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with body image during a period in life marked by rapid physical and psychological change – early adolescence. Two empirical studies on early adolescents’ body esteem, a concept referring to the self-evaluative dimension of body image, are presented. LÄS MER
4. When thoughts seem more than just thougths : body image-related cognitive fusion and its role in eating psychopathology
Sammanfattning : Recent studies have revealed that cognitive fusion underlies psychological inflexibility and, as result, a wide range of psychopathology as well. It is portrayed as the extent to which one gets caught up in the content of his or her thoughts while addressing them as if they were facts rather than an interpretation of reality. LÄS MER
5. Looking good : a study of gendered body ideals among young people
Sammanfattning : The main objective of this thesis is to study how social and cultural norms regarding body and appearance are perceived and interpreted by young people. This is done by studying both how these perceptions affect young people and how the body is controlled and altered through practices such as dieting, exercise, plastic surgery and the use of steroids. LÄS MER