Body image: social influences, ethnic differences and impact on self-esteem

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vargas, Rafael, Contributor.

Vargas, Rafael, Editor.

Series:

Psychology research progress Body image: social influences, ethnic differences and impact on self-esteem

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Body image--Social aspects.

Body image.

Human body.

Self-esteem.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Nova Science Publishers Inc 2015

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Preface

Self-esteem and body image: the importance of contingent self-esteem / Amy E. Noser and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA, and others

From body dissatisfaction to embodied connection : exploring young women's body experiences / Satu Liimakka, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland

Associations between racism, emotional overeating, and appearance satisfaction among black women / Christina M. Capodilupo and Kristin M. Smith, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, USA, and others

Ethnicity-related differences in responses to "in favor of myself" : a wellness program to enhance positive self and body image among adolescents / Moria Golan, Awidat Rose and Shani Abutbul, Shahaf, Community Services for the Management of Weight-Related Problems, Tel Hai College, Upper Galilee and School of Nutritional Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Nutritional Sciences, Israel

Body image in adolescent pregnancy : a comparison with the adult research / Danusha Jebanesan, Leanna Isserlin, and Megan E. Harrison, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada, and others

Magazine image influence, extraversion and body image in fraternity and non-fraternity college males / Morgan Draxten and F. Richard Ferraro, University of North Dakota, USA

Body image, sociocultural influences and self-esteem: the case of Cyprus / Marios Argyrides, Natalie Kkeli, and Marianna Koutsantoni, Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus, and others

The concept of the body image in old people in relation to psychiatric disorders / Carmen M. Sarabia-Cobo, University of Cantabria, Spain

The impact of gynecological conditions on body image, sexual function, and quality of life / Ellery Greenberg, Liel Navi, Lior Lowenstein, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Hutzel Women's Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA, and others

Sociocultural routes to unhealthy body image investment / Eliana V. Carraça, CIPER, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-63483-921-8