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What Can My Body Do for Me? Guided Body-Functionality Mirror Gazing Task Improved College Women's Body Appreciation and Body Functionality Orientation
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Julia Brooks; D. Catherine Walker; Kristen Murray – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Focusing on body functionality -- what the body can do -- may benefit women's body image. This pilot study examined the effects of focusing on body functionality appreciation during an audio-guided mirror gazing task (F-MGT). Participants: 101 college women, M(SD)[subscript AGE] = 19.49(1.31), were alternately assigned to F-MGT or a…
Descriptors: Human Body, Self Concept, Pilot Projects, Females
Role of Body Gaze, Interpersonal Sexual Objectification and Sensation Seeking in Sexual Self-Concept in Heterosexual Young Adults in Pakistan
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Syed Messum Ali Kazmi; Hafsa Fatima – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2025
Past research has shown that body gaze behavior is marked for being a central feature of sexual objectification and that it may be associated with the sexual self-concept and tendency for sensation seeking among both men and women. The purpose of the present study was to assess the role of body gaze, interpersonal sexual objectification and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Sexual Orientation, Young Adults, Gender Differences
The Role of Negative Evaluation Fears on Associations between Societal Appearance Pressures and Disordered Eating in University Students
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Carly Biderman; Genevieve Bianchini; Lindsay P. Bodell – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Previous research demonstrates that sociocultural appearance pressures and internalization of appearance ideals lead to disordered eating (DE); however, only a subset of individuals exposed to these influences develop clinically significant DE. Identifying moderators of these associations may increase efficacy of targeted preventions…
Descriptors: Human Body, Interpersonal Attraction, Social Influences, Cultural Influences