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Social media consist of digital platforms on which users share values and opinions and are currently one of the most popular types of communications media. Exposure to social media has been associated with negative eating behavior outcomes. This study investigated the implications of social media use for the treatment of individuals diagnosed with an eating disorder. The sample consisted of ten patients (eight women) aged between 13 and 38 undergoing treatment in a public outpatient clinic, most of whom were diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. The data were collected using individual semi-structured interviews lasting on average one hour. The interviews were transcribed literally and in full and the data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. The results were organized into two themes: "Feeling controlled by social media"; and "Learning to control social media use." The findings show that social media plays an ambiguous role in the lives of people in recovery from eating disorders. On one hand, these online environments are pervaded by social pressures and extreme exposure to idealized unhealthy beauty standards, contributing to worsening symptoms. In contrast, they provide an opportunity to create an environment in which it is possible to share experiences, challenges and vulnerabilities, promoting a sense of validation of feelings and attainment of social support. It is hoped that our findings will stimulate reflection on the need to consider the influence of the sociocultural environment in the treatment of eating disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Body image concerns during pregnancy can lead to a number of problems. Understanding these concerns can help health professionals improve health care for pregnant women. Objective: Translate, adapt, and validate the Body Image Concerns During Pregnancy Scale for the Portuguese population (Escala de Preocupação com a Imagem Corporal Durante a Gravidez - EPICDG). Methodology: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted with 231 pregnant women. The psychometric properties of the EPICDG were assessed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The fit indices of the Portuguese 21-item version were identical to those of the original scale. The four-dimension model had the best fit (X2(176) = 446.320; p < 0.001, X2df = 2.536; CFI = 0.91; TLI = 0.89; GFI = 0.86; RMSEA = 0.077, p < 0.001). Conclusion: The results show that the EPICDG has adequate psychometric properties for assessing body image concerns during pregnancy in the Portuguese population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Body image is a plural and probabilistic concept that has been investigated from different perspectives in an interdisciplinary literature. This study argues that the plural history of body image definitions and assessments contributed to the emergence of a solid scientific literature on the topic, without divergent definitions preventing the dialogue concerning methods and conceptual models of research. Additionally, it points out possible paths for integrating body image literature based on theoretical models of body representation and technological advances in the area. One possible path for advancing body image research involves specifying the concept at different levels of evidence and/or awareness related to satisfaction, perception and attention toward bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Since body image constitutes a cross-sectional axis in the quality of life of oncology patients, it is of great relevance to identify its impact on it, recognize its importance within the health-disease process, and include it in the approach and follow-up, to improve their quality of life. Methodology: An extensive literature review was carried out in freely accessible databases such as PubMed, BVS, Dialnet, and ClinicalKey, between August and September 2022; for this, MeSH terms such as "breast cancer", "body image", and "quality of life", in both English and Spanish, were used and related to the Boolean operator "and", in English, and "y", in Spanish. Results: 35 articles were selected, of which 2 used the EORTC QLQ C30, 7 used the EORTC QLQ-BR23 survey, 4 used BIS as the sole scale. On the other hand, 17 used the QLQ-BR23 and QLQ C30, one article used QLQ-BR23 and BIS, and only 4 used all three scales. Conclusions: It is important to carry out individualized management in patients with breast cancer, considering that their body image is negatively affected, which influences their quality of life. Regarding surgical management, it was determined that patients undergoing mastectomy have a greater impact on the perception of their body image. Finally, in patients managed with chemotherapy, deterioration of body image is evident as the treatment progresses, and hair loss represents a major concern for them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aimed to understand the therapeutic process provided by a short-term interventional practice centered on people with body self-esteem and self-image problems. Following a qualitative methodological design, the research and therapeutic interventions took place under the influence of the action research design. The following stages were used: planning the therapeutic process in light of the necessary and sufficient conditions for personality change and the therapeutic process phases; development of aid practice; action monitoring based on supervision, service review and semi-structured interviews with the participants; empirical phenomenological analysis of the affective impacts of therapy from the perspective of the clients assisted; understanding of this from the Rogerian framework. The following thematic axes related to the therapeutic process were elaborated and discussed: factors that led to the search for psychological help and constituted the therapeutic atmosphere; negative meaning of bodily experience; real meaning of the self-esteem experience in relation to the body; changes in attitudes towards self-perception and self-care. It was concluded that person-centered therapy produces significant affective impacts that helped these clients to deal with their body image and self-esteem experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this work based on clinical practice and with clear clinical examples, I show the effects of childhood trauma during the first year of life, as well as its impact on psychosomatic, hallucinatory and delusional conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the role of the body and body image in the phenomenon of physical pain from J.-D. Nasio and Sylvie Le Poulichet. It addresses the status of the body through a phenomenon very present in contemporary subjectivities, as the problem of pain, such as the problem of pain. The affect of pain is little studied in psychosomatic schools, as well as in psychoanalysis. Nasio and Le Poulichet present their own perspectives on the process of pain and understanding of the body and image. They incorporated, each one in their own way, the legacies of the Freudian thought, as well as the Lacanian referential. For one of the authors, the body is more connected to the image and the identifications of the self, while for the other, the body is the place of an excess of sexual and narcissistic order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to investigate perceptions about attitudes related to self-acceptance of adolescents with visual impairment, with special attention to the context of Physical Education classes. Sixteen adolescents with visual impairment, of both genders, with a mean age of 17.31 years (standard deviation [SD] = 2.06) participated in this research. Participants were selected from schools in Rio de Janeiro, Ceará, Paraná, São Paulo, Santa Catarina and Paraíba. Data collection was performed with semi-structured online interviews. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed using the content analysis technique. Three categories emerged and were discussed: (1) self-acceptance it was identified that the acceptance of disability is an important aspect related to the construct; (2) school environment and selfacceptance - situations such as bullying were evidenced, which are related to visual impairment; (3) school Physical Education and self-acceptance - self-acceptance is not an attitude commonly addressed in classes. The approach to self-acceptance in the school environment, especially in Physical Education classes, is essential for the integrated development of the body identity of visually impaired adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this study was to culturally adapt and to evaluate the psychometric properties of Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire - 4R (SATAQ-4R) among Brazilian adolescents. This scale evaluates the influence from parents, peers, media and significant others on body image. In the first stage, the conceptual, semantic, operational and content equivalences were assessed. In the second stage, 285 girls (Mage = 15.54; SD = 1.59 years old) and 323 boys (Mage = 15.34; SD = 1.66 years old) took part. The results from Exploratory Factor Analysis showed a factorial structure composed of 7 factors for girls and 6 factors for boys. Associations between SATAQ-4R and body dissatisfaction, body change behavior, eating attitudes and self--esteem suggested good convergent validity. We concluded that the SATAQ-4R is a valid and reliable instrument for Brazilian adolescents, which is considered a good tool for the evaluation of the beauty ideal internalization and socio-cultural influences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the interface between body and health, the body image expresses an instrumental conceptual notion of great value for the professional treatment with the subjects, since it comprises the multidimensional formation of the perception that they have about the constituent elements of their bodies. Thus, subjects dissatisfied with their body image present the need for assistance from health professionals equipped to deal with factors associated with this condition. Among such factors, unhealthy eating behaviors stand out, considered risk factors for the development of related disorders. Thus, the objective of this essay is to propose reflections that intend relationships between the process of building body image, eating behaviors and health education. For that, we started from a survey of data produced in the last decade on these themes for an analysis of cross- cutting themes that enable the discussion around risk factors associated with this situation. Therefore, the essay proposes itself as an invitation to reflection and instrumentalization about how each subject constitutes their body image, what relationships it establishes with eating behavior and how these themes are presented in the training context of health professionals. With this, the aim is to contribute to a basic understanding of the issues that pervade these themes, in order to raise awareness and support the action of these professionals in the face of identified cases, as well as incite further study on the theme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Depression and anxiety are common in adolescents, and poor mental health in this group leads to harm in adulthood. This study investigates to what extent gender, age, body image dissatisfaction, and self-esteem were related to depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescents. The sample consisted of 1,209 high school students of both sexes, aged 13-19 years (M = 15.8; SD = 1.23). The instruments were: sociodemographic questionnaire, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Stunkard Figure Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Multinomial logistic regression indicated that being female and having low or moderate self-esteem satisfactorily explained the anxiety symptoms. Reduced self-esteem was the best explanation for depressive symptoms, and finally, reduced rates of self-esteem satisfactorily explained symptoms for both disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To reveal the meanings of illness due to laryngeal cancer of patients suffering from total laryngectomy. Methods: Case study supported by Clifford Geertz's Interpretation of Cultures, carried out from the High Complexity outpatient clinic in Oncology located in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil, with a group of 11 men. Later visits were made to the participants' homes. Data collection consisted of semi-structured interviews, with subsequent inductive content analysis. Results: They were divided into two macro categories: "Experiences with the disease" and "Changes in social life, experiences with body image and enunciation". The first was related to signs, symptoms and seeking treatment for the disease, religious faith, the family as a support and the second to changes in social life, enunciation and body image. Conclusion: Forms of evaluation for hoarseness, the search for home remedies, support in religion and family and a feeling of incompleteness were revealed. In addition, conduct for vocal and social rehabilitation involves stimulating, adapting and combating anxiety and insecurity regarding the esophageal voice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The quality of life is composed of subjective and objective elements that vary among the population. Various instruments have been generated for its adequate measurement with the purpose of obtaining an adequate measurement. Objective: To identify the dimensions of quality of life that have been evaluated in transgender people. Methods: Systematic review of the scientific literature carried out by three researchers applying a research protocol with the search terms "quality of life" and "transgender" to verify the information found. Results: A total of 565 articles were identified initially after a review process, from which 34, published between 2006 and 2018, were chosen. Thirteen tools were found to measure the quality of life in the transgender population. The most used were generic (38.2%), healthrelated quality of life (35.3%) and those related with the voice (20.6%). The dimensions most evaluated were physical, psychological and social. Conclusion: The quality of life in this population should be measured more closely, taking into account the realities of that human group. A low number of quality of life instruments designed specifically for transgender people were identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Body image is a widely studied construct and research in this area has grown in recent years. Nevertheless, adolescents with visual impairment need to be investigated. This systematic review aims to investigate studies that seek scientific evidence on the body image of adolescents with visual impairment. A systematic search of articles was carried out in four databases: Scopus, PsycInfo, PubMed and Web of Science. The recruitment of studies, without time restriction, was completed on June 8th, 2019. A total of 32 articles were included, which were carefully analyzed and classified into 4 categories: (1) psychosocial aspects of the body, (2) body concept, (3) physical activity/health (4) instruments for assessing body image and body dissatisfaction. Most of the studies included in this review demonstrated through scientific evidence that there are negative implications for the body image of adolescents with visual impairment, however, some findings are based on the limitations of the impairment, valuing the organic deficit. Studies that seek a biopsychosocial approach in the formation of positive body image in this population are necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This text posits a novel proposal about what gender is. To this end, it criticizes various metaphysical models on the issue that have been gaining influence within Anglo-Saxon feminist philosophy. In short, these models are evaluated in light of two controversies feminisms are undergoing today: a) should feminism be gender abolitionist? and b) does gender identity reify gender roles? The hypothesis of this text is to point out that the functionalist biases of the models being criticized lead them to prejudge these issues, ignoring other aspects associated with gender in the process. To prevent this unfortunate consequence, this text concludes by taking up elements of various feminist philosophies that permit a more complex conception of gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Adolescence is a time marked by physical, psychological and behavioral changes, which may affect the perception of body image, besides being associated to an increased dissatisfaction towards the body image. The objective of this study was to verify the association between the perception and dissatisfaction towards the body image, and the nutritional status of teenagers in the state school. A cross-sectional study has been performed on female adolescents between 15 and 19 years old. Two instruments were used: the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and Stunkard's Silhouette Scale, aside from an anthropometric evaluation. The study has analyzed 120 adolescents with an average age of 16±1,1 years old, showing a prevalence of dissatisfaction with the body image in 83,3%. Now, towards the perception of body image, 60% of the teenagers presented some degree of distortion. Given the discoveries, it has been concluded that most of the adolescents presented a Body Mass Index (BMI) within the ideal parameters, nevertheless, many of them considered themselves as dissatisfied with their own body image, that is, they presented a negative and distorted image of their own bodies, which may lead to the development of eating disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]