The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS) was established to assess women's breast size dissatisfaction and breasted experiences from a cross-national perspective. A total of 18,541 women were recruited from 61 research sites across 40 nations and completed measures of current-ideal breast size discrepancy, as well as measures of theorised antecedents (personality, Western and local media exposure, and proxies of socioeconomic status) and outcomes (weight and appearance dissatisfaction, breast awareness, and

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Background: Certain behaviours have been observed since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, such as buying and storing a lot of basic food and necessities, or hours spent obsessing over the virus. This research aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of the people living in Mizoram, a small north-eastern state in India, regarding psychological factors such as coronavirus anxiety and panic buying.Methods: A total of 300 samples aged 20-66 years (150 males and 150 females) participated in the online survey. Those who consented to participate filled the forms which included socio-demographic details, as well as the Corona Virus Anxiety Scale and the Panic Buying Scale.Results: Correlation analysis revealed significant positive correlations (r=0.21, p<0.000) between Coronavirus Anxiety and Panic Buying. Socio-demographic variables such as age (r=-0.12, p<0.05) and spirituality (r=0.13, p<0.05) are significantly correlated with panic buying, whereas number of family members was found to be significantly correlated (r=0.14, p<=0.05) with Coronavirus anxiety. Furthermore, females scored significantly higher than males in Coronavirus anxiety (p<0.002) and Panic Buying (p<0.007). Analysis also revealed that the number of hours spent in thinking about Covid-19 has a significant impact on Coronavirus Anxiety, and that growth in budget significantly influences Panic buying.Conclusions: One vital policy implication of the present study is that during a pandemic the government and other responsible organizations should ensure delivery of only factual data about COVID-19 and also reassure people about the adequacy of essential commodities so that panic buying is not rampant.

Background: Prolonged use of N95 masks by health care workers might affect physical health due to mask-related hypoxia in addition to the psychological effects of N95 masks. We tried to explore the association of N95 mask-related hypoxia and headache with stress, quality of sleep, and anxiety in the current study. Materials and methods: The sample (N = 78) consisted of 41 doctors and 37 nurses involved in COVID-19 patient care and using N95 masks with or without PPE for at least 4 hours. Perceived stress scale (PSS), Coronavirus anxiety scale (CAS), and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) were administered, and physical parameters like heart rate and oxygen saturation (SpO2) were measured. Results: Around 42% of the study participants experienced headaches after wearing an N95 mask and had a higher increase in heart rate (mean percent:10.5% vs 6.3%) and decline in SpO2 (mean percent: 2.6% vs 1.5%) compared to those who didn’t develop a headache after N95 mask use. Independent samples t-test showed a mean difference for PSS and CAS between those who experienced headaches and those who didn’t. The mean PSQI scores among the study participants were 8.91 ± 5.78; the score among those participants with and without headache was 10.57 ± 3.11 and 7.68 ± 2.53, respectively. Conclusion: Perceived corona anxiety, poor sleep quality, and corona anxiety are associated with N95-related headaches and SpO2 drop among health professionals who wear N95 masks for at least 4 hours.

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