The Negative Physical Self Scale: Initial development and validation in samples of Chinese adolescents and young adults

Chen, Hong; Jackson, Todd; Huang, Xin

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.07.005

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“…Accompanying these structural shifts, youthful beauty or Bnennu^and physical attributes including a specific constellation of facial features and a thin body (e.g., Chen et al 2006;Leung et al 2001;Luo 2012) gained prominence as defining features of femininity, in contrast to de-emphasis on women's physical attributes during Mao's cultural revolution. For the past 20 years, a beauty economy -based largely on the production and consumption of feminine beauty, youth, and appearance -has risen to become China's third largest growth industry behind only real estate and tourism (Luo 2013).…”

Section: Possible Salience Of Objectification and Tripartite Influencmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Substantial proportions of young Chinese men express interest in having a straighter, 'more masculine' nose (44.8 %) or double eyelid surgery (32 %), possibly as a reflection of an emerging male beauty culture that promotes men's beauty contests, skin care lines, and professional beauty institutions (Wen 2013). Dissatisfaction with height is another frequently expressed concern of young Chinese men, albeit leg-lengthening surgeries to increase height are not common because they are complex, costly, and potentially crippling (Chen et al 2006).…”

Section: Possible Salience Of Objectification and Tripartite Influencmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Predictors of Cosmetic Surgery Consideration Among Young Chinese Women and Men

Jackson

Chang

2015

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Despite dramatic increases in cosmetic surgery in China during the past two decades, little is known about factors that predict individual differences in willingness to consider cosmetic surgery among young Chinese women and men. To address this issue, 379 undergraduate women and 204 undergraduate men from Chongqing, Southwest China completed a self-report battery assessing demographics, facets of objectified body consciousness (body surveillance, body shame), tripartite influence model features (i.e., appearance pressure from mass media and close interpersonal networks, appearance social comparisons, body dissatisfaction), specific culturally-salient sources of appearance dissatisfaction (facial appearance, fatness, stature) and cosmetic surgery consideration. In line with previous research, correlation analyses indicated cosmetic surgery consideration among women, and especially, among men, was related to body surveillance, body shame, most tripartite influence model features, and concerns with facial appearance. In final multiple regression models for each gender, body surveillance and facial appearance concerns emerged as the strongest unique predictors of cosmetic surgery consideration. Findings highlighted how features of objectified body consciousness and tripartite influence model as well as specific culturally-salient appearance concerns, rather than general body dissatisfaction, may help to account for variability in willingness to consider cosmetic surgery within samples of young Chinese women and men.

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Section: Possible Salience Of Objectification and Tripartite Influencmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Possible Salience Of Objectification and Tripartite Influencmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predictors of Cosmetic Surgery Consideration Among Young Chinese Women and Men

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Chang

2015

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“…Therefore, they are more vulnerable to the psychological distress and may develop depression more easily, comparing with the adult patients. Body dissatisfaction is associated with emotional distress and low sense of self-value [5,6]. It has been demonstrated that women with rheumatoid arthritis have lower levels of self-esteem compared with healthy women [7] and high levels of body image dissatisfaction [8].…”

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Appearance concern and depression in adolescent girls with systemic lupus erythematous

Shi

Wei

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Clin Rheumatol

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To examine the relationship between physical appearance concern and psychological distress in female adolescent patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was the aim of this study. A total of 84 adolescent SLE female patients and 80 age-matching healthy adolescents were evaluated for levels of appearance concern and a range of illness-specific measures to determine how these demographic and clinical variables were related to the dependent variable psychological distress. The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index was used to assess disease activity. Assessment of depression was conducted through the children depression inventory (CDI). Appearance concern was measured using the SelfPerception Profile for Children. The total CDI was 18.5± 4.3, indicating that these patients had more depressive symptoms, comparing with age-and sex-matched healthy controls. Furthermore, a total of 32 (38.1 %) patients had CDI larger than 19 points, indicating that they have relatively higher risk in developing depression. The CDI in control group was significantly lower than that in the SLE group (11.4±1.7 vs. 18.5±4.3, t09.93, p<0.05). Using correlation and multiple regression analyses, we found that both appearance concern and age were predictive of depression in patients with SLE, and the former was highly correlated. This indicates that appearance concern may be associated with depression in female adolescent SLE patients. The results suggest that appearance concern is strongly associated with depression in female adolescent patients with SLE and should be routinely assessed.

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“…HIV-infected individuals with HAART-related lipodystrophy are significantly more likely than HIV-infected individuals without HAART-related lipodystrophy to report body image dissatisfaction [28][29][30][31][32]. Lipodystropy is associated with diminished self-esteem and depression, fear of stigmatization, problems with dressing and social isolation [18].…”

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confidence: 99%