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Journal articles on the topic "Appearance self-concept"
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Bilboul, Monica J., Alice W. Pope, and Heather T. Snyder. "Adolescents with Craniofacial Anomalies: Psychosocial Adjustment as a Function of Self-Concept." Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 43, no. 4 (July 2006): 392–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1597/05-084.1.
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Objective To evaluate associations between self-concept and psychosocial adjustment among adolescents with craniofacial anomalies. Design Retrospective chart review. Setting Reconstructive plastic surgery department in urban medical center. Participants Forty-nine adolescents with congenital craniofacial anomalies, aged 14 to 18 years, and their parents. Main Outcome Measures Psychosocial adjustment (internalizing problems and social competence), assessed by self-report and parent-report forms of the Child Behavior Checklist; appearance self-concept and global self-worth, assessed by the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents. Results Both appearance self-concept and global self-worth were associated with psychosocial adjustment; however, global self-worth remained associated with adjustment when the effects of appearance self-concept were controlled, whereas appearance self-concept was no longer associated with adjustment when global self-worth was controlled. Demographic variables (ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and adolescent gender) largely failed to moderate the associations between self-concept and adjustment. Conclusions Adolescent dissatisfaction with appearance is linked to psychosocial adjustment problems only when it is part of a negative overall view of the self.
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Davies, E., and R. Collins. "Participation, self-esteem and self-concept in adolescent equestrian athletes." Comparative Exercise Physiology 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 47–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/cep140021.
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The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between sport participation, global self-esteem and physical self-concept in female adolescent equestrian athletes. 239 participants (239 females aged 12-20 years old, 15.96±2.422 years) completed the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) and a modified version of the Sport Activity Questionnaire through an online survey. Seven of the original 11 PSDQ subscales were chosen to be analysed: physical activity, body fat, sports competence, global physical self-concept, appearance, flexibility and global self-esteem. Global self-esteem and appearance were significantly affected by participant age (H(2) = 7.27, P<0.05 and H(2) = 9.58, P<0.01, respectively). Physical activity was significantly affected by discipline (H(4) = 13.39, P<0.05). Implications of these findings suggest that equestrian sport could act as a contributor to self-esteem in female adolescents and as such more emphasis on psychosocial development within the British Equestrian Federation's Long Term Athlete Development programme (LTAD) and the training of equestrian coaches needs to be implemented by governing bodies.
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Scalas, L. Francesca, and Herbert W. Marsh. "A stronger latent‐variable methodology to actual–ideal discrepancy." European Journal of Personality 22, no. 7 (November 2008): 629–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.694.
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We introduce a latent actual–ideal discrepancy (LAID) approach based on structural equation models (SEMs) with multiple indicators and empirically weighted variables. In Study 1, we demonstrate with simulated data, the superiority of a weighted approach to discrepancy in comparison to a classic unweighted one. In Study 2, we evaluate the effects of actual and ideal appearance on physical self‐concept and self‐esteem. Actual appearance contributes positively to physical self‐concept and self‐esteem, whereas ideal appearance contributes negatively. In support of multidimensional perspective, actual‐ and ideal‐appearance effects on self‐esteem are substantially—but not completely—mediated by physical self‐concept. Whereas this pattern of results generalises across gender and age, multiple‐group invariance tests show that the effect of actual appearance on physical self‐concept is larger for women than for men. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Kloomok, Shauna, and Merith Cosden. "Self-Concept in Children with Learning Disabilities: The Relationship between Global Self-Concept, Academic “Discounting,” Nonacademic Self-Concept, and Perceived Social Support." Learning Disability Quarterly 17, no. 2 (May 1994): 140–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1511183.
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The purpose of this study was to explore how some children with learning disabilities maintain a positive self-concept despite academic difficulties. The study used Harter's model to investigate the relationship between global self-concept and perceived competence in general intellectual ability, specific academic subjects, athletics, behavior and appearance, and perceived social support. Data were collected on 72 elementary-school students with learning disabilities. Five hypotheses were tested: (a) children would vary in their global and academic self-concept; (b) children with high global self-concept would discount the importance of academics; (c) children with high global self-concept would perceive themselves as more intelligent; (d) children with high global self-concept would perceive themselves as more competent in other, nonacademic domains; and (e) children with high global self-concept would perceive higher levels of social support. Data supported all hypotheses except discounting. Implications for interventions with students with learning disabilities are discussed.
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Cavalli, R., G. Rogier, and P. Velotti. "Do malignant self-regard and depressive personality account for appearance evaluation? Preliminary results." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (June 2022): S559. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1430.
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Introduction Despite the growing number of studies focusing on the relationship between appearance evaluation and personality dimension, few is known regarding the role of depressive personality and malignant self-regard regarding this topic. Moreover, there is a lack of studies investigating the potential role of both clarity of self-concept and interpersonal exclusion feelings in this relationship. Objectives To extend the knowledge regarding the relationships between malignant self-regard, depressive personality and appearance evaluation. Methods We administered to a very large sample of adults a battery of self-report questionnaires including the subscale Appearance evaluation of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire, the Self Concept Clarity Scale, the Malignant self-regard questionnaire, the Depressive Personality Inventory and the Core Exclusion Schema Questionnaire. Results We found that depressive personality negatively predicted positive appearance evaluation whereas the inverse pattern of results was obtained in relation to malignant self-regard. Moreover, we found that both poor self-concept clarity and feelings of exclusion mediate the relationship between malignant self-regard and positive appearance evaluation. Conclusions Depressive personality and Malignant self-regard appear to be promising construct to investigate in the field of eating disorders. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Carter, Jeanne J., and Lenny R. Vartanian. "Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies." Body Image 40 (March 2022): 124–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.12.001.
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Alrajhi, Marwa, Said Aldhafri, Hussain Alkharusi, Ibrahim Alharthy, Hafidah Albarashdi, and Amal Alhadabi. "Grade and Gender Effects on Self-Concept Development." Open Psychology Journal 12, no. 1 (March 19, 2019): 66–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874350101912010066.
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Background: Different biological and environmental factors may play roles in the development of self-concept. Many studies have focused on gender or age differences in self-concept separately. Objective: The current study aimed at examining the effects of grade, gender and their interaction on the development of four self-concept dimensions (appearance, school, parent-relations, and peer-relations) among Omani adolescents. Methods: The study sample was 651 middle and high school students from two districts in Oman. The students were enrolled in grades 7, 9 and 11. The study utilized the Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ-1, Marsh, 1988) to assess students' levels in the self-concepts dimensions. The study adopted the descriptive design using Two Way Multivariate Analysis of Variance. Results: The study results demonstrated that grade and gender interaction affected appearance self-concept development; however, this interaction had no effects on the other dimensions. Moreover, gender and grade differences were found in some dimensions of self-concept. Conclusion: The study suggested that the effects of grade level and gender varied based on the self-concept dimensions. Adolescents' self-concept should be given a careful attention for its important role in providing healthy outcomes.
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Hopper, Chris. "Self-Concept and Motor Performance of Hearing Impaired Boys and Girls." Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 5, no. 4 (October 1988): 293–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/apaq.5.4.293.
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This pilot study examined self-concept and motor performance of hearing impaired boys and girls, ages 10 to 14. Subjects were 32 students from the Washington State School for the Deaf in Vancouver. Self-concept was measured using the Harter Self-Perception Profile consisting of six subscales: scholastic competence, social acceptance, athletic competence, physical appearance, behavioral conduct, and global self-worth. Motor performance was assessed with the 9-min run, sit-ups, sit and reach, Bass stick test, long jump, shuttle run, and catching a ball. Results of this pilot study indicated that students scored highest in the scholastic domain and lowest in the social acceptance domain. The physical appearance scale was most related to global self-worth. Those students who viewed themselves as athletically capable did best in the 9-min run. Girls scored higher than boys in athletic competence, physical appearance, and social acceptance domains.
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Phillips, Ceib, and Kimberly N. Edwards Beal. "Self-Concept and the Perception of Facial Appearance in Children and Adolescents Seeking Orthodontic Treatment." Angle Orthodontist 79, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 12–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2319/071307-328.1.
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Abstract Objective: To examine, in adolescents with mild to moderate malocclusion, the relationship between self-concept and demographic characteristics, a clinical assessment of malocclusion, self-perception of malocclusion, and self-perception of facial attractiveness. Methods and Materials: Fifty-nine consecutive patients ages 9 to 15 years scheduled for initial records in a graduate orthodontic clinic consented to participate. Each subject independently completed the Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale (MSCS), the Facial Image Scale, and the Index of Treatment Need–Aesthetic Component (IOTN-AC). Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) scores were obtained from the patients' diagnostic dental casts. Forward multiple-regression analysis with a backward overlook was used to analyze the effect of the demographic, clinical, and self-perception measures on each of the six self-concept (MSCS) domains. Results: Self-perception of the dentofacial region was the only statistically significant predictor (P < .05) for the Global, Competence, Affect, Academic, and Physical domains of self-concept, while age, parental marital status, and the adolescent's self-perception of the dentofacial region were statistically significant predictors (P < .05) of Social Self-Concept. Conclusion: The self-perceived level of the attractiveness or “positive” feelings toward the dentofacial region is more strongly related to self-concept than the severity of the malocclusion as indicated by the PAR score or by the adolescent's perception of their malocclusion.
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Alexopoulos, Demetrios S., and Evangelia Foudoulaki. "Construct Validity of the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale." Psychological Reports 91, no. 3 (December 2002): 827–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.91.3.827.
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the construct validity of the Piers-Harris Children's Self-concept Scale with a group of 511 (264 girls, 247 boys aged 9 to 12 years) Greek children. Principal Components Analysis was performed. Six factors emerged, i.e., Behavior, Anxiety, Intellectual and School Status, Popularity, Physical Appearance and Attributes, and Self-contentment.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Appearance self-concept"
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Lucette, Aurelie. "The Influence of Appearance-related Possible Selves on Disordered Eating." FIU Digital Commons, 2012. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/679.
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This study explores the potential relationship between disordered eating and appearance-related possible selves. The sample consisted of 293 female college students (mean age=22). Participants were administered interviews consisting of demographic information, the Possible Selves Interview, the Eating Attitudes Test-26, The Physical Self Description Questionnaire, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. More than half of the participants reported an appearance-related possible self (n=154). As expected, disordered eating scores were found to be higher for participants who reported an appearance-related possible self: t(288)=-3.04, p
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Moon, Yujin Chung. "Consumer’s extending self via Augmented Reality makeup service." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1542633367893286.
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Mayes, Gayle. "The effects of an Outward Bound course on the physical self-concept of participants." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1997. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36563/1/36563_Mayes_1997.pdf.
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This study presents a theory and model of self-concept and
physical-self-concept as a framework for the project. The
literature review discusses results of research on the impact of
physical and sports-related activities upon the physical selfconcept,
along with existing research on the effects of the
Outward Bound intervention upon physical self-concept.
The study used the Richards Physical Self-Concept Scale to
measure the effects of a twenty-six day Outward Bound course
upon the physical self-concept of participants. The seven
subdomains of Action, Appearance, Body Build, Health, Physical
Ability, Strength, and Satisfaction were scored on a Likert Scale
by 96 participants, and an overall (Total) Physical Self-Concept
score was calculated. Participants completed the questionnaire
one month prior to day one, and on the first and last days of the
course. An Instructor-As-Observer Scale was also used to assess
the changes in observed fitness and physical ability. Positive
changes occurred in both of these areas as a result of the
Outward Bound intervention.
Results from the Richards Scale showed that the Total
Physical Self-Concept Score for the group sample was
significantly enhanced as a result of the intervention (F=56).
Both male and female participants experienced a positive change
in Total Physical Self-Concept to the same degree. The Body
Build Scale demonstrated the greatest enhancement for both
sexes (F=94.343), followed by the Appearance (F=55.631 ),
Strength (F=35.762),and Physical Ability Scales (F=35.624. The
Health and Satisfaction Scales demonstrated less positive
effects than the other sub-scales.
The Outward Bound intervention appeared to be a powerful
and effective means of enhancing the Total Physical SelfConcept
and its subdomains in the short term.
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Shih, Chih-Hui, and 施智惠. "A Study on Middle-Aged Married Men’s Appearance Management and Self-Concept." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00520103149640534512.
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碩士輔仁大學
織品服裝學系
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Meaning of clothing is not the only thing that is explored, but also the processes how people connect clothing and appearance with specific meanings, and the influence of these processes on the society. It is also when these processes and meanings that connect clothing and appearance are intertwined in the interactions of families, social situations, or general cultural and historical situations, the meanings would then show their importance and significance. This research focused on middle-aged married men who were in the second or third full nest stage of their family life cycle. The occupations for this group of men were gradually settling down. Their status and salary were increasing steadily, and their children were mostly in schools. While family expenditures were gradually shifting from their children back to themselves, whether their appearance management motive and behaviors in purchasing their own clothing originated from the manifestation of their self-value under their self-concept, and the factors to prompt them to become aware of their appearance and further proceed to manage their own image, are the questions to be explored in this research. To explore this phenomenon, this research adopted the qualitative research method and conducted in-depth interviews with nine married men who were respectively in second or third full nest stage, in order to understand the factors that contribute to the forming of the appearance management motives. It also attempted to understand if the behavior was related to and affected by the growth and decline of oneself during the marriage relationship. The findings of this research indicated that married men’s consciousness toward their appearance often originates from various environmental and personal factors before they were married, such as their backgrounds, occupational and workplace environmental factors, personal factors, factors of reactions toward opposite sex, etc. In the initial stage of their appearance consciousness development, they were usually less influenced by others. However, after they were married and still maintain their tastes in clothing, they purchasing behavior not only satisfies the internal motives in bringing the satisfaction and joy, but also further pursues external motives to satisfy concrete rewards, such as obtaining better incomes, better status, and better quality of life. They were in fact less influenced by external trends, fashions, and the metrosexual appearance in media. Married men who manage their own appearance usually have more selfhood during the interactions in their marriage relationship. Even though most of the interviewees do not see themselves self-centered, but when they speak with fervor, assurance, confidence, and self-possessed during the interviews, their sense of achievement on their own abilities can easily be felt. That also indicates small differences between their “real me" and the “ideal me”. Although they are in their middle-age, they can still adjust their pace in life, recognize and maintain themselves, and further to walk their own path from various worries and bottlenecks, such as their finance, career, children’s education, and health problems. This type of married men usually has their own hobbies or collections. They often possess an optimistic attitude toward all the adversities and bottlenecks in life. They also maintain a delicate balanced relationship with their spouse through their leisure activities or their personal collections. On one hand, they maintain a consistency of their image; on the other hand, they have found an outlet for them to release the pressures experienced in married life. Sontag & Lee (2004) suggested that men with higher scores in the PCS (Proximity of Clothing to Self Scale), they tend to concern about their clothing, and appearance helps them to become more independent, so that they are able to live a happy and entertaining life, and further satisfying their desires of being noticed and attractive. Furthermore, this study finds that not only can the middle-aged married men achieve the above-mentioned through the motives and behaviors of management their own appearance, they can further maintain a complete selfhood and confidence. Based on the findings, suggestions are proposed as references for people in relevant industries.
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Hoy, Melanie B. "The Development of Structure and Centrality in the Self System: Implications for Appearance Concerns." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/617.
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Appearance-related self worth occupies a central role in the self-structure of many individuals. While many social psychological theories may be employed to understand the role of appearance in individuals' self-structures, thus far developmental theories have not been widely used to understand how these structures come to be and how they change throughout development. The current project integrates social and developmental theories of self to understand the role that important domains may play in the development of self-structure. Participants between the ages of 9 and 21 completed a set of questionnaires assessing various self-concept and self-esteem related variables to address these questions, allowing a cross-sectional view of the development of self-structure. In addition, multiple regression analyses were used to address several research questions, and five clear patterns emerged. First, connections between domains of self increase developmentally, a finding which replicates and adds depth to previous self research. Second, discrepancies between how individuals see themselves and how they would ideally like to be are positively related to how connected that domain is within the self-structure. Third, malleability of self worth is negatively related to domain connectedness such that higher levels of connectedness are associated with decreased malleability of self feelings in response to challenges to self-esteem. Fourth, domain importance does not play a strong role in the development of self-structure. Connectedness of domains increases developmentally regardless of individual beliefs about domains. Finally, development of self-structure differs according to the universality of the self domain that is being considered. Universally important cultural areas, such as appearance, show markedly different developmental associations than do domains that are not as universally stressed. Implications of these findings for prevention programs aimed at decreasing centrality of appearance and future directions for research are discussed.Dissertation
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Chia-Tan, Chang, and 張嘉丹. "Differences of Self-Concept and Gender in Appearance Communication of Wearing High-heeled Shoes." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88775352729424790902.
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碩士輔仁大學
織品服裝學系
101
This paper emphasizes the focus of the appearance communication on high-heeled shoes. High-heeled shoes have gradually become one of the indispensible accessories in fashion. Even though high heels make women feel uncomfortable when wearing them, they are relatively comfortable in terms of social relations. Through the accessory, high-heeled shoes, we explored whether there is any difference in gender or self-concept. According to the research objective, this paper mainly focused on discussing the cognitive difference in self-concept for different gender or age subjects; the self-perception difference in wearing high heels for those women with different self-concept and at different ages who wear high heels; and the comment and cognitive difference for women who wear high heels by viewers with different gender. Quantitative Research Method was applied as the research method. All scales underwent factor analysis and reliability analysis. The research results showed that self-concept can be divided into five dimensions: conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience and agreeableness. The appearance communication of wearing high-heeled shoes can be divided into three dimensions: communication, aesthetic feeling and situational factors. Analysis of variance was then applied using different dimensions, gender and age. The factor concerned for the appearance communication of wearing high-heeled shoes was significantly different for subjects with different self-concept or gender。Viewers with different gender and age who participated in this research had significant differences in situational factor of wearing high-heeled shoes. And wearers with different ages had significant differences in communication factor. Viewers who are conscientiousness and openness to experience and high-heeled shoes wearers who are agreeableness were significantly related with all three factors during appearance communication. According to results, different age of male viewers agreed with all factors during appearance communication of wearing high-heeled shoes. Female participants had different opinion when they were viewers or high-heeled shoes wearers. Female viewers with different age had significant differences in situational factor. But different age of female wearers had significant differences in communication factor. Nevertheless, no matter female participants were viewers or wearers, they agreed with aesthetic feeling factor during appearance communication. Wearing high-heeled shoes well could help wearer to earn positive appreciates. It could be helpful for marketing to know different age female consumers opinions about high-heeled shoes as well. There will be a lot of details could be discussed in high-heeled shoes or using different research method to discuss about different fashion objects and knowing more different opinions between appearance massage sender and receiver during appearance communication.
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Shih, Chiu-Shan, and 斯九善. "The research of 16 to 55 years-old Taipei consumers' self-concept, appearance communication, and attitude toward umbrella." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50120994371057939955.
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碩士輔仁大學
織品服裝學系碩士班
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The purpose of the study was to discuss whether the difference between self-concept, appearance communication, attitude toward umbrella of subjects in distinct genders, ages and beliefs, and further confer the correlation of the 3 components. The results indicated that the individuals with different genders, ages and beliefs have various significant differences and correlations on self-concept, appearance communication, custom and attitude toward umbrella. The results of the research showed that men disagree more on giving umbrella as present than women, while women believe more on opening up the umbrella indoor may summon the spirits than men. Most of the participants above 31 years old would not give umbrella as present, consider holding black umbrella brings bad luck, and avoid others giving them umbrella. Participants between 21 to 30 years old believe that accept an umbrella from others would break the fellowship. The Buddhists consider the value of umbrella expresses to others the most, while the Christians hold the opposite opinion. The Buddhists believe holding black umbrella brings bad luck and opening up the umbrella indoor summon the spirits the most. The items Taoists agree the most are avoiding others giving them umbrella, holding an umbrella is required when marrying a woman to avoid bad luck, and using only the umbrella belong to themselves, for holding an unknown umbrella may bring misfortune. The extroverts care about the contribution of self-worth; the conscientious people consider more on value communication to others, while ones possess impatience or easy-going characteristic focus more on the appearance feeling and the esteem expression offered by umbrella. Impatient people keep mind on the customs of and attitude toward the umbrella. Users care more on the appearance communication value more on the participants of and attitude toward the umbrella. Umbrella, a tool presumably designed to protect against wind and rain, may be an accessory matches with clothing. On practical aspect, the results of the study may be used to determine the target customers by genders, ages and beliefs. The further research and discussion may be conducted in directions of life-style or different designs in the future.
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Taras, Daniel. "Sebepojetí, stravovací a pohybové návyky vysokoškolské populace v ČR a Řecku." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-299851.
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Title: Self-concept, nutrition and movement habits between university students in Czech Republic and Greece Objectives: The aim of this work is comparation between university students of sport faculties in the Czech Republic and Greece in the way of their self-concept, nutrition and movement habits. Methods: In our thesis we used the method of questioning. There were questioned one hundred of Czech students studying FTVS UK in Prague and the same figure of Greek students studying The Demokritos University in Komotini. Rate between genders was in both cases 1:1. Results: We found out that both monitored groups showed mistakes in composition of nutrition. Quantity of sport is in both cases similar. Greek students are more satisfied with their habits and general appearance. Keywords: nutrition, movement habits, self-concept, general appearance, satisfaction
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Řezáčová, Petra. "Vnímání vlastního těla u vysokoškolských studentek s ohledem na možný transgenerační přenos." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-326316.
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The thesis focuses on female university students and their body image in relation with their parents' body image. The satisfaction of the students with their own bodies depends on many elements such as the influence of the media and the judgements of their peers, family and authorities. A substantial part of our thesis is an unprecedented analysis of the possibility of a trans-generation transfer of the extent of satisfaction with one's own body from parents to their daughters. We have used the quantitative research strategy to assess the results gathered from questionnaires focusing on the students' as well as the parents of both male and female children's perception of their own bodily features. Physical parameters such as height and weight were also checked. The study also focused on whether the trans- generation transfer is affected by the way the parents treat their children during childhood and adolescence. Our results have shown that there is a positive relation between the student's and the mother's body image. This positive relation can be perceived as a consequence of the trans-generation transfer which is probably a mechanism of observational learning. The results further show that the student's body image and their mothers' loving care during childhood and adolescence are also in a...
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趙佳慧. "Understanding the Relations among Self-concept, Ethnic Identification and the Perception of Physical Appearance in the Adolescents from Transnational Families Composed of Taiwanese and Southeast Asians." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22552886760580832907.
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碩士國立政治大學
社會學研究所
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The aim of this research is to understand the relations among self-concept, ethnic identification and the perception of physical appearance in the adolescents from transnational families composed of Taiwanese and Southeast Asians. The study uses qualitative research methods to collect and analyze data, and the sample comprises five categories: the adolescents from transnational families with identifiable ethnic physical features, the adolescents from transnational families without identifiable ethnic physical features, the adolescents from transnational stepfamilies with identifiable ethnic physical features, the Taiwanese-born adolescents from transnational stepfamilies, and the special category. There are several findings from this research. First, the construction of self concept is similar between adolescents from transnational families and the general Taiwanese adolescents; they are able to describe themselves in abstract sense and present their self-concepts in multiple dimensions. Parents and peers are significant sources of influence in their construction of self concepts. Second, the perception of physical appearance is a significant aspect of self concept in adolescents from transnational families, and this is especially so to female adolescents. Moreover, the perceptions of beauty and physical appearance of adolescents from transnational families tend to coincide with those of the general Taiwanese adolescents. Third, the adolescents from transnational families have developed preliminary ethnic identities, which are shown by their abilities to indicate their ethnic memberships and to distinguish the ethnic in-groups from out-groups. Furthermore, physical appearance tends to affect the ways and experiences of revealing ethnic identities. Adolescents with identifiable ethnic physical features generally have less power to negotiate their ethnic identities. Fourth, to those adolescents from transnational families with identifiable ethnic physical features and the adolescent in the special category, others’ opinions of their ethnic memberships and their ethnically denoted physical appearances can powerfully shape their self-concepts, and gender acts as an important factor affecting this linkage. To the female adolescents from transnational families with identifiable ethnic features, their self-esteem is likely to be negatively influenced by their ethnically denoted physical appearances. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the academic fields of transnational family study and ethnicity, as well as to policy makers and the general Taiwanese society.
Books on the topic "Appearance self-concept"
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Telgemeier, Raina. Smile: From the #1new york timesbestselling author. Edited by cassandra pelham. New York: Graphix, 2010.
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Cash, Thomas F. Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance. Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2012.
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Baldock, Emma, and David Veale. The Self as an Aesthetic Object : Body Image, Beliefs About the Self, and Shame in a Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Edited by Katharine A. Phillips. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190254131.003.0023.
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This chapter describes a cognitive-behavioral model of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), focusing on a core concept of “processing of the self as an aesthetic object.” This concept refers to the experience of being intensely self-focused on a distorted and negative “felt sense” of how one appears to others, and of anticipating or experiencing negative evaluation and rejection because of how one looks. The model proposes that this “felt sense” is informed by intrusive imagery derived from aversive memories, which many individuals with BDD experience. Appearance may become an “idealized value” (i.e., something of primary importance in defining the self and its worth). According to the model, the negative “felt sense” of how the person looks is interpreted in terms of a threat to the self as a whole (e.g., being unacceptable or unlovable). Behavioral responses designed to minimize the threat to the self (e.g., having cosmetic surgery, checking disliked features in the mirror, and avoiding being seen by others) are postulated to instead exaggerate the sense of threat and reinforce the processing of the self as an aesthetic object. Implications for therapeutic intervention are discussed.
Book chapters on the topic "Appearance self-concept"
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Kim, Youjeong. "My Desired Self, Avatar." In Oncology, 676–88. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0549-5.ch025.
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In computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments, users utilize their avatars as a communication channel to interact and connect with others, and they choose and create them accordingly to represent their self. As such, several major question areas arise: 1) As an extension of identity, how does a user customize his/her avatar? How is the avatar's appearance related to the avatar creator's self-concept? 2) How does avatar creation influence the avatar creator's psychological and behavioral consequences? To answer these questions, the current study leveraged a Korean social networking site, which currently provides avatars called “Minimis,” in a randomized experimental setting. This study found that the more the participants perceived their avatars to look like their desired selves, the more likely they evaluated their avatars as being attractive, credible, confident, cool, capable, and persuasive, but failed to find a significant relationship between avatar users' perceptions toward self-created avatars and their attitudes toward the social network site or ads.. The limitations and implications will be discussed.
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Mu, Wenting, and Fan Wu. "Blossoming for Whom? Social Approval and Body Image." In Beauty [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94503.
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Body image is a multidimensional construct that reflects the way we perceive and feel about our physical appearance. This inside view of our body heavily influences our self-esteem, mental health, and overall well-being. Under the influence of mass media, peers and family, individuals, especially women, may feel pressured to conform to the societal standards of beauty, engage in upward social comparison, and consequently experience negative body image. While our sociocultural surroundings plays a role in the internalization process, other intrapersonal factors, such as appearance-based rejection sensitivity and lack of self-concept clarity, may heighten the risk for some individuals. Body image disturbances can be manifested in forms of avoidance behaviors, monitoring, eating restraints, and body modification. In order to promote body acceptance, we ought to gain insights into the formation of our body image and challenge the commonly held belief on who defines beauty.
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Shimizu, Akihiko. "The Face as Rhetorical Self in Ben Jonson’s Literature." In Face-to-Face in Shakespearean Drama, 210–31. Edinburgh University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474435680.003.0010.
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In this essay, Akihiko Shimizu reconsiders the most widely accepted critical views on Jonson’s “flat” characters versus Shakespeare’s “round” ones. He argues that the Jonsonian concept of character—underpinned by classical rhetorical theories of Quintilian and Plutarch—should be understood as an effect of interaction and exchange and not as a manifestation of consciousness. Jonson’s characters are the effect of a simultaneous process of rhetorical self-enhancement and self-exposure. As these men and women attempt to depict their own worth by affecting humours, their interlocutors use rhetorical conjecture to expose what lies beneath this verbal disguise. Both Jonson’s and Shakespeare’s literature share an interest in performativity, acknowledging the impersonated character as inter-subjective, and prompting the audience to participate in deciphering the character from outward appearance and face.
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O’Shea, Brian. "Diogenes Syndrome." In Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders, 306–18. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780190245863.003.0020.
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Diogenes syndrome, also termed senile squalor syndrome, was named after the Greek Cynic philosopher Diogenes. Although symptoms of Diogenes syndrome are not currently a strong focus of scientific interest, the syndrome has received considerable coverage in the media. Symptoms include extreme self-neglect, a dirty appearance, domestic squalor, lying in excrement, social withdrawal, and compulsive hoarding of garbage. Diogenes syndrome appears to be associated with a high physical morbidity and mortality rate. As discussed in this chapter, the particular nature of Diogenes syndrome represents a particular dilemma for the mental health professions and society. The chapter also discusses hoarding disorder, a separate but overlapping concept.
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Abimibayo Adeoya, Akindele, Adewale Olugbemiga Adeleye, and Shinichi Egawa. "Psychological Factors as Predictor of Sport Participation among Japanese and Foreign Students in Sendai, Japan." In Sport Psychology in Sports, Exercise and Physical Activity [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99244.
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Sports play a functional role in human development. Regular sport participation has beneficial effects on physical, psychological and social wellbeing. It has positive effects on prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases, physical appearance, enhance self-concept and external prestige, lower rates of suicidal ideation, reduce use of fossil fuels, and substantially increase life expectancy. The advent and excessive use of technology, academic workload coupled with the incidence of COVID-19, students become content with engaging more in sedentary activities. This chapter examined the psychological factors predicting sport participation among Japanese and foreign students in Sendai, Japan. The common choice of recreational sports are sedentary activities with a high level of performance in terms of frequency, intensity, duration and long period of participation. Psychological factors of self-confidence, value, task familiarity, perceived success significantly predicts sport participation among university students. Therefore, there is need for increased awareness on benefit of sport participation within the university. Improved reconciliation between academic and physical education programs, and development of attractive recreational sports considering the psychological process that leads to participation. To allay concerns during pandemic, self-organized, non-contact and outdoor sports should be encouraged with adequate preventive measures in place.
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Pladek, Brittany. "Therapeutic Holism." In Poetics of Palliation, 29–64. Liverpool University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781786942210.003.0002.
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This chapter historicizes therapeutic holism, the model of literary therapy The Poetics of Palliation challenges. Beyond the faith that literature and its tools can heal, therapeutic holism reflects three guiding assumptions: first, that healthy people are wholes whose unity depends on an anti-dualist, teleological self-concept; second, that broken holism is mended by literature through a dialectic process of reintegration; and third, that the holism of functioning individuals both parallels and is constructed by the holism of their society. The chapter illustrates therapeutic holism’s Romantic genealogy by comparing its appearance in health humanities scholarship with Romantic writing, particularly the organicist tradition of German Romantics like Friedrich Schiller. Along the way, it reviews the history of nineteenth-century medical ethics that forms the interdisciplinary background to the rest of the book, including a discussion of ethics’ role in medical professionalization; the history of palliative care; and the tradition of advocating education in the humanities as a way to ‘humanize’ physicians.
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"“Am I Missing Something?”." In Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies, 155–66. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7507-9.ch009.
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This chapter presents a holistic review of the book's research findings. First, the author articulates or (re-)emphasizes some important points that arise from the previous chapters' analyses. Next, he summarizes the findings of Data-Set I under five key typological groups, namely 1) unintentional and deliberate SC, 2) intra-/inter-personal communication spectrum, 3) language and symbol systems, 4) applications, and 5) other considerations. He also interrogates the findings via three alternative interpretive frameworks, namely Austin-Lett and Sprague, Vocate, and Linde. The author also summarizes the themes that arise from the second data-set under three main overarching groups, namely “Learning About Our World,” 2) “Shared Meaning-Making,” and 3)“Metacognition.” Finally, he discusses the book's key takeaway in regard to SC, i.e., the concept of neutral, positive, and negative thoughts/SC, as well as the pervasive yet often-disguised appearance of SC-discussions in the media, especially via self-help literature.
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Brace, Laura. "Unparalleled Drudgery and the Deprivation of Freedom." In The Politics of Slavery. Edinburgh University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474401142.003.0006.
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This book insists on the connections between freedom, belonging and labour for understanding the politics of slavery. This chapter seeks to show how constructions of race and labour were inextricable from one another, and how thinking about slavery as a labour system is inseparable from understanding freedom as a contested concept, forged out of experience and struggle. Part of that struggle was about trying to find and define the limits of enslavability, and its location in a constellation of concepts of self-possession, labour power, race and property. Labour as a moral and political category was caught up with ideas about autonomy, morality and honour that were deeply contested, and the mobile borders between free and unfree labour, labour and capital, persons and property were inseparable from questions about who belonged, and who was eligible to be incorporated into civil society. Through a focus on slave hiring and slave provisioning grounds, this chapter explores how and why the abolitionist arguments about freedom, rationality and shared humanity could not help them to escape the sheer adaptability of bondage, as it resurfaced in questions about the command over labour, trustworthiness, the appearance of inferior capacities, and the division between the industrious and the idle.
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Zdunkiewicz-Jedynak, Dorota. "GŁUPOTA. Polski koncept kulturowy w świetle danych językowych / KVAILUMAS. Lenkiškojo koncepto rekonstrukcija remiantis kalbiniais duomenimis." In Wartości w językowym obrazie świata Litwinów i Polaków 3 / Vertybės lietuvių ir lenkų kalbų pasaulėvaizdyje 3, 103–17. Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/9788381388030.07.
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The author reconstructs conceptual paths on the basis of phraseology, collocations with the lexemes głupiec, głupi and głupota, etymological information, synonyms and proverbs. The analysis of the linguistic data allows us to state that GŁUPOTA has a very rich image in the Polish language. Its cultural concept consists primarily of various judgments about the symptoms of stupidity: in behavior (e.g. ostentatious cheerfulness, talkativeness); in character (e.g., insidiousness, greed, lust, quarrelsomeness, lack of self-criticism, stubbornness, desire for praise, lack of concern for material goods); in cognitive abilities (inability to assess reality adequately to the facts, credulity); in a person’s appearance (e.g., blond hair color, small skull, low forehead, above-standard beauty, tall height, rich clothing). Other colloquial judgments involve beliefs: about the sources of GŁUPOTA (water or stone in the head, no oil in the head); about ambivalent valuations (sometimes GŁUPOTA is associated with commitment, dedication to a cause, and truthfulness; it is treated as a guarantee of happiness in life, accompanied by the belief that fools deserve leniency; GŁUPOTA is seen as graded, even relativized to MĄDROŚĆ); about social consequences (GŁUPOTA leads to conflict and destruction). The negative valorization of GŁUPOTA is often based on value connotations of animal names and on the juxtaposition of the animal world with the human world (an important role here is played by faunal metaphors referring to farm animals, especially draught animals used for hard work on the land, such as the horse, ox, mule, donkey, and to birds, especially those with small heads, such as the goose, hen, turkey, hoopoe, sparrow). Deficiencies of intellect are treated in Polish in terms of the sense of hearing and physical experiences, such as darkness or heaviness, as well as an incurable or contagious disease.
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Daigle, Christine. "Nietzsche’s Phenomenological Notion of the Self." In Nietzsche as Phenomenologist, 39–72. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474487849.003.0003.
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This chapter tackles Nietzsche’s views on intentionality and selfhood. It offers an explanation of how his position takes shape given his critical relation to Kant and the related critique of metaphysics. Indeed, it is upon his critique of the distinction between the real and appearances that Nietzsche operates a return to immanence and to our fundamental experience of constituting the world as intentional consciousness. The chapter explains how both postmodern and naturalist understandings of Nietzsche miss the mark by claiming that he rejects the self. Nietzsche offers a notion of the self that may significantly differ from the one inherited from centuries of rationalist and idealist philosophizing but that does not amount to a rejection. Instead, he proposes that the human self is the colourist of its world, what amounts to a phenomenological concept of constitutive consciousness.
Conference papers on the topic "Appearance self-concept"
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Pollaccia, Laura, Toms Kreicbergs, and Ieva Andersone. "Discourses on body positivity: a fluid body image concept based on the case study of Jenna Kutcher instagram account." In 11th International Scientific Conference „Business and Management 2020“. VGTU Technika, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/bm.2020.622.
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The purpose of this research was to understand the concept of body positivity and changes in body image ideals. Authors analyzed how Jenna Kutcher, an Instagram influencer, was able to carry on the ideal of body positivity. Body positivity is a concept that shows support and appreciation towards all body types without discrimination on size or aesthetical appearance. This research focused mainly on the topic on changes in body image ideals, and the discourses related to them, that emerged in Jenna’s posts and in her comments. The research was built on the literature review on body image and explored the importance of self-acceptance and self-satisfaction when considering the sense of attractiveness in individuals. Comments and posts were collected, coded an analyzed in accordance with a qualitative method of analysis. The research discussed how Jenna Kutcher was able to partially positively influence her audience through the use of the narratives in her pictures and the development of discourses around the body.
Reports on the topic "Appearance self-concept"
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POWER FLOW ANALYSIS OF BRIDGE U-RIB STIFFENED PLATES BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF STRUCTURAL INTENSITY. The Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction, August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18057/icass2020.p.061.
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Due to its advantages of good mechanical properties, simple appearance and strong adaptability, the steel box girder is being widely utilized in urban bridges. The noise radiated by steel box girders subjected to vehicle impacts has the characteristics of wide-spectrum, high-magnitude and control difficulty. U-rib stiffened roof, as a part of the steel box girder, directly bears the input load, which is the basis of studying the vibration of the steel box girder. Currently, the investigation on the vibro-acoustic performance of U-rib plates is very limited. With this regard, this paper introduces the concept of Structural Intensity (SI). The SI vector is calculated by the Finite Element (FE) method. The power flow is visualized by the self-programming post-processing code. The global and local vibration energy transmission characters of a U-rib stiffened plate under a harmonic nodal force are analyzed. Further, the influence of plate thickness is investigated. The optimum design is carried out based on the engineering standard dimensions. The research results indicate that increasing the thickness ratio of the U-rib to the baseplate is beneficial to reducing the vibration.