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Body Image and Women's Mental Health: An Evaluation of a Group Intervention Program
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نویسنده
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Lewis Vivienne ,Devaraj Sowmya
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منبع
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pakistan journal of psychological research - 2010 - دوره : 25 - شماره : 2 - صفحه:99 -114
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چکیده
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Body image is a person's perception of how their physical body appears to them including feelings and attitudes towards it. a negative body image affects women's mental and physical health.a cognitive behavioral group intervention program was designed and implemented for women identifying as having body image concerns. it targeted risk factors important in the development and maintenance of body image dissatisfaction aiming to improve body image and self-esteem evaluated through pre and post intervention questionnaires. results for the 19 participants showed improvements in body satisfaction and self-esteem and decrease in body image distress compared to the control group (n = 28) who showed no change in body image and self-esteem.
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کلیدواژه
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body image ,cognitive behavioral intervention ,women's mental health ,body distress ,self-esteem
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University of Canberra, Faculty of Health, Centre for Applied Psychology, Australia, University of Canberra, Faculty of Health, Centre for Applied Psychology, Australia
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