This review describes the prevalence of eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors
as well as factors influencing body image disturbance amongst Japanese adolescents and …

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education within the context of Japan is firmly
underpinned by sociohistorical constructions of racial difference and racial hierarchies that …

Millions of men use androgenic-anabolic steroids (AAS) to stimulate muscle growth and
improve physical appearance. Although 1 out of 3 people who uses androgenic-anabolic …

Abstract The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) is a
22-item five-factor measure that assesses thin-and muscular-ideal internalization as well as …

The current study examined the associations between perceived actual-ideal discrepancies
in facial and bodily attributes and adolescent girls' appearance satisfaction and whether …

Objective Recent industry‐created social marketing campaigns have targeted positive body
image; however, research investigating the effects of such social media campaigns on body …

Gen Kanayama a, b James I. Hudson a, b Harrison G. Pope Jr. a, b aBiological Psychiatry
Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass., and bDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard …

Two experimental studies were conducted to examine African Americans'(AA) perceptions
and attitudes toward light-skinned and dark-skinned AA female models in print …

Cultural influences on the body image of 133 female and 99 male Japanese adolescents
aged 12–18 years (M= 15.9, SD= 1.2) were compared to those of a databank of 1233 female …

Sociocultural models influence body image construct, which may change from one cultural
context to another. Acculturation, enculturation, and socioeconomic status have a strong …