جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Physical Appearance » در نشریات گروه « علوم انسانی »

 The present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of correcting girls' cognitive bias towards physical appearance on their desire for cosmetic surgery and self-esteem. The research method in this study is semi-experimental and using a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included the female students of the non-profit Foulad University of Technology in the academic year 1401, of which 200 were selected using the purposeful sampling method and completed the body image questionnaire. Then, 45 students whose questionnaire scores were above the average were selected and placed in two experimental groups (22 people) and control (23 people) using the random assignment method.The research tools were: Cooper Smith's Self-Esteem Questionnaire, Cosmetic Surgery Tendency Questionnaire, Probe Dot Test. First, a pre-test was taken from both groups, and then 10 sessions of 30 to 40 minutes were held individually for the experimental group (8 sessions to correct cognitive bias and 2 sessions to measure bias and fill in questionnaires). During this time, the control group did not receive any training. After completing the training, a post-test was taken from both groups and the collected data were analyzed by SPSS software.  The findings showed that correcting cognitive bias towards physical appearance reduces cognitive bias towards physical appearance (P<0.01) and decreases desire for cosmetic surgery in student girls (P<0.01); But the effect of correcting cognitive bias towards physical appearance on self-esteem was not observed (P<0.01).  Cognitive bias correction can be used as an effective method. Although the current research is limited in generalizability due to the use of a single-sex sample and targeted sampling, the clear findings based on the effect of cognitive bias correction on reducing cognitive bias towards physical appearance and also reducing the desire for cosmetic surgery. It opens a new perspective regarding the effect of unconscious interventions aimed at correcting cognitive biases on mental health. Cognitive bias correction has more therapeutic effect than group cognitive behavioral therapy, because the effectiveness of cognitive bias correction treatment is probably caused by changing the selective information processing pattern and interpretation biases in the tests, which are based on the models Cognitive are effective in creating and maintaining disorder. Cognitive bias correction method changes biases through more experimental and subtle methods (compared to verbal and more obvious psychotherapy processes).

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of correcting girls' cognitive bias towards physical appearance on their concern about body image.

The research method in this study was semi-experimental and using a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research includes female students of non-profit Foulad Industrial University, who were studying in the academic year 2018-2019. At first, using the purposeful sampling method, about 200 female students of the mentioned university were selected and asked to complete the body image questionnaire. Then, 30 students whose questionnaire scores were above the cut-off point were selected and randomly divided into two experimental (22 people) and control (23 people) groups. The research tools were: Littleton's body image questionnaire and dot probe task. First, a pre-test was taken from both groups, and then 8 sessions of 30 to 40 minutes were held individually for the experimental group. During this time, the control group did not receive any training. After the completion of the training, a post-test was taken from both groups and the collected data were analyzed by spss software, which used one-way analysis of covariance in the descriptive part of the mean and standard deviation indicators, and in the inferential statistics part. became.

The findings showed that correcting cognitive bias towards physical appearance reduces cognitive bias towards physical appearance and reduces concern about body image in female students. Cognitive bias correction can be used as an effective method.

correction of cognitive bias provided the ability to reduce bias towards physical appearance and reduce concern about body image among students.

Physical appearance as a form of capital has been the focus of sociologists in recent years because "aesthetic capital," like other forms of capital, can be accumulated and utilized in social exchanges. The general purpose of this research was to collect information about the dimensions and meaning of appearance, and to do so, the questionnaire tool was used. The present research participants included all people between the ages of 15 and 60 in a statistical sample of 384 people in Ahvaz City. In this regard, statistical measures for both the "accumulation" and "utilization " dimensions of "aesthetic capital" were studied based on a parallel survey design using ordinal logistic regression (o-logit model). The findings showed that there are double standards based on specific norms regarding "accumulation" and "utilization " of "aesthetic capital." Furthermore, the existence of double normative standards depends on the "context" of society, in a way that these standards in "accumulation of capital" mean more approval of women's behavior, while the double standard in "utilization of capital" means more approval of men’s behavior. As a result, aesthetic capital, as something that depends on the context, regulates gender norms.

Today, the nature of the design and monitoring the visual aspects affecting the enrichment and formation of the rural environment and the villagers’ experiences of its physical appearance face shortcomings. It is necessary to identify the factors of the visual organization and study its effect on the physical appearance of the village to provide a more comprehensive description of this phenomenon. This research is exploratory in nature and descriptive survey in terms of the data collection method. The data required for the research were collected through documentary content analysis and the Delphi survey. The statistical population consists of 10 people in the Delphi section and 265 experts in the survey section who were interviewed after the validity and reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by professors and Cronbach's alpha technique. To analyze the research data, one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and Regression Analysis were used, the results of which showed that out of 53 evaluated indicators in four aspects of aesthetics-formal, activity-functional, cognitive-perceptual, and biological-natural, decorations and materials had the highest effect with an overall weight of 4.52, and the balance indicator with the score of 2.24 had the lowest impact on the visual organization of the village. Furthermore, the research findings showed a significant positive relationship between the stated factors and indicators. According to the regression analysis, 61% of the factors of the visual organization result in improving the physical appearance of the village. Among the four factors, the cognitive-perceptual factor with the impact factor of 0.378 had the most effect on the improvement of the physical appearance of the village.

The present study has been conducted to determine effect of strength exercises on physical appearance, eating disorder, and sexual function of non-athlete females. To this end, 26 non-athlete slender females were chosen by available sampling technique and classified into empirical and control groups randomly. The empirical group participated in strength exercises for eight weeks while control group dealt with their daily activities during this period. To measure physical appearance, eating disorder, and sexual function, Multidimensional Body Self-Relations Questionnaire, Eating Attitudes Test Questionnaire, and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire were completed as pretest and posttest. The results of analysis of Covariance suggested the positive effect of strength exercise on physical appearance, sexual function, and BMI index but had no effect on eating disorder. Based on the findings, it is suggested to use strength exercise for increase and improvement of physical appearance and sexual function among non-athlete slender females.