Dear Reader, Both body image as a construct and eating disorders as diagnoses are complex and multidimensional. Therefore, their continuous research and in-depth assessment is a necessity in order to better understand ...

The current study aimed to examine possible differences among females in three age groups (adolescent, early and middle adulthood) on body-image-related variables, media influences and self-esteem. The relationships between ...

In the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, the volume of data generated by devices in the user’s environment is continuallyincreasing and becoming of particular value. In such an environment the average user is bound to ...

Introduction:eHealth emerged as an interdisciplinary research area about 70 years ago. This study employs proba-bilistic techniques to semantically analyse scientific literature related to the field of eHealth in order to ...

Blockchain is a distributed, immutable ledger technology introduced as the enabling mechanism to supportcryptocurrencies. Blockchain solutions are currently being proposed to address diverse problems in different do-mains. ...

The world population became more ethnically heterogeneous during the 21st century and this trend is likely to keep continuing (Wright & Littleford, 2002). In fact, certain reports predict that by the year 2050, the majority ...

The aim of this study was to test a model of people’s willingness to seek help for mental illness whether currently diagnosed or not. A cross-sectional design was used to test this model in a nonclinical convenience sample ...

The impacts of body dissatisfaction have been widely studied among adolescent girls, but much less in women in mid-life. In this study, we evaluated the associations between body dissatisfaction, psychological health and ...

Previous research has pointed out the importance of Cyprus in the body image literature as well as the importance of body-image crosscultural investigations. The purpose of the current study was to compare appearance ...

The purpose of this study was to assess whether it is possible to alter the perception of similarity vs. uniqueness of people towards others and if the powerful embedded constructs of prejudice and aggression could be ...

Purpose Body image is a psychological construct that refers to one’s perceptions, feelings, and thoughts towards one’s body and appearance. The intensity and frequency of dysphoric body-image emotions depend upon situational ...

The purpose of the current study was threefold: a) to collect a very large representative sample of adolescents and assess for their levels of disordered eating behaviors; b) to describe the characteristics of adolescents ...

The psychometric properties of a Greek translation of the 10-item Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) was examined. A total of 193 Greekspeaking female university students from Cyprus completed the BAS-2, along with measures ...

The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS) was established to assess women’s breast size dissatisfaction and breasted experiences from a cross-national perspective. A total of 18,541 women were recruited from 61 research ...

The current study aimed to confirm the factor structure and reliability of the newly translated Greek version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) among 1753 Greek-Cypriot high school ...

The current study aimed a) to examine family dynamics in Cyprus and possible influences on disordered eating patterns and behaviors, b) to assess the relationships between the quality of family dynamics and unhealthy eating ...

The current study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the actual ideal weight discrepancy and the following variables in adolescents from Cyprus: self-esteem, appearance satisfaction, investment in appearance, ...

Sociocultural influences and self-esteem have been found to have an impact on body image (Thompson et al., 2004; Argyrides, 2013). The internalization of the thin ideal by the media, the large emphasis on appearance placed ...

Objective: This study aimed to assesspossible relationships and predictor varia-bles between disordered eating attitudesand behaviors, the internalization of thethin ideal construct, body image satisfac-tion, body image ...

The psychometric properties of a Greek version of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AS) were studied. A total of 1,312 high school students (463 boys, 849 girls) were administered ...