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Psychological Phenomena > Mental Processes > Perception > Body Image > Body Dissatisfaction
... > Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Personality > Personality Development > Self Concept > Body Image > Body Dissatisfaction

Preferred term

Body Dissatisfaction  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Body Image Dissatisfaction
  • Body Image Dissatisfactions
  • Body Image, Negative
  • Body Images, Negative
  • Dissatisfaction, Body Image
  • Dissatisfactions, Body Image
  • Image Dissatisfaction, Body
  • Image Dissatisfactions, Body
  • Image, Negative Body
  • Images, Negative Body
  • Negative Body Image
  • Negative Body Images

Scope note

  • Person’s negative thoughts about his or her own body. This includes judgements about size and shape, muscle tone and generally involves a discrepancy between one's own body type and an ideal body type. (Grogan, 2008)

History note

  • 2020

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000079182

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