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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  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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)

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Body Image Dissatisfaction
  • Negative Body Image

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Insatisfaction corporelle

    French

  • Image corporelle négative
  • Image négative du corps
  • Insatisfaction de l'image corporelle
  • Insatisfaction de l'image du corps

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MKBNT9CM-1

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