Psychiatry and Psychology

Body Dissatisfaction

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)

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Abstract

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)

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Body Image Dissatisfaction
  • Negative Body Image
  • Body Image Dissatisfactions
  • Body Image, Negative
  • Body Images, Negative
  • Dissatisfaction, Body
  • Dissatisfaction, Body Image
  • Dissatisfactions, Body Image
  • Image Dissatisfaction, Body
  • Image Dissatisfactions, Body
  • Image, Negative Body
  • Images, Negative Body
  • Negative Body Images

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1 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings psychology.

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History Note

2020

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Previous Indexing

  • Self Concept (1976-2019)

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  1. F01.752w.747w.792w.110w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Body Dissatisfaction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000079182. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000079182
  2. Body Dissatisfaction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_image_disturbance
  3. Body Dissatisfaction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108049203