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PubMed1977

The body image of pregnant women as reflected in their human figure drawings.

Drawings of female figures made by women in their first (N = 54), second (N= 51), and third (N = 56) trimesters of pregnancy and post-partum (N = 55) women were compared with each other and with a control (N = 76) group of gynecological patients. There were no major differences in the drawings of women during the three major stages of pregnancy or between the pregnant women and those who had delivered recently. However, the pregnant women differed significantly from the gynecological controls in that they made more nude drawings, emphasized the genitals, distorted the drawn figures, and made the drawings smaller in size. It was concluded that somatic and psychological changes associated with pregnancy are reflected in the human figure drawings.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Self-perceptions of the stigma of overweight in relationship to weight-losing patterns.

Preliminary, exploratory studies examine self-perceptions of the stigma of overweight in relatiopship to weight-losing patterns of female and male children of different ages. It is suggested that the concept of stigma may be a viable analytical tool in studying overweight as: an exclusive focus in interaction, related to a negative body image, overwhelming others with mixed emotions, clashing with other attributes of the person, an equivocal predictor of activities, and related to one's sense of responsibility for one's overweight. Female adolescents in the Slimnastics class in a high school and children and adolescents in an obesity clinic in a hospital were studied. Male children and female adolescents had more trouble losing weight than did female children and male adolescents. Youth who viewed overweight as both one's responsibility and as an illness that required the joint efforts of oneself and others, especially professional experts, were more successful in losing weight than those youth who believed that overweight was solely their responsibility or not at all their responsibility. Intensive focusing on one's overweight and one one's negative body image seemed to inhibit or deter weight losing for some youth.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Clinical evaluation of the Cleon imager.

We have compared bone images from a number of patients using three instruments. In 38 patients, Cleon body images were compared with whole-body rectilinear scans. Cleon images were also compared with scintillation camera images of the trunk or extremities of 31 patients and of the skull of 70 patients. The Cleon was superior to the rectilinear scanner in resolution, lesion detectability, and speed of scanning. The Cleon and gamma camera were comparable in lesion detection, but the Cleon was consdierably faster. Clinical studies and comparative evaluation are presented.

Bone Neoplasms↗