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Changes in Appearance in the Presence of Major Stress Events

Author(s) -

Megan E. Stitz,

John D. Pierce

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244013485093

Subject(s) - psychology , stress (linguistics) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , philosophy , linguistics

The relationship between experiencing major stress events (MSEs)and changes in appearance (CAs) was studied in a sample of 128 participants. Allparticipants completed the Major Stress Event and Changes in Appearance Inventory.Results indicated a significant correlation between experiencing MSEs and considered oractual CAs (r = .50 p < .01). Scores on the Changes in Appearance Inventory weresignificantly higher in groups with moderate to high scores on the Major Stress Eventscale. This relationship between MSEs and CAs was affected by age but not gender. Theseresults suggest that stressful life events may prompt body image dissatisfaction andunderlie motivations for changes in body appearance to promote self-image. Successive ordramatic appearance changes may be an important signal of stressfulexperiences

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