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disturbance

noun affray, agitation, annoyance, anxiety, anxiousness, commotion, confusion, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, discontinuity, dishevelment, dislocation, disorder, displacement, disquiet, disquietude, eruption, faction, ferment, fomentation, fracas, fuss, hindrance, inquietude, interruption, intrusion, maelstrom, misarrangement, misgiving, molestation, motus, quandary, rebellion, restiveness, restlessness, revolt, revolution, state of disorder, trepidation, tumult, tumultus, turbatio, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uprising, uproar
Associated concepts: creating a disturbance, disorderly connuct, disturbance of court, disturbance of possession, dissurbance of quiet possession, disturbing the peace

DISTURBANCE, torts. A wrong done to an incorporeal hereditament, by hindering or disquieting the owner in the enjoyment of it. Finch. L. 187; 3 Bl. Com. 235; 1 Swift's Dig. 522; Com. Dig. Action upon the case for a disturbance, Pleader, 3 I 6; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 298.

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Although they could display marked body image disturbances, their content does not seem to be specifically related to weight and appearance (4).

The delusional dimension of anorexia nervosa: phenomenological, neurobiological and clinical perspectives

In particular, the all three types of disordered eating behaviour (emotional, external and restrained) improved, and alexithymia, body image disturbance and all dimensions of perfectionism decreased.

Effectiveness of rhythmic movement therapy for disordered eating behaviors and obesity

This research has demonstrated a relationship between negative cognitive processes and body image disturbance (Altabe & Thompson, 1996; Jakatdar, Cash, & Engle, 2006).Veale et al.

An empirical model of body image disturbance using behavioral principles found in functional analytic psychotherapy and acceptance and commitment therapy

Reducing the impact of media images on women at risk for body image disturbance: Three targeted interventions.

An intervention for the negative influence of media on body esteem

Furthermore, there has been less emphasis traditionally on men's appearance as compared to that of women; therefore, it has been assumed that men are less susceptible to body image disturbance associated with eating disorders.

Challenging stereotypes of eating and body image concerns among college students: implications for diagnosis and treatment of diverse populations

The findings suggest that women's preferences for mirror and standing positions in the aerobics room may serve as important indicators of potential body image disturbance and disordered eating.

Features of the exercise environment and body image: preferences for mirror and standing positions in the aerobics room

Mood and anxiety symptoms are ostensibly more likely a common consequence of starvation among people with or without eating disorders and tend to correlate with weight and body image disturbances. To be thin is considered healthy, attractive, and self-disciplined.

Co-relational study of body types and fundamental neurotic reactions among adolescents of urban sector of Peshawar, Pakistan

Though the degree and nature of this relationship varies, gay men appear to be at greater risk for disordered eating (e.g., Russell & Keel, 2002; Wichstrom, 2006; Williamson & Hartley, 1998; Yager, Kurtzman, Landsverk, & Wiesmeier, 1988) and body image disturbances compared to heterosexual men (e.g., Beren, Hayden, Wilfley, & Grilo, 1996; Siever, 1994; see also Heffernan, 1994; Williamson, 1999).

Homosexuality as a risk factor for eating disorder symptomatology in men

En la literatura medica se habla indistintamente de los temas insatisfaccion (no estar satisfecho con el cuerpo que se tiene) y distorsion (donde la representacion del cuerpo no coincide con el cuerpo que se esta representando) y, muy a menudo, el termino utilizado es trastorno o disfuncion (body image dysfunction o body image disturbance).

La corporalidad funcional como meta terapeutica en el trabajo cognoscitivo-comportamental de los trastornos de la imagen corporal en los TCA: una reconceptualizacion

(1996).Theories of body image disturbance: Perceptual, developmental, and sociocultural factors.

Counseling adolescent girls for body image resilience: strategies for school counselors

ED (anorexia and various forms of bulimia) present with a combination of body image disturbance and syndrome-specific eating/feeding behavior.

Body dysmorphic disorder in people with intellectual disability: a bio-psycho-social approach

A review of the literature on body image disturbance indicated that eating disorders may be a coping strategy people use in order to assert control in their lives or combat sexism or racism.

The matrix of eating disorder vulnerability: oral history and the link between personal and social problems