Comparing the self‐perceived effects of a facial anti‐aging product to those automatically detected from selfie images of Chinese women of different ages and cities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Flament ◽  
Aurelie Maudet ◽  
Chengda Ye ◽  
Yuze Zhang ◽  
Ruowei Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Women ◽  
The Self ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Aging Product ◽  
Perceived Effects

scholarly journals The Self-perceived Impact of COVID-19 Human Mobility Restrictions on Armenian Students Aged 14-18

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Garik Poghosyan
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Mobility Limitations ◽  
Perceived Effects ◽  
Restricted Mobility

The present article showcases the self-perceived impacts of COVID-19-related human mobility restrictions on the Armenian youth aged 14 to 18. Rather than attempting to discuss policies or theories or concentrate on certain areas of the fabric of human society, such as human rights, economy, health care, this case study makes a bold attempt to illuminate the reader about the condition and self-perceived effects of the crisis on a specific age group in the context of COVID-restricted mobility and ensuing challenges (education, social life, including sports and extracurricular activities, emotional well-being) in a given country, something that has been prevailingly, if not completely, ignored even in those research projects that have addressed the COVID-19-related human mobility limitations for specific groups of people (migrants, the displaced, women, etc.). Thus, the author has attempted to lay the groundwork for further case studies as well as comparative research investigating the human mobility dimension of the COVID-19 crisis for adolescents or various age groups with an emphasis on the effects of reduced or restricted mobility on the intellectual, athletic, social or cultural life of those affected by them. Overall, the participants displayed the whole gamut of both negative and positive experiences and gave varied responses. Keywords: human mobility, COVID-19, students aged 14-18

Inventing the Donor / Inventing the Self

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanna Hertz ◽  
Margaret K. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Sperm Donor ◽  
Donor Conception ◽  
Different Ages

This chapter describes how children begin to understand the meaning of donor conception to make sense of the hollow concept of a donor. It explores how children of different ages imagine the sperm donor. Sex education in schools and conversations with other children become factors in their understanding. As children invent the donor from the bits and pieces of information available, they also try to figure out which parts of themselves came from the donor; they thus invent the self. Siblings who live in the same home can help children figure out who the donor is and what he has contributed. During adolescence children use the donor to help in the processes of separation and self-assessment. The chapter considers the following questions: How do children go beyond a birth narrative to understand themselves? How do their parents help them understand that some aspects of the self might come from a stranger?

Parents' Assessments of How Much Time They Spend with Their Children at Different Ages

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 1025-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Åman-Back ◽  
K. Björkqvist
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
The Self ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Parental Quality ◽  
Different Ages

The self-reported amount of active engagement time parents ( n = 1107) and children ( n = 773) spend together was investigated with questionnaires. Mothers spent more time with their children than fathers did. The amount of parental quality time decreased with the age of the child, the average across age groups being 4.4 ± 3.0 hr. for mothers and 3.0 ± 2.9 hr. for fathers per day. Children reported spending roughly 1 hour more time with their parents than the latter reported.

scholarly journals Multiple Identities of a Chinese Woman Amidst Chinese Patriarchy and Western Colonialism in Adeline Yen Mah’s Autobiography Falling Leaves

MANUSYA ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
Intira Charuchinda
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
The Self ◽  
Chinese Tradition ◽  
Sexual Discrimination ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
Western Influence ◽  
The Face ◽  
Better Than

In her autobiography, Falling Leaves (1997), Adeline Yen Mah writes about the lives of Chinese women caught in the clash between the existing Chinese patriarchal culture and the advent of Western colonialism in Hong Kong that she herself experienced. Helpless in the face of the overwhelming Western influx, Chinese women were subjected to Western racial discrimination in addition to the sexual discrimination built into Chinese culture. Everything Western, including Western blood, was considered better than anything Chinese. At the same time, the Chinese patriarchy was still a powerful cultural force in spite of the pervasiveness of Western influence. This became a doubly oppressive predicament for Chinese women. Nevertheless, in Falling Leaves, Adeline Yen Mah describes how she carefully chose and employed a variety of roles in order to survive. This paper argues that negotiating between the impositions of Chinese patriarchy and Western colonialism, Adeline constructed multiple identities that satisfied her demand for integrity. She assimilated her Chinese ancestral roots into her identities but rejected the sexist practices in Chinese tradition. As for gender identity, she opted to be a woman who realizes her potential and who has the self-will to become successful even though this idea conforms to Western feminism.

scholarly journals Use and self-perceived effects of social media before and after the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-national study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilde Thygesen ◽  
Tore Bonsaksen ◽  
Mariyana Schoultz ◽  
Mary Ruffolo ◽  
Janni Leung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
National Study ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Perceived Effects ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Cross National

AbstractTo (i) examine the use of social media before and after the COVID-19 outbreak; (ii) examine the self-perceived impact of social media before and after the outbreak; and (iii) examine whether the self-perceived impacts of social media after the outbreak varied by levels of mental health. A cross-national online survey was conducted in Norway, UK, USA and Australia. Participants (n = 3810) reported which social media they used, how frequently they used them before and after the COVID-19 outbreak, and the degree to which they felt social media contributed to a range of outcomes. The participants also completed the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. The data were analyzed by chi-square tests and multiple linear regression analysis. Social media were used more frequently after the pandemic outbreak than compared to before the outbreak. Self-perceived effects from using social media increased after the COVID-19 outbreak, and in particular stress and concern for own and others’ health. Emotional distress was associated with being more affected from using social media, in particular in terms of stress and concern for own or others’ health. The use of social media has increased during the coronavirus outbreak, as well as its impacts on people. In particular, the participants reported more stress and health concerns attributed to social media use after the COVID-19 outbreak. People with poor mental health appear to be particularly vulnerable to experiencing more stress and concern related to their use of social media.

scholarly journals Validation of the Chinese Version of the Self-Objectification Beliefs and Behaviors Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Lang ◽  
Yiduo Ye
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
The Self ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Objectified Body Consciousness ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Self Objectification

Given the limitations of the existing tools used for measuring self-objectification in China, this study aims to validate the Chinese version of the self-objectification beliefs and behaviors scale (C-SOBBS). In this study, we first translated and culturally adopted SOBBS to the Chinese context. We conducted two wave surveys. In the first-wave survey, we recruited 331 female college students whose age ranged from 18 to 35 (Mage=20.28, SD=2.99) to complete an online survey that included demographic questions, C-SOBBS, and four other scales to assess the validity of C-SOBBS. In the second-wave survey, 76 participants who took part in the first-wave survey completed the C-SOBBS at a two-week interval for the assessment of test-retest stability. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to validate the factor structure of the C-SOBBS. The relationship between the C-SOBBS, its factors, and four other measures demonstrated that the C-SOBBS has a convergent and discriminant validity. Furthermore, the results of hierarchical multiple regression demonstrated the C-SOBBS’s incremental validity related to the Female Questionnaire of Trait Self-Objectification and Objectified Body Consciousness-Surveillance subscale. Additionally, the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the C-SOBBS were also verified. The results of this study demonstrate the utility of the C-SOBBS in assessing the self-objectification beliefs and behaviors of young Chinese women within the context of Chinese culture.

Body images among men and women of different ages

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 629-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER ÖBERG ◽  
LARS TORNSTAM
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Response Pattern ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Body Images ◽  
Late Modernity ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Different Ages

The exterior territories, or surfaces, of the body have become symbols of the self in late modernity. People are increasingly overwhelmed with messages of youthful ideals: how to stay young or how to get old without signs of ageing. However, studies of the effects of these images on people's own experiences as they grow older seem to be lacking. The present paper reports an empirical study which focuses on body image for men and women of different ages. Four hypotheses, derived from social gerontological theories, are developed and tested against data: the female beauty hypothesis, the double marginality hypothesis, the ageing mask hypothesis and the ageless self hypothesis. The survey, undertaken by 2,002 Swedes, reveals a response pattern with basically positive body images that, for women, is increasingly positive with age. The results are, thus, in sharp contrast to the gerontophobic messages from consumer culture as well as contrary to some gerontological theories.

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