Body Checking: Appearance Monitoring, Anxiety, and Body Image
Body checking is repeated monitoring or measuring of one’s appearance or body and may reinforce anxiety, body dissatisfaction, comparison, and sexual self-consciousness.
Appearance Anxiety: Body Image, Self-Consciousness, and Sexual Confidence
Appearance anxiety is persistent worry about how one looks or how others may judge one’s appearance, and it can affect body image, confidence, intimacy, and daily life.
Genital Appearance Concern: Body Image, Anxiety, and Sexual Confidence
Genital appearance concern is worry or dissatisfaction about how one’s genitals look and may affect confidence, intimacy, body image, and sexual well-being.
Muscle Dysmorphia: Muscularity, Body Image, and Sexual Confidence
Muscle dysmorphia is an excessive preoccupation with being insufficiently muscular or lean, often affecting exercise, body image, confidence, health, and relationships.