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Researchers consistently have supported the notion that African American women experience greater body satisfaction and are less likely to engage in unhealthy restrictive eating practices due to broader and more flexible body image norms in the African American community. Yet empirical evidence also suggests that African American women experience high rates of binge-eating behaviors and obesity. The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence body image norms, eating practices, and overall appearance of African American women aged 25 years and older. Using consensual qualitative research as the guiding method, 11 semistructured interviews were conducted with African American women who self-identified as struggling with body and weight concerns. Five domains were identified: (a) participants' perceptions

Management of intractable facial pain is often referred to a specialised Pain Relieving Clinic, especially in light of the evidence that psychological factors play a part in the maintenance of the pain. A group of 60 patients so referred were divided into two groups according to diagnosis. The 32 diagnosed as suffering from trigeminal neuralgia were found to be more likely to deny non-pain problems, less irritable, but less convinced that there was a physical disease process responsible for their pain, than the 28 patients with non-neuralgic facial pain. Personality factors did not discriminate between the two groups. The relevance of the difference between these two groups to our understanding of pain is discussed, as is the special place of pain in the face.

Gordon, Amanda and Boulton, T. J. C. (1978). Aust. Paediatr. J., 14, 174–178. Do Fat Children Think Differently About Food? Samples of 21 obese, 10 diabetic, and 19 normal weight children were tested with the Witkins' Rod and Frame apparatus and the Nowicki‐Strickland Locus of Control scale for children, to test the hypothesis that obese children would be more responsive to external environmental cues, as has been shown to occur In obese adults. Within the limitations imposed by the testing procedures, differences were present between groups, with the obese children being more responsive to external cues, and having a more external locus of control.