SELF-OBJECTIFICATION AND ITS BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PREDICTORS: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND IRAN

Self-Objectification and its Biological, Psychological and Social Predictors: A Cross-Cultural Study in Four European Countries and Iran

Although scholars started investigating self-objectification more than twenty years ago, only a few studies focused on men and even fewer have taken into account the cross-cultural dimension.Our study focused on the antecedents of self-objectification paying attention to the role of biological and sociodemographic variables (gender, BMI), psycholog

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From the Pharynx to the Abdomen: A Case of Primary Peritonitis

Primary peritonitis usually occurs in patients with comorbidities previously diagnosed with ascites.However, a primary peritoneal infection in previously healthy patients may also ensue.There has been an increase in reported cases of primary peritonitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes affecting mostly women.It usually presents as a severe acute abdom

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