Abstract
College women were administered instruments to measure their body awareness, body focus, pressure sensitivity thresholds, anxiety and clothing fabric choices. The results demonstrated that levels of awareness and focus on different body sectors are accompanied by different levels of anxiety. A relationship of clothing fabric choices to body awareness and anxiety levels was also demonstrated.
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