Outputs (15)
Understanding fitness professionals’ weight biases and uptake of weight-inclusive practices: Findings from a mixed-methods survey (2024)
Journal Article
Weight bias is highly prevalent in the fitness industry, posing significant challenges for fat people seeking to engage in health-promoting behaviours, such as physical activity. Despite small ideological shifts in the fitness industry towards more w... Read More about Understanding fitness professionals’ weight biases and uptake of weight-inclusive practices: Findings from a mixed-methods survey.
Cultural adaptation and validation of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C) among Indonesian adolescents (2024)
Journal Article
Background
Although mental health issues among Indonesian adolescents are of growing concern, a psychometrically valid measure of affect in Indonesia to inform related research and prevention and treatment efforts does not exist.
Methods
The pre... Read More about Cultural adaptation and validation of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANAS-C) among Indonesian adolescents.
Adaptation and validation of the Body Image Life Disengagement Questionnaire (BILD-Q) for use in Hindi among adolescents in semi-rural India (2024)
Journal Article
Body image concerns are prevalent among adolescents globally, including in urban and semi-rural India. These concerns have the potential to hinder adolescents' participation in everyday activities, thereby obstructing both social and academic develop... Read More about Adaptation and validation of the Body Image Life Disengagement Questionnaire (BILD-Q) for use in Hindi among adolescents in semi-rural India.
A systematic review of interventions that aim to reduce implicit and explicit weight biases among fitness professionals (2024)
Journal Article
Despite the high prevalence of weight bias among fitness professionals, few resources are currently available to educate fitness professionals about weight bias and no systematic review of weight bias interventions has been conducted among this popul... Read More about A systematic review of interventions that aim to reduce implicit and explicit weight biases among fitness professionals.
A systematic review exploring the effectiveness of body image interventions among boys (2024)
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Body image concerns significantly impact boys’ physical and mental health. While several reviews synthesize evidence on body image interventions for mixed-gender adolescents, a systematic review exclusively focusing on boys is currently missing. Thus... Read More about A systematic review exploring the effectiveness of body image interventions among boys.
An exploration of having social media influencers deliver a first-line digital intervention to improve body image among adolescent girls: A qualitative study (2024)
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Social media influencers are popular among adolescents and could offer a unique way to reach young people at scale with body image interventions. This study explored girls’ and influencers’ views on having influencers deliver body image interventions... Read More about An exploration of having social media influencers deliver a first-line digital intervention to improve body image among adolescent girls: A qualitative study.
The economic and social costs of body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination in the United States (2024)
Journal Article
This study estimated the social and economic costs of body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination (specifically, weight and skin-shade discrimination) in the United States (USA) in the 2019 calendar year. We used a prevalence-based appro... Read More about The economic and social costs of body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination in the United States.
Translation and validation of the Body Esteem Scale in Adults and Adolescents among Indonesian adolescents (2024)
Journal Article
There is a need for a psychometrically robust body image measure to advance body image scholarship among Indonesian adolescents. This study aimed to validate a Bahasa Indonesia version of the Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents (BESAA). The... Read More about Translation and validation of the Body Esteem Scale in Adults and Adolescents among Indonesian adolescents.
A cognitive dissonance body image intervention ‘Free Being Me’ delivered by Guide leaders to adolescent Girl Guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial (2023)
Journal Article
This pilot study assessed the acceptability and pre-post intervention effects of a cognitive dissonance-based body image intervention, Free Being Me, delivered by Guide leaders to adolescent girls in India. Girls aged 11–14 years (Mage = 12.6, N = 11... Read More about A cognitive dissonance body image intervention ‘Free Being Me’ delivered by Guide leaders to adolescent Girl Guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial.