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An exploration of bisexual, lesbian, and heterosexual women's body dissatisfaction, and body hair and make-up practices (2017)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., Halliwell, E., & Clarke, V. (2017). An exploration of bisexual, lesbian, and heterosexual women's body dissatisfaction, and body hair and make-up practices. Psychology of Sexualities Section Review, 8(2), 55-67

Body image pressures for heterosexual women are well established. However, lesbian body image is less well understood, while bisexual women have largely been overlooked with the psychological literature. Further, women's investment in ‘traditional’ a... Read More about An exploration of bisexual, lesbian, and heterosexual women's body dissatisfaction, and body hair and make-up practices.

A pilot controlled trial of a cognitive dissonance-based body dissatisfaction intervention with young British men (2017)
Journal Article
Jankowski, G., Diedrichs, P. C., Atkinson, M. J., Fawkner, H., Gough, B., & Halliwell, E. (2017). A pilot controlled trial of a cognitive dissonance-based body dissatisfaction intervention with young British men. Body Image, 23, 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.08.006

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This pilot study evaluated a body image intervention for men, Body Project M. Seventy-four British undergraduate men took part in two 90-min intervention sessions, and completed standardised assessments of body image, bulimic path... Read More about A pilot controlled trial of a cognitive dissonance-based body dissatisfaction intervention with young British men.

Adapting the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Children: A psychometric analysis of the BAS-2C (2017)
Journal Article
Halliwell, E., Jarman, H., Tylka, T., & Slater, A. (2017). Adapting the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Children: A psychometric analysis of the BAS-2C. Body Image, 21, 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.03.005

© 2017 Positive body image among adults is related to numerous indicators of well-being. However, no research has explored body appreciation among children. To facilitate our understanding of children's positive body image, the current study adapts a... Read More about Adapting the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for Children: A psychometric analysis of the BAS-2C.

More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls (2017)
Journal Article
Slater, A., Halliwell, E., Jarman, H., & Gaskin, E. (2017). More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(9), 2047-2059. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0659-7

© 2017, The Author(s). In recent years, elements of the modern environment (such as television, Internet, toys and clothes) have been criticized for having an increasingly sexualized or appearance focus, which has been suggested to be detrimental to... Read More about More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls.