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Adolescent body dissatisfaction as public health issue: Effects on later risky health behaviours (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Bornioli, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Smith, A., Slater, A., & Bray, I. (2019, March). Adolescent body dissatisfaction as public health issue: Effects on later risky health behaviours. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference 2019, Mercure Bristol Holland House Hotel, Bristol, England

Aim: Body dissatisfaction is prevalent among teenagers, and may influence the uptake of risky health behaviours. The study assessed the influence of body dissatisfaction on smoking, cannabis use, drug use, self-harm, gambling, and drinking and the me... Read More about Adolescent body dissatisfaction as public health issue: Effects on later risky health behaviours.

The effect of exposure to parodies of thin-ideal images on young women's body image and mood (2019)
Journal Article
Slater, A., Cole, N., & Fardouly, J. (2019). The effect of exposure to parodies of thin-ideal images on young women's body image and mood. Body Image, 29, 82-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.03.001

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Although social networking services typically promote the thin beauty ideal for women, they also provide an opportunity for users to challenge this dominant ideal in unique and novel ways. This study aimed to experimentally invest... Read More about The effect of exposure to parodies of thin-ideal images on young women's body image and mood.

#bodypositivity: A content analysis of body positive accounts on Instagram (2019)
Journal Article
Cohen, R., Irwin, L., Newton-John, T., & Slater, A. (2019). #bodypositivity: A content analysis of body positive accounts on Instagram. Body Image, 29, 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.02.007

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd In the last decade, the body image literature has begun to extend beyond a primary focus on body image disturbances and examine the construct of positive body image. Similarly, “Body positivity” is a growing social media trend tha... Read More about #bodypositivity: A content analysis of body positive accounts on Instagram.

#BoPo on Instagram: An experimental investigation of the effects of viewing body positive content on young women’s mood and body image (2019)
Journal Article
Cohen, R., Fardouly, J., Newton-John, T., & Slater, A. (2019). #BoPo on Instagram: An experimental investigation of the effects of viewing body positive content on young women’s mood and body image. New Media and Society, 21(7), 1546-1564. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819826530

Body positive content on social media aims to challenge mainstream beauty ideals and encourage acceptance and appreciation of all body types. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of viewing body positive Instagram posts on young women's... Read More about #BoPo on Instagram: An experimental investigation of the effects of viewing body positive content on young women’s mood and body image.

Evaluating the impact of a brief yoga intervention on preadolescents’ body image and mood (2018)
Journal Article
Halliwell, E., Jarman, H., Slater, A., & Tylka, T. L. (2018). Evaluating the impact of a brief yoga intervention on preadolescents’ body image and mood. Body Image, 27, 196-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.10.003

Yoga is an embodying activity that promotes body awareness, body connection, body responsiveness, and appreciation of body functionality, and it therefore may be a beneficial school-based intervention for children’s body image. The present study exam... Read More about Evaluating the impact of a brief yoga intervention on preadolescents’ body image and mood.

Evaluating the impact of a brief yoga intervention on preadolescents’ body image and mood (2018)
Journal Article
Halliwell, E., Jarman, H., Tylka, T. L., & Slater, A. (2018). Evaluating the impact of a brief yoga intervention on preadolescents’ body image and mood. Body Image, 27, 196-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.10.003

© 2018 Yoga is an embodying activity that promotes body awareness, body connection, body responsiveness, and appreciation of body functionality, and it therefore may be a beneficial school-based intervention for children's body image. The present stu... Read More about Evaluating the impact of a brief yoga intervention on preadolescents’ body image and mood.

Promoting positive body image and tackling overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: A combined health psychology and public health approach (2018)
Journal Article
Bray, I., Slater, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Bird, E., & Sabey, A. (2018). Promoting positive body image and tackling overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: A combined health psychology and public health approach. Preventive Medicine, 116, 219-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.08.011

© 2018 Elsevier Inc. This article draws attention to the dual global problems of disordered eating and overweight/obesity among children and adolescents. It is well recognised that the main risk factor for disordered eating is body dissatisfaction, y... Read More about Promoting positive body image and tackling overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: A combined health psychology and public health approach.

'Selfie’-objectification: The role of selfies in self-objectification and disordered eating in young women (2017)
Journal Article
Cohen, R., Newton-John, T., & Slater, A. (2018). 'Selfie’-objectification: The role of selfies in self-objectification and disordered eating in young women. Computers in Human Behavior, 79, 68-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.10.027

Existing research demonstrates a relationship between social networking site (SNS) use and body-related concerns and disordered eating amongst females. Preliminary evidence indicates that SNS photo activities (e.g., taking and sharing 'selfies’) may... Read More about 'Selfie’-objectification: The role of selfies in self-objectification and disordered eating in young women.

The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women (2017)
Journal Article
Cohen, R., Newton-John, T., & Slater, A. (2017). The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women. Body Image, 23, 183-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.10.002

© 2017 The present study aimed to identify the specific social networking sites (SNS) features that relate to body image concerns in young women. A total of 259 women aged 18–29 years completed questionnaire measures of SNS use (Facebook and Instagra... Read More about The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women.

#fitspo or #loveyourself? The impact of fitspiration and self-compassion Instagram images on women's body image, self-compassion, and mood (2017)
Journal Article
Slater, A., Varsani, N., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2017). #fitspo or #loveyourself? The impact of fitspiration and self-compassion Instagram images on women's body image, self-compassion, and mood. Body Image, 22, 87-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.06.004

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This study experimentally examined the impact of exposure to fitspiration images and self-compassion quotes on social media on young women's body satisfaction, body appreciation, self-compassion, and negative mood. Female undergra... Read More about #fitspo or #loveyourself? The impact of fitspiration and self-compassion Instagram images on women's body image, self-compassion, and mood.

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.

The appearance potency of gay and straight men’s websites (2016)
Journal Article
Jankowski, G., Slater, A., Tiggemann, M., & Fawkner, H. (2016). The appearance potency of gay and straight men’s websites

Gay men's greater body dissatisfaction compared to straight men has been explained as a result of gay men’s more 'appearance potent' subculture. This study aimed to critically appraise this explanation by assessing images of men and women for their p... Read More about The appearance potency of gay and straight men’s websites.

Facebook and body image concern in adolescent girls: A prospective study (2016)
Journal Article
Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2017). Facebook and body image concern in adolescent girls: A prospective study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(1), 80-83. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22640

© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Objective: The primary aim of the study was to examine the relationship across time between Facebook use and body image concern in adolescent girls. Method: A sample of 438 girls in the first two years (Years 8 and 9) o... Read More about Facebook and body image concern in adolescent girls: A prospective study.

Exposure to Barbie: Effects on thin-ideal internalisation, body esteem, and body dissatisfaction among young girls (2016)
Journal Article
Rice, K., Prichard, I., Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2016). Exposure to Barbie: Effects on thin-ideal internalisation, body esteem, and body dissatisfaction among young girls. Body Image, 19, 142-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.09.005

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Barbie doll ownership is high among girls in early primary school. It has been suggested that exposure to Barbie impacts negatively on body image. The present study sought to investigate the effect of exposure to Barbie on young g... Read More about Exposure to Barbie: Effects on thin-ideal internalisation, body esteem, and body dissatisfaction among young girls.

Little girls in a grown up world: Exposure to sexualized media, internalization of sexualization messages, and body image in 6–9 year-old girls (2016)
Journal Article
Slater, A., & Tiggemann, M. (2016). Little girls in a grown up world: Exposure to sexualized media, internalization of sexualization messages, and body image in 6–9 year-old girls. Body Image, 18, 19-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.04.004

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Despite widespread public concern about the early sexualization of young girls, as yet there has been little empirical examination of potential negative effects. In the present study a sample of 300 6–9 year-old girls completed in... Read More about Little girls in a grown up world: Exposure to sexualized media, internalization of sexualization messages, and body image in 6–9 year-old girls.

Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Does timing of digital alteration information matter? (2016)
Journal Article
Bury, B., Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2017). Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Does timing of digital alteration information matter?. Eating Behaviors, 25, 18-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.08.010

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd The study aimed to investigate whether a message informing readers about digital alteration read before exposure to thin ideal advertisements would enhance the effectiveness of disclaimer labels. Participants were 280 female under... Read More about Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Does timing of digital alteration information matter?.

The effect of digital alteration disclaimer labels on social comparison and body image: Instructions and individual differences (2016)
Journal Article
Bury, B., Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2016). The effect of digital alteration disclaimer labels on social comparison and body image: Instructions and individual differences. Body Image, 17, 136-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.03.005

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of digital alteration disclaimer labels appended to fashion magazine advertisements, as well as instructional condition, on women's social comparison and body dissatisfaction. Par... Read More about The effect of digital alteration disclaimer labels on social comparison and body image: Instructions and individual differences.

The influence of maternal self-objectification, materialism and parenting style on potentially sexualized 'grown up' behaviours and appearance concerns in 5-8 year old girls (2016)
Journal Article
Slater, A., & Tiggemann, M. (2016). The influence of maternal self-objectification, materialism and parenting style on potentially sexualized 'grown up' behaviours and appearance concerns in 5-8 year old girls. Eating Behaviors, 22, 113-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.05.002

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. There is widespread concern about young girls displaying 'grown up' or sexualized behaviours, as well as experiencing body image and appearance concerns that were previously thought to only impact much older girls. The present st... Read More about The influence of maternal self-objectification, materialism and parenting style on potentially sexualized 'grown up' behaviours and appearance concerns in 5-8 year old girls.

Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Impact on visual attention and relationship with body dissatisfaction (2015)
Journal Article
Bury, B., Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2016). Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Impact on visual attention and relationship with body dissatisfaction. Body Image, 16, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.09.005

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Globally there is increasing advocacy for the implementation of laws requiring disclaimer labels to be attached to media images that have been digitally altered, with the goal of reducing the known negative effects of exposure to... Read More about Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: Impact on visual attention and relationship with body dissatisfaction.