Outputs (1043)

Dissemination of evidence-based body image interventions: A pilot study into the effectiveness of using undergraduate students as interventionists in secondary schools (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Dissonance-based body image interventions are among the most effective interventions for adolescent girls. However, dissemination of these interventions remains challenging. In addition, the emerging field of positive body image... Read More about Dissemination of evidence-based body image interventions: A pilot study into the effectiveness of using undergraduate students as interventionists in secondary schools.

Exploring the lived experience of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment amongst Gujarati speaking Indian women (2015)
Journal Article

Development of a core outcome set for research and audit studies in reconstructive breast surgery (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 The Authors. BJS published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of BJS Society Ltd. Background Appropriate outcome selection is essential if research is to guide decision-making and inform policy. Systematic reviews of the clinical, cosmetic a... Read More about Development of a core outcome set for research and audit studies in reconstructive breast surgery.

Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood (2015)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. The present study experimentally investigated the effect of Facebook usage on women's mood and body image, whether these effects differ from an online fashion magazine, and whether appearance comparison tendency moderates any of... Read More about Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood.

The effectiveness of psychosocial intervention for individuals with cleft lip and/or palate (2015)
Journal Article

© Copyright 2015 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objective: The aim of this review was to assess the effectiveness of different psychological interventions for children and adults with cleft lip and/or palate and their parents. Design... Read More about The effectiveness of psychosocial intervention for individuals with cleft lip and/or palate.

Older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and palate: A qualitative study exploring aging and appearance (2015)
Journal Article

© Copyright 2015 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objective: To explore older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P), focusing on aging and appearance. Design: An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study. Pa... Read More about Older adults' experiences of living with cleft lip and palate: A qualitative study exploring aging and appearance.

Media Exposure, Extracurricular Activities, and Appearance-Related Comments as Predictors of Female Adolescents’ Self-Objectification (2015)
Journal Article

© 2014, © The Author(s) 2014. Our study examined three potential predictors of self-objectification in female adolescents, namely media exposure, extracurricular activities, and appearance-related comments (both positive and negative). Participants w... Read More about Media Exposure, Extracurricular Activities, and Appearance-Related Comments as Predictors of Female Adolescents’ Self-Objectification.

Using Brief Cognitive Restructuring and Cognitive Defusion Techniques to Cope With Negative Thoughts (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Negative thoughts, experienced by 80% to 99% of the non-clinical population, have been linked to the development of psychopathology. The current study aimed to compare a cognitive restructuring and cognitive defusion tec... Read More about Using Brief Cognitive Restructuring and Cognitive Defusion Techniques to Cope With Negative Thoughts.

“Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me”: Gay Men Negotiate Their Visual Identities (2015)
Journal Article

©, © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study explored how British gay men make sense of their appearance and clothing practices and the pressures and concerns they attend to in discursively negotiating their visual identities. A convenience sample... Read More about “Not Hiding, Not Shouting, Just Me”: Gay Men Negotiate Their Visual Identities.

Parenting a child with a cleft: The father's perspective (2015)
Journal Article

Objective: To explore the impact of having a child born with a cleft lip and/or palate from the father's perspective. Design: Individual qualitative telephone interviews. Participants: A total of 15 fathers of children born with cleft lip and/or pala... Read More about Parenting a child with a cleft: The father's perspective.

Applying the contact hypothesis to anti-fat attitudes: Contact with overweight people is related to how we interact with our bodies and those of others (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This paper is the first to apply the contact hypothesis, a social psychological theory of prejudice reduction, to the field of weight bias. It aims to investigate whether contact with overweight people is associated with the exte... Read More about Applying the contact hypothesis to anti-fat attitudes: Contact with overweight people is related to how we interact with our bodies and those of others.

PROMs: Putting cosmetic patients at the forefront of evaluation (2014)
Journal Article

Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This study examined the role of specific magazine types and television programs on drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys. A sample of 182 adolescent boys with an average age of 15.2. years completed questionnaire... Read More about Media matters for boys too! The role of specific magazine types and television programs in the drive for thinness and muscularity in adolescent boys.

Tackling the psychological and psychosocial impacts of appearance dissatisfaction: When theory isn’t enough (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review (2014)
Report

Background: Some individuals with visible differences have been found to experience psychosocial adjustment problems that can lead to social anxiety and isolation. Various models of psychosocial intervention have been used to reduce social anxiety an... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for adults with visible differences: A systematic review.

Identification of the underlying factor structure of the Derriford Appearance Scale 24 (2014)
Report

Background. The Derriford Appearance Scale24 (DAS24) is a widely used measure of distress and dysfunction in relation to self-consciousness of appearance. It has been used in clinical and research settings, and translated into numerous European and A... Read More about Identification of the underlying factor structure of the Derriford Appearance Scale 24.

Multidisciplinary care for patients with cleft & their families (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Why appearance matters (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The psychosocial impact of cleft lip/palate on siblings: Research report for the cleft lip and palate association (2014)
Report

Development of new psychometric instruments to measure appearance distress during adolescence: The adolescent appearance distress scales (2014)
Report

Measures of adolescent appearance distress have focused on weight and body shape, excluding other aspects of appearance. The absence of a psychometrically sound, general measure of appearance distress has limited evaluation of interventions and curta... Read More about Development of new psychometric instruments to measure appearance distress during adolescence: The adolescent appearance distress scales.