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{"title":"Aspects of body image as moderators and mediators in the relationship between minority stress and depression among diverse LGBTQIA+ identities.","authors":"Joel Bates, Nadia Maalin, Tracey Thornborrow","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101975","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, plus) individuals are at higher risk of adverse mental health outcomes than cisgender heterosexual (cishet) individuals due to experiences of minority stress. In the current study, we compared levels of appearance anxiety, depressive symptoms, body appreciation and self-esteem among LGBTQIA+ and cishet individuals. Further, among LGBTQIA+ individuals, we tested a hybrid theoretical model to examine the protective effects of body appreciation and self-esteem in the relationships between minority stress, appearance anxiety, and depression. A total of 581 participants (aged 16-65) completed demographic and psychometric measures, including the Minority Stress Measure, Body Appreciation Scale-2, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Physical Appearance State and Trait Anxiety Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory, via an online survey. Results confirmed that LGBTQIA+ individuals had poorer mental health outcomes than cishet participants, characterised by higher levels of depressive symptoms and appearance anxiety, and lower body appreciation and self-esteem. Further, our hybrid model showed that LGBTQIA+ individuals with lower body appreciation and self-esteem were particularly vulnerable to appearance anxiety and depression related to minority stress, whilst body appreciation reduced the impact of minority stress on depression. These findings may inform potential directions for interventions targeted towards LGBTQIA+ populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"101975"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The pressure to be ‘Fair and Lovely’: Exploring the contributing factors to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating among South Asian women and girls in the UK","authors":"Hannah Kate Lewis ,&nbsp;Dhanisha Vora ,&nbsp;Nadia Craddock ,&nbsp;Una Foye ,&nbsp;Erica Cini ,&nbsp;Mark Freestone","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101971","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101971","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Little is known about culturally relevant factors contributing to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating among British South Asians, despite data indicating a high prevalence of eating disorders in this population. This study explored contributing factors to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating among young British South Asian women (<em>n</em> = 15). One focus group (<em>n</em> = 3) and semi-structured interviews (<em>n</em> = 12) were conducted online with South Asian women aged between 18 and 29 (<em>Mage</em> = 21.6 years). Participants were recruited through charity social media channels and community groups as well as via an eating disorder treatment pathway at a London NHS Trust. Using reflexive thematic analysis, we generated themes reflecting risk factors which were then situated on a macro-level (e.g. colourism, targeted public health campaigns), meso-level (e.g. cultural meanings of food, religion), and micro-level (e.g. pubertal timings and PCOS) framework. Based on our findings, we identified ways to develop more culturally sensitive body image interventions and eating disorder prevention strategies and provide insights to support eating disorder treatment modifications for South Asian women in the UK. Further, we highlight a need for community-based initiatives to raise awareness and overcome stigma associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating within South Asan communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101971"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Self-objectification is (Still) gendered: A meta-analysis across measures and societal contexts","authors":"Yujiao Guo ,&nbsp;Lijuan Xiao ,&nbsp;Junhua Dang ,&nbsp;Baolin Li","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101972","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101972","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Is self-objectification still a gendered experience in contemporary societies? To address this question, we conducted a three-level meta-analysis of 158 effect sizes from 78 studies involving 74,216 participants across 16 countries. Results revealed a robust gender difference (<em>d</em> = 0.35), with women consistently reporting higher self-objectification than men. This difference was significantly moderated by both measurement type and societal gender equality. Body surveillance measures yielded the largest gender gaps, and—paradoxically—gender differences were more pronounced in countries with higher gender equality, supporting the gender-equality paradox. Conversely, cultural orientation (collectivism), sample age, and publication year did not significantly moderate the effect in multivariate models. These findings suggest that self-objectification remains deeply gendered—and that sociocultural progress may, in some contexts, amplify rather than reduce appearance-based disparities. We highlight the need for more gender-sensitive measurement tools and culturally grounded theoretical frameworks to better understand how self-objectification operates across diverse social environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101972"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Meta-analytic and narrative systematic reviews of body image concerns and eating disorders in transgender and gender diverse people: Methodology","authors":"Rachel F. Rodgers ,&nbsp;Katherine Laveway ,&nbsp;Mikki Lilley ,&nbsp;Melanie Mifsud ,&nbsp;Joshua Marmara ,&nbsp;Jo R. Doley","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101966","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101966","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Body image concerns and eating disorders (EDs) occur frequently within transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people. This paper provides a detailed overview of the methodology of a larger project that provides an updated critical synthesis of body image concerns and EDs in TGD people. A review was conducted with the goal of answering specific questions (1) the existence of differences in rates of body image concerns and eating disorder symptoms between TGD individuals and their cisgender counterparts, as well as variation within TGD subgroups/populations; (2) the effects/correlates of gender affirming care on body image concerns and eating disorder symptoms of TGD people; and (3) correlates of body image concerns and eating disorder symptoms among TGD people. Following PRISMA guidelines, four databases were searched yielding 403 studies after independent screening, of which, 152 were retained and included in the reviews, including 60 pertaining to groups differences in body image concerns and eating disorder symptoms, 65 pertaining to the effects of gender affirming care, and 78 with information regarding the correlates of body image concerns and eating disorder symptoms among TGD people. The findings from this review will be useful to summarize the current state of the field and identify important future directions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101966"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145158660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pilot trial assessing acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effects of a body image intervention for adolescents in rural Nicaragua","authors":"Fabienne E. Andres ,&nbsp;Tracey Thornborrow ,&nbsp;Wienis N. Bowie ,&nbsp;Velette Taylor Hebbert ,&nbsp;Joshanni Allen Moses ,&nbsp;Malcolm Gonzalez ,&nbsp;Elvis Calero ,&nbsp;Elizabeth H. Evans ,&nbsp;Lynda G. Boothroyd","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101970","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101970","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>School-based interventions to promote body esteem and media literacy are a cost-effective way to improve body image and foster resilience against appearance pressures across diverse socio-economic contexts. We developed a culturally adapted intervention to promote body esteem and media literacy and piloted it in a two-arm semi-randomized controlled trial. Nicaraguan adolescents in two schools were allocated to receive a four-session, facilitator-delivered, school-based intervention that focused on critiquing appearance ideals, recognizing manipulated images, reducing social comparisons and resisting appearance pressures. Participants in two schools were allocated to the waitlist control condition. A total of 122 adolescents (77 girls, <em>M</em>_<em>age</em> <em>=</em> 13.7, <em>SD</em> = 1.55, range 11–18) answered questionnaires about body satisfaction, internalization of general and athletic ideals, sociocultural pressures, physical appearance comparison and eating attitudes before and one week after the intervention/control period; and completed open-ended questions at six-week follow-up. Throughout the program, they provided both qualitative and quantitative feedback after each session. Additional feedback was gathered from participants, observing teachers, and facilitators during focus groups at post-test to evaluate the program’s acceptability and feasibility. The intervention demonstrated good acceptability and feasibility. Participants showed improvements at post-test for perceived reality of social media and athletic internalization. Key learning points were retained at six-week follow-up. Our culturally adapted body image intervention is a feasible, acceptable, and promising tool to increase body esteem and media literacy in Nicaragua. These results suggest that after careful cultural adaptation, school-based body image interventions can be used in a variety of different cultural and socio-economic contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101970"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Body image and eating pathology in transgender and gender diverse populations future directions","authors":"Rachel F. Rodgers ,&nbsp;Katherine Laveway ,&nbsp;Melanie Mifsud ,&nbsp;Mikki Lilley ,&nbsp;Joshua Marmara ,&nbsp;Jo R. Doley","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101965","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101965","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Systematic reviews of the growing research focused on body image and eating concerns experienced by transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people have highlighted (1) elevated levels of disordered eating, global ED pathology, and rates of body image concerns among TGD people as compared to cisgender individuals, with fewer differences between TGD groups; (2) consistent improvement in body image concerns following gender affirming care, with less clear patterns regarding eating outcomes; and (3) a relation between higher experiences of discrimination and body image concerns as well as eating pathology. Given these findings, the objective of this manuscript was to formulate critical new directions for future research. The first direction pertains to addressing the limitations of the extant research in terms of sampling, measures, and study design. The second is related to ways of extending the understanding of risk and protective factors for body image and eating concerns in TGD people. Third is the need for developing effective prevention and intervention efforts. Finally, establishing partnerships and focusing on co-design with individuals with lived experience is an essential direction. TGD individuals experience high risks for body image and eating concerns and additional research is needed to further inform intervention and resource allocation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101965"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to \"A systematic review and meta-analysis on the temporal relationship between appearance comparisons and body dissatisfaction: Body image 53 (2025) 101885\".","authors":"Wenn Lynn Ooi, Helen Nasser, Julian Simmons, Isabel Krug","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101968","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":" ","pages":"101968"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145082084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enough is Enough: Development of the Enough is Enough Scale and a program to increase Enough is Enough among women with a negative body image","authors":"Jessica M. Alleva ,&nbsp;Lara C. Mangel ,&nbsp;Greta Zigmantaitè ,&nbsp;Niva Piran ,&nbsp;René Tanious ,&nbsp;Mara Mayer ,&nbsp;Lisanne van Lil ,&nbsp;Madelon L. Peters ,&nbsp;Tracy L. Tylka","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101967","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101967","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Enough is Enough</em> (EIE) is characterized by feeling <em>fed up</em> with negative body image and feeling <em>determined to change</em> one’s body image, and may play a crucial role in the transition from a negative body image toward a predominantly positive body image. Study 1 aimed to develop a quantitative measure of EIE. Based on data collected among 552 adults (18–69 years) across two samples, the 3-item EIE Scale demonstrated a unidimensional factor structure and good psychometric properties. Study 2 adopted a single case experimental design, and aimed to develop a program to increase EIE among five women who identified as having a negative body image. The findings support that the EIE program led to increased EIE, with medium-to-large effects. While the research line focused on EIE, as part of this, we also sought to understand its relationship with participants’ readiness to change, or stage of change (SOC), and whether the EIE program would lead to increased SOC and positive body image. Study 1 showed that EIE is positively associated with SOC, and EIE predicted SOC beyond the variance accounted for by body image (related) variables. Study 2 showed that the EIE program led to increased SOC and positive body image, with small-to-medium effects. Some participants experienced increased EIE but not SOC (and vice versa), pointing to differences between constructs. Understanding how to initiate EIE may increase the number of individuals with negative body image who are open to change and the chances of existing body image interventions being effective.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101967"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145082068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The appearance-related social media consciousness scale-Italian version (ASMCS-I) in young adults and adults","authors":"Cristian Di Gesto ,&nbsp;Sara Bocci Benucci ,&nbsp;Giulia Rosa Policardo ,&nbsp;Anne Julia Maheux","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101969","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101969","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Appearance-related social media consciousness (ASMC) is defined as the extent to which individuals’ thoughts and behaviors reflect ongoing awareness of whether they might look attractive to a social media audience. In this 3-study paper, we report the Italian validation of the ASMC Scale (ASMCS-I) for adult men and women. In Study 1, content validity was established through interviews (<em>N</em> = 110; 50 % women; <em>M</em>_age=30.22). Study 2 involved 144 participants (66.00 % women, <em>M</em>_<em>a</em>ge=36.51), with exploratory factor analysis supporting a single-factor solution consistent with the original version of the scale. In Study 3, we administered the ASMCS-I to an additional sample (<em>N</em> = 1008; 66.90 % women, <em>M</em>_age=33.29) to conduct confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) and validity analyses. The CFA supported the single-factor model with good fit indices. ASMCS-I scores demonstrated strong internal consistency, convergent and incremental validity. Convergent validity was found with correlations between the ASMCS-I and body surveillance, body shame, self-objectification, public situational self-awareness, and physical appearance comparison. Incremental validity of the ASMCS-I against body surveillance subscale (independent variables) was demonstrated with depressive and disordered eating symptoms (dependent variables). Finally, ASMCS-I is full invariant across gender and partially across age, indicating that it can be measured using the same scale for both men and women and social media users across different ages. These findings further validate the ASMCS-I as a robust instrument that accurately quantifies body image self-awareness in social media environments. It provides a measurement tool that is essential for advancing research on the psychosocial impact of digital environments on body image assessment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101969"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond appearance: Cultural and psychometric validation of the Thai broad conceptualization of beauty scale using bifactor ESEM","authors":"Kamonkan Jinchang,&nbsp;Prapimpa Jarunratanakul","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101964","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101964","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Expanding conceptualizations of beauty can promote positive body image and reduce appearance-related concerns. In collectivist cultures, beauty is often perceived through both appearance and inner or social qualities. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Thai version of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale (TH-BCBS), a culturally adapted measure reflecting Thai women’s inclusive beauty beliefs. The original measure (Tylka &amp; Iannantuono, 2016) was translated and expanded to include dimensions relevant to the Thai context. A sample of 441 Thai female undergraduates completed the revised scale and other related measures. Exploratory factor analysis supported a three-factor model representing physical beauty, intrapersonal characteristics, and interpersonal characteristics. Results from an exploratory structural equation modeling revealed a well-defined general factor and a specific factor for interpersonal characteristics, despite the weaker representations of the other two. For predictive validity, the general factor predicted both body areas satisfaction and appearance evaluation. The physical beauty factor inversely predicted the drive for thinness. Convergent validity was supported by negative associations between physical beauty, thin-ideal internalization, and appearance comparison. The lack of association between body mass index and the TH-BCBS further supported the scale’s discriminant validity. Overall, the TH-BCBS is a reliable and culturally grounded instrument for assessing multidimensional beauty beliefs among Thai women, with implications for future positive body image research and interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"55 ","pages":"Article 101964"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145027017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}