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{"title":"Fear of negative appearance evaluation and cosmetic surgery consideration among adolescents: A test of a moderated mediation model","authors":"Yuhui Wang ,&nbsp;Jingyu Geng ,&nbsp;Xin Fang ,&nbsp;Hongli Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101935","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101935","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The surge in popularity of cosmetic surgery in recent years is noteworthy. In an era where societal standards of beauty increasingly shape individual development, it is imperative to comprehend the psychological factors that underpin the consideration of cosmetic surgery. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between fear of negative appearance evaluation (FNAE) and cosmetic surgery consideration as well as the mediating roles of body shame in this relationship. Furthermore, the moderating role of physical appearance perfectionism and body appreciation in the indirect association between FNAE and cosmetic surgery consideration via body shame was also examined. A sample of 1481 Chinese adolescents (720 girls, mean age = 15.49 ± 1.84) completed measures of FNAE, body shame, physical appearance perfectionism, body appreciation, and cosmetic surgery consideration. Results showed that FNAE was positively associated with cosmetic surgery consideration. Body shame mediated the association between FNAE and cosmetic surgery consideration. Furthermore, physical appearance perfectionism strengthened the association between body shame and cosmetic surgery consideration such that this association is more pronounced for individuals with high levels of physical appearance perfectionism. Additionally, body appreciation buffered the relationship between FNAE and body shame, with the relationship being significant only for individuals with low body appreciation. Findings of the present study enrich the literature on cosmetic surgery consideration, and have important implications for reducing negative body image and cosmetic surgery among adolescents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101935"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144548634","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":"Exploring longitudinal associations between thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances in Chinese adult women and men","authors":"Yueyang Xiao ,&nbsp;Wesley R. Barnhart ,&nbsp;Shijia Wu ,&nbsp;Zexuan Jiang ,&nbsp;Jason M. Nagata ,&nbsp;Jinbo He","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101933","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101933","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Individuals striving for socially promoted thin and muscular body ideals are at risk of developing thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances. Thinness and muscularity are not mutually exclusive but rather interconnected components of contemporary body ideals. However, prior studies have largely examined these associations within each category (e.g., body fat dissatisfaction with thinness-oriented disordered eating or muscularity dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating), which neglects potential cross-category relationships. The present study, which addressed this research gap, explored these cross-category longitudinal associations at baseline (T1) and 6 months later (T2). Employing gender-specific cross-lagged models, we analyzed data from an online sample of 799 Chinese women and men. We examined four cross-category reciprocal relationships: (1) body fat dissatisfaction with muscularity dissatisfaction, (2) body fat dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating, (3) thinness-oriented disordered eating with muscularity dissatisfaction, and (4) thinness-oriented disordered eating with muscularity-oriented disordered eating. Results revealed gender-specific cross-category associations. Particularly, positive, bidirectional associations were observed among women between thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances. Among men, the associations were unidirectional, with muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances at T1 predicting greater thinness-oriented disordered eating at T2, but not vice versa. These findings advanced existing knowledge of the cross-category relationships between thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances, with important implications for gender-specific interventions in non-clinical adults. For women, programs should address the reciprocal reinforcement between thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances, while for men, targeting muscularity-oriented disturbances may help reduce subsequent thinness-oriented disordered eating.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101933"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144548860","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":"Validating the revised male body attitudes scale and examining its prospective associations with eating disorder psychopathology and muscle dysmorphia symptoms in Chinese adult men","authors":"Zexuan Jiang ,&nbsp;Siyu Wang ,&nbsp;Wesley R. Barnhart ,&nbsp;Peiyi Wang ,&nbsp;Shijia Wu ,&nbsp;Jason M. Nagata ,&nbsp;Jinbo He","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101931","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101931","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the present study, we translated and validated the Revised Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS-R) and examined its longitudinal associations with thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating disorder (ED) psychopathology and muscle dysmorphia symptoms in Chinese adult men. A total of 400 Chinese adult men (<em>M</em>_age = 30.24 years, <em>SD</em> = 8.55) were recruited to participate in two sequential phases: a baseline survey and a 6-month follow-up. Using baseline data, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the original three-factor structure of the MBAS-R (i.e., muscularity, body fat, and height subscales), with the removal of one item. The MBAS-R total scale and subscales showed good internal consistency (McDonald’s ω =.81–.93), adequate test-retest reliability (ICC =.86–.95), and strong construct validity as demonstrated by significant positive associations with eating and body image disturbances, as well as weight and height actual-ideal discrepancies. Using both baseline (<em>N</em> = 400) and follow-up (<em>N</em> = 254) data, longitudinal analyses showed that higher MBAS-R total and/or subscale scores at baseline were significantly associated with higher levels of thinness-oriented ED psychopathology and muscle dysmorphia symptoms at follow-up, but not muscularity-oriented ED psychopathology. The findings of the present study support the sound psychometric properties of the MBAS-R and its use in Chinese adult men, highlighting the prospective role of disturbed body attitudes in relation to greater ED psychopathology and muscle dysmorphia symptoms in Chinese men.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101931"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144501076","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":"Obstacles to forming a positive body image and strategies for overcoming them: A qualitative study of nonbinary individuals’ experiences","authors":"Ashlie N. Johnson ,&nbsp;Jennifer L. Paff ,&nbsp;Jennifer Harmon ,&nbsp;Kristen Morris ,&nbsp;Kelly L. Reddy-Best ,&nbsp;Piper Kittersong","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101932","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101932","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although limited research has explored body image trajectories (i.e., how body image evolves across time) among gender-diverse populations, previous studies suggest that nonbinary individuals have distinctive experiences with forming and maintaining positive body image. Moreover, nonbinary individuals, like members of other stigmatized groups, experience unique stressors tied to their marginalized gender identity, though no prior studies have investigated the role of minority stress in positive body image trajectories. The present study employs the gender minority stress framework to explore the obstacles nonbinary individuals face in forming positive body image and the coping strategies foundational to their resilience. We conducted a reflexive thematic analysis of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 15 nonbinary individuals who scored high on a validated measure of positive body image (the Body Appreciation Scale-2). The analysis revealed eight key obstacles participants encountered as they sought to form a positive body image, such as confining and dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ narratives, gender dysphoria, and familial expectation and religious beliefs. Participants leveraged six coping strategies, such as seeking therapy, resisting comparisons, and nurturing inner kindness and self-consideration to overcome the obstacles they faced. Further, results illustrate how intersectionality with nonbinary identities (e.g., having health concerns or disabilities) creates distinct barriers to positive body image, thereby necessitating a unique, intertwining array of coping strategies. Together, these findings offer a valuable foundation to direct the creation of programs and interventions seeking to build positive body image in nonbinary populations and emphasize the need for diverse samples in positive body image research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101932"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144501075","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":"Developing a digital mindfulness-based intervention to improve body image and reduce risk factors for disordered eating: Integrating theory, evidence, and the person-based approach","authors":"Emma L. Osborne ,&nbsp;Ben Ainsworth ,&nbsp;Nic Hooper ,&nbsp;Paul Chadwick ,&nbsp;Melissa J. Atkinson","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101925","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101925","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) show promise in improving body image and reducing risk factors for disordered eating, and their digital adaptation offers scalable dissemination. However, low engagement rates in digital MBIs highlight the need for user-centred development. The person-based approach offers a systematic framework for improving engagement by integrating evidence, theory, and users’ perspectives. This paper describes the application of the person-based approach in developing a digital MBI to reduce risk factors for disordered eating in young people. Intervention development occurred in two iterative phases. In Phase 1, we defined the theoretical context and conducted both a qualitative evidence synthesis and a survey study with a qualitative focus to explore the needs, challenges, and perspectives of the target population. In Phase 2, we developed and refined a prototype based on initial feasibility and acceptability testing through advisory group consultation and think-aloud interviews. These informed the guiding principles and logic model. Our theoretical framework identified the skills of decentred awareness and acceptance, emotion regulation, and self-compassion as key intervention components. Determinants of engagement included negative responses to personal practice, difficulty with habit formation, and social support. Survey findings highlighted the need to address misconceptions about body image, particularly the belief that it refers solely to physical appearance and can be improved through appearance-focused strategies. Feedback from the advisory group helped ensure the intervention was clear, user-friendly, and motivating. This novel integration of theory, evidence, and user-centred design methods provides a replicable model for developing engaging, scalable interventions to reduce disordered eating risk.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101925"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144489342","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":"Love your body! An exploration of new empowerment discourse as related to body capital, and body image and eating concerns among women","authors":"Rachel F. Rodgers","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over the past years, a new discourse referred to as “Love Your Body” (LYB) has emerged as a dominant and important gendered discourse related to women’s appearance within the context of the commercialization of feminism. Although allegedly aiming to promote positive individual-level outcomes among women, including positive body image and self-confidence, the LYB discourse contains multiple contradictions and tensions. Furthermore, it is aligned with the current oppressive system of body capital, which confers privilege on some individuals based on their physical appearance. As such, it may, in contrast, increase pressures on women to continue to adhere to unrealistic appearance ideals, ground their self-worth in their appearance, and undermine efforts of resistance against social appearance-related pressures. In this way, rather than alleviate body image and eating concerns and related body change behaviors, it may exacerbate them and have a detrimental effect on women’s psychological wellbeing and social functioning. In addition, the LYB discourse may have collective negative effects by impeding social change towards equity and social justice. The data related to the effects of the LYB discourse to date are scant, representing an important gap in our understanding of how this discourse and representations of contemporary postmodern femininities may affect women. Increasing our understanding of these effects is important to better understand how this discourse operates as well as its effects at the individual and collective level, and to further inform efforts to decrease sociocultural pressures upon women and to provide them with the critical tools to identify and resist them.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101930"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144501074","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":"Genital body image: A brief review and future directions","authors":"Gemma Sharp ,&nbsp;Isabella McGrath","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101929","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101929","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Genital body image or genital self-image encompasses an individual’s attitudes, feelings, and behaviours surrounding their own genitals. Despite the crucial importance of genitals in propagating the human species, genital body image remains a highly understudied concept in broader body image research. Nevertheless, the existing literature suggests a sizeable percentage of people across the gender spectrum experience dissatisfaction with their genital size, shape and/or form. This paper provides a brief summary of the existing genital body image research, focusing on sociocultural factors of influence such as media representations of genital ideals and peer and partner commentaries on genitals, as well as the impacts of genital body image concerns such as poorer sexual and psychological well-being and consideration of cosmetic genital procedures and surgeries. This paper additionally discusses current educational interventions and programs which aim to promote a positive genital body image. The paper also identifies gaps in current research and important suggestions for future research including greater inclusivity of gender, sexual orientation and ethnic diversity, given often radically different perspectives on genital body image, as well as recognition of the rapidly changing landscape of genital representations in media such as amateur pornography and pornographic content on OnlyFans. The paper concludes with recommendations for the inclusion of genital body image content in existing body image programs and other genital body image intervention needs. We hope that this discussion results in greater recognition of the concept of genital body image and prompts the establishment of new collaborations and initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101929"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144338273","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 practice of yoga and associations with embodiment, body image, internalized weight stigma, and disordered eating in a population-based sample of young adults","authors":"Dianne Neumark-Sztainer ,&nbsp;Melanie Wall ,&nbsp;Zhijun Zhang ,&nbsp;Nicole Larson ,&nbsp;Kaitlyn Adams ,&nbsp;Niva Piran","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101928","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101928","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the prevalence of yoga practice and associations with embodiment, internalized weight stigma, body satisfaction, unhealthy weight control behaviors, and binge eating in a diverse population-based sample. Data were collected as part of the Eating and Activity over Time (EAT) study. Participants include 994 adults (mean age: 27.6; range: 24–35), with high percentages from marginalized ethnic/racial and low-income backgrounds. Cross-sectional and five-year longitudinal analyses were conducted. Approximately one-fifth (18.6 %) of participants practiced yoga in the past year, with 11.8 % practicing regularly (≥ 30 min per week in the past year). The prevalence of practicing yoga regularly differed across gender (highest in women and gender minorities), education (higher at higher levels of education), and BMI (lower in yoga practitioners), but not across ethnicity/race or age. Practicing yoga regularly was consistently associated with greater embodiment and, in most analyses, with lower internalized weight stigma and higher body satisfaction. Disordered eating behaviors were equally high, or higher, among regular yoga practitioners as compared to non-practitioners, with some differences across analytic models. Findings provide support for the connection between yoga and embodiment, as well as embodiment and disordered eating. Yoga that promotes a sense of embodiment is likely to help reduce disordered eating.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101928"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144338272","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":"Exploring the protective role of visual and verbal disclaimers on social networks users’ positive body image: An experimental study","authors":"Amanda Nerini ,&nbsp;Anna Cardelli ,&nbsp;Camilla Matera","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101927","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101927","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given that positive body image is correlated with a wide range of well-being indicators, it is important to develop effective strategies to protect users of social networks (SN) from potentially harmful SN content. This experimental study aimed to assess the impact of exposure to digitally altered images of young women, combined with verbal and visual disclaimers, on positive body image (body appreciation, body functionality appreciation and body satisfaction). For this study, 270 female SN users (<em>M</em> = 21.55; <em>SD</em>=3.31) were exposed to one of four conditions: Control (neutral images), <em>only edited images</em> (images of digitally altered women’s bodies), <em>visual disclaimer</em> (images of comparisons between pre and post-edited women’s bodies), <em>visual + verbal disclaimer</em> (images of comparisons between retouched and unretouched women’s bodies accompanied by a verbal disclaimer). Partially in line with our hypotheses, analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) showed that participants exposed to the <em>visual disclaimer</em> or <em>visual + verbal disclaimer</em> conditions reported higher body satisfaction than those in the control group. The body satisfaction of women in the control group did not differ from that of women who saw only edited images. Moreover, no differences emerged between participants in the <em>visual + verbal disclaimer</em> condition and those in the <em>visual disclaimer</em> condition. Contrary to our hypotheses, the results indicated no impact on body appreciation or body functionality appreciation. These findings may have implications for the development of strategies aimed at increasing body satisfaction among young female users of SN.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101927"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144306801","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":"Demedicalizing baldness: An experimental, mixed methods study","authors":"Josip Razum ,&nbsp;Glen S Jankowski ,&nbsp;Dirk Kranz","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101926","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101926","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Baldness is a common bodily change most men experience. It is extensively medicalized. Specifically, it is depicted as a negative disease that only a profitable industry’s cosmetic, pharmaceutical and other products can ‘treat’. This study aimed to assess whether a short demedicalization intervention, an evidence-based text of around 400 words, could promote acceptance among balding men. An international sample of 350 balding men completed a mixed-method, experimental, survey. Participants were randomized into 1 of 3 conditions with text that medicalized baldness (presented it as a disadvantageous disease requiring ‘treatment’ akin to anti-baldness advertising), that demedicalized baldness (presented it neutrally in an evidenced-based manner emphasizing informed consent) or with no text (control). Quantitative scale responses indicated lower medicalized coping and higher acceptance coping, but no differences in distress among participants exposed to demedicalized information. The medicalized information did not have an effect on any of the quantitative scales. Participants also qualitatively reported feeling more informed, more accepting, less distressed and less misled in the demedicalized condition than the medicalized condition. Despite negative pressures around baldness, a short demedicalized intervention may be useful to promote more informed, accepting and positive responses to baldness. Such an intervention is scalable and could be distributed easily (e.g., via online articles or videos). Future research should test the feasibility of lengthier interventions to demedicalize baldness and other bodily aspects (e.g., cellulite, genital variation and height).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101926"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144312945","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}