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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101927

Amanda Nerini , Anna Cardelli , Camilla Matera

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Demedicalizing baldness: An experimental, mixed methods study 脱药治疗秃顶：一项实验性混合方法研究

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101926

Josip Razum , Glen S Jankowski , Dirk Kranz

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The body mass index: What’s the use? 身体质量指数：有什么用？

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101924

K. Aly Bailey , Meredith Bessey , Larkin Lamarche , Meridith Griffin

{"title":"The body mass index: What’s the use?","authors":"K. Aly Bailey , Meredith Bessey , Larkin Lamarche , Meridith Griffin","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101924","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101924","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The body mass index (BMI) is a ubiquitous metric frequently used in body image research: as a correlate, covariate, descriptor, and more. However, the racist history of the measure is often unknown or unacknowledged. BMI was coined by Ancel Keys who used Adolphe Quetelet’s statistics of weight and height, later becoming a measurement of so-called “health.” Eugenics founder Francis Galton used Quetelet’s statistics to determine the abnormal, in a concerted effort to eliminate bodies seen as “unfit.” The BMI has been used to compare bodies to white masculinist ideals for decades (e.g., in insurance coverage, healthcare access), which is something body image scholars must reckon with if our collective goal is to subvert unrealistic, harmful, and damaging beauty ideals—not inadvertently validate them. In body image research to date, BMI use/usefulness helped unpack the complex relationship between negative and positive body image(s): BMI is consistently related to both. However, it has also been overused, and we argue—uncritically and inappropriately used—since it misses the root issue: fat discrimination and weight stigma. Thinking with critical race theorist Sara Ahmed’s (2019) work on “use,” we open a conversation on the potential implications of use/disuse of BMI. We outline the use, usefulness, and used-upness of BMI and offer reflections on what it means to be a critical user or outright refuser of this metric.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101924"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144271553","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}

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Measurement in sociocultural research on body image: Issues and solutions 身体形象社会文化研究中的测量：问题与解决方法

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101922

Hannah K. Jarman , Siân McLean , Rachel F. Rodgers , Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz

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Body functionality through an indigenous lens: Learning from indigenous knowledge systems to facilitate appreciation 土著视角下的身体功能：学习土著知识系统以促进欣赏

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101923

Nera Martin, Janet Latner

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Reveal or conceal your body? Differential manifestations of self-objectification are related to different patterns for women 暴露还是隐藏你的身体？自我物化的不同表现与女性的不同模式有关

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101920

Carmen Cervone , Michela Vezzoli , Daniela Ruzzante , Silvia Galdi , Magdalena Formanowicz , Francesca Guizzo , Caterina Suitner

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Visible difference: A multi-method study investigating content of and responses to influencers with visible differences 可见差异：一项多方法研究，调查具有可见差异的影响者的内容和反应

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101921

Laure Dedecker , Lara Schreurs , Laura Vandenbosch , Eline Pellemans , Loeka Van Hul , Chelly Maes

{"title":"Visible difference: A multi-method study investigating content of and responses to influencers with visible differences","authors":"Laure Dedecker , Lara Schreurs , Laura Vandenbosch , Eline Pellemans , Loeka Van Hul , Chelly Maes","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101921","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101921","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, a new group of body positivity influencers has emerged on Instagram, namely influencers with a visible difference (i.e., a scar, mark, or condition on your face or body that makes you look different). These influencers may be particularly influential on the body image of young people who themselves have a visible difference due to their perceived closeness. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to explore the content characteristics of these influencers and how young individuals with a visible difference get exposed to and respond to such content. The present study provides a multi-method study combining a quantitative content analysis (Study 1) with in-depth interviews (Study 2). In Study 1, a sample of 629 posts from the Instagram accounts of influencers with visible differences was analysed to examine body positive and harmful appearance-related cues, and themes, as well as their relationship to the number of likes received. In Study 2, we conducted 10 in-depth interviews with young adults with a variety of visible differences. By integrating the findings from both studies, this research highlights the potential of influencers with a visible difference for positive body image reinforcement among young individuals with a visible difference, and the broader audience. However, the results also reveal potential boundaries and harmful appearance-related cues that could hinder their positive impact on individuals’ body image.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101921"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144239430","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}

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Co-designing a new body image and wellbeing intervention for Australians with inflammatory bowel disease 为患有炎症性肠病的澳大利亚人共同设计一种新的身体形象和健康干预

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101916

Mia L. Pellizzer , Réme Mountifield , Ruth Prosser , Ivanka Prichard

{"title":"Co-designing a new body image and wellbeing intervention for Australians with inflammatory bowel disease","authors":"Mia L. Pellizzer , Réme Mountifield , Ruth Prosser , Ivanka Prichard","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101916","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101916","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often present with high body dissatisfaction, poorer quality of life and comorbid psychiatric conditions including eating disorders, anxiety, and depression. The aim of this study was to co-design a new intervention to support people with IBD and body image concerns. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first intervention of its kind. A group of 8 women and 2 men (mean age 35) with IBD and body image dissatisfaction participated in three co-design workshops. Measures of body image dissatisfaction, disordered eating, anxiety, depression, and quality of life were administered at baseline and after each workshop and analysed using linear mixed modelling. A new intervention was successfully co-designed, combining existing evidence-based knowledge and strategies from body image, disordered eating, and mental health work more broadly, in conjunction with lived experience insights and modifications. For individual co-design participants, large, statistically and clinically significant reductions were observed in body image dissatisfaction and eating disorder psychopathology. Anxiety and depression reduced with medium to large effects but did not reach significance. Co-design workshops were highly acceptable to participants. Further work will pilot the resulting intervention, which is hoped to be beneficial in reducing body image dissatisfaction (primary outcome), and the common comorbidities of disordered eating, anxiety and depression (secondary outcomes).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101916"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212299","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}

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Outcomes of a cluster randomised control trial of Be Real’s BodyKind; A universal body image programme for adolescents in Ireland Be Real 's BodyKind聚类随机对照试验结果分析爱尔兰青少年普遍身体形象方案

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101905

Ciara Mahon , Denise Hamburger , Zali Yager , Jennifer B. Webb , Georgia Brown , Amanda Fitzgerald

{"title":"Outcomes of a cluster randomised control trial of Be Real’s BodyKind; A universal body image programme for adolescents in Ireland","authors":"Ciara Mahon , Denise Hamburger , Zali Yager , Jennifer B. Webb , Georgia Brown , Amanda Fitzgerald","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101905","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101905","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Body image has a key impact on adolescent mental health. Yet there are few evidence-based interventions for older adolescents (aged 14 + years). This study evaluated the effectiveness of Be Real’s BodyKind, a strengths-focused, gender-inclusive programme, culturally adapted for older adolescents in Ireland, which combines empirically-supported principles of cognitive dissonance, self-compassion, compassion for others, and social activism to support positive body image. Twenty-three second-level schools in Ireland participated in a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. Overall, 1099 students (612 girls, 460 boys, 27 gender minority students) in Transition (4th) Year aged 15–16 years (<em>M</em>=15.4, <em>SD</em>=.5) were randomly assigned to receive the 4-session intervention delivered by teachers (<em>n</em> = 630) or waitlist control (<em>n</em> = 469). Outcomes were assessed at baseline, post-intervention and 2-month follow-up. Significant improvements in the main outcome of body appreciation (<em>p</em> = .03, <em>d</em>=.17) were observed at post-intervention. Girls demonstrated higher levels of body appreciation at post-intervention, and self-compassion at follow-up, but not boys. No significant changes in body satisfaction, psychological wellbeing, body ideal internalisation, compassion for others or social activism were observed. Findings indicate that girls may experience brief gains in body appreciation, but refining the programme and optimising implementation may be warranted to enhance programme impact, particularly in boys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"54 ","pages":"Article 101905"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144185019","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}

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Is #bodypositivity influential for sexual minority men? An ecological momentary assessment study on the effects of viewing body positivity content on social media #身体阳性对性少数男性有影响吗？社交媒体上观看身体积极内容影响的生态瞬间评价研究

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Body Image Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101915

K.E. Park , E.A. Harris , W. Grey , S. Griffiths

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