Body ImagePub Date : 2025-02-18DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101856
Kaitlyn Burnell , Jennifer M. Traver , Anne J. Maheux
{"title":"Longitudinal associations between appearance evaluation during video chat and body image concerns: A test of the “Perfect Storm” framework","authors":"Kaitlyn Burnell , Jennifer M. Traver , Anne J. Maheux","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101856","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101856","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Body image development is a critical task of adolescence, necessitating the study of experiences that shape how adolescents perceive their appearance. Video chatting is one such experience, as default self-view settings render an environment in which one’s physical appearance is highly salient. Although numerous studies have examined how digital technology use relates to body image, few have examined video chatting, especially longitudinally. Research is also needed examining how self-oriented digital experiences may indirectly relate to mental health via body image concerns. This three-wave longitudinal study examined bidirectional associations between self-reported appearance evaluation during video chat, body image concerns (appearance esteem and self-objectification), and depressive symptoms among a socio- and ethnically-diverse sample of early-to-middle adolescents (<em>N</em> = 1157, <em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 13.14, 53 % girls, 47% boys). Bidirectional associations emerged for both boys and girls, in which appearance evaluation during video chat was linked with lower appearance esteem and greater self-objectification. Both appearance esteem and self-objectification mediated the longitudinal association between appearance evaluation during video chat and depressive symptoms. Findings suggest that appearance evaluation during video chat may have important long-term associations with body image and mental health, which future research should explore further, particularly with objective assessments of self-focused attention during video chat.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101856"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143438105","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}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-02-13DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101857
Siyu Wang , Wesley R. Barnhart , Yijing Li , Christina M. Gaggiano , Zexuan Jiang , Shijia Wu , Jason M. Nagata , Feng Ji , Jinbo He
{"title":"Validation of the muscularity bias internalization scale in Chinese transgender and gender-diverse adults","authors":"Siyu Wang , Wesley R. Barnhart , Yijing Li , Christina M. Gaggiano , Zexuan Jiang , Shijia Wu , Jason M. Nagata , Feng Ji , Jinbo He","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101857","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101857","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Muscularity bias internalization (MBI) refers to one’s beliefs in negative muscularity-based stereotypes and negative self-evaluations due to muscularity. Empirical research shows that MBI significantly correlates with muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances. The Muscularity Bias Internalization Scale (MBIS) measures MBI and has been validated in general adult populations. Given that evidence supports a higher risk of eating and body image disturbances in Transgender and Gender-Diverse (TGD) people compared to their cisgender counterparts, validating the MBIS in TGD people is essential to further clarifying disparities in eating and body image disturbances in this population. With a sample of 410 Chinese TGD adults, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a two-factor structure. Comparisons of the second-order and bifactor models favored the second-order model. The MBIS showed good internal consistency and sound construct validity. Strong measurement invariance was confirmed across transgender men, transgender women, and gender-diverse groups, suggesting that these groups interpreted the MBIS similarly and that conclusions of differences in MBI across TGD adults can be considered true group differences. Specifically, transgender men reported the highest MBIS scores, followed by gender-diverse individuals, and then transgender women. These findings suggested that the MBIS appears to be a psychometrically sound instrument of MBI in Chinese TGD adults.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101857"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143402671","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}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-02-10DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101855
Jamie Chan , Megan Hurst , Matthew J. Easterbrook , Eleanor Miles
{"title":"“Presentable for the outside world”: Social class, cultural capital and body image amongst White working-class women in the United Kingdom","authors":"Jamie Chan , Megan Hurst , Matthew J. Easterbrook , Eleanor Miles","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101855","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101855","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Women’s body image is influenced by sociocultural factors. Given that social class shapes people’s sociocultural environments and socialisation experiences, little is known about how social class influences women’s body image. Moreover, given that existing body image literature tends to recruit early adult middle-class populations, working-class women’s body image experiences remain underrepresented in appearance research. The current study aims to broaden the understanding of women’s body image by examining how working-class women in early adulthood make sense of their bodies and appearance using an interpretative phenomenological approach. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 cisgender, heterosexual, White working-class women (21–35 years old) in the United Kingdom. Our findings highlight how theWhite working-class women in our sample were passively situated in positions where they lacked choice and control over the events that take place in their lives (Superordinate Theme 1). Within these contexts, they made sense of the importance of adhering to group norms to avoid social penalties (via appearance; Superordinate Theme 2), and viewed appearance as a form of capital that garners intrinsic gains and extrinsic benefits (Superordinate Theme 3). Our findings reflect the uniqueness of our sample of younger working-class women’s body image experiences and highlight the importance of emic research in giving voice to underrepresented populations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101855"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143376535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101854
Viren Swami , Martin Voracek , Adrian Furnham , George Horne , Phaedra Longhurst , Ulrich S. Tran
{"title":"Is nature exposure in autistic adults associated with more positive body image?","authors":"Viren Swami , Martin Voracek , Adrian Furnham , George Horne , Phaedra Longhurst , Ulrich S. Tran","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101854","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101854","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A growing body of evidence suggests that exposure to natural environments is associated with more positive body image, but such work has invariably centred the experiences of neurotypical adults and bodies. To rectify this oversight, we examined whether direct and indirect (i.e., mediational) pathways between nature exposure and an index of positive body image (i.e., body appreciation) are significant in autistic adults. A total of 303 autistic adults (age <em>M</em> = 36.69, range 18–75 years) from the United Kingdom completed an online survey that included measures of nature exposure, body appreciation, self-compassion, and nature connectedness, as well as sociodemographic variables. Structural equation modeling was used to test a hypothesised parallel mediation model in which self-compassion and connectedness to nature, respectively, mediated the association between nature exposure and body appreciation. Results showed that connectedness to nature, but not self-compassion, mediated the relationship between nature exposure and body appreciation. This finding was robust to sensitivity analyses and consistent across participants who identified as women and men. These results suggest that nature exposure is associated with more positive body image in autistic adults, which practitioners may find useful in designing population-specific nature-based interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101854"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143081620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101853
Rebecca Riechers, Petra Warschburger
{"title":"Psychometric properties of a German translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) among adults in Germany","authors":"Rebecca Riechers, Petra Warschburger","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101853","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101853","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS; Alleva et al., 2017) is a widely used instrument to measure appreciation for what the body is able to do. However, it has yet to be translated and validated for use in German-speaking populations. The aim of the present work therefore was to validate a German translation of the FAS following the EFA-to-CFA approach. Results of this validation in a representative sample with <em>N</em> = 2570 participants (1300 women, 1270 men) and a community sample with <em>N</em> = 466 participants (371 women, 95 men) indicate good psychometric properties and support the factorial validity, measurement invariance across women and men, construct validity (through associations with body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, mindfulness, intuitive eating, restrained eating, drive for thinness, and risk for disordered eating), incremental validity, internal consistency and preliminarily support the 2–4 week test-retest reliability of the German FAS. A qualitative analysis of participant feedback on understanding and subjective response difficulty provided additional support for the validity of the German translation of the FAS. Overall, the FAS is a suitable instrument for measuring functionality appreciation in adults from Germany.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101853"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143075949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-01-27DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101852
Meghan M. Gillen , Diane L. Rosenbaum , Charlotte H. Markey
{"title":"Body Image and sex among postpartum women","authors":"Meghan M. Gillen , Diane L. Rosenbaum , Charlotte H. Markey","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101852","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101852","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Body image and sexuality both pertain to the body. Positive experiences in one domain are generally associated with positive experiences in the other. Yet, less is known about body image among postpartum women specifically. Women’s bodies may change in socially undesirable ways after having a baby, which may relate to decreased comfort in partnered sexual activities. To that end, the current study aimed to examine links between body image and sexuality among postpartum women. Participants (<em>N</em> = 597) were women who had birthed a baby within the past year and lived in the United States. Most women resumed sex by 3 months after birth. Further, most women’s first postpartum sexual experience was “not at all” to “somewhat” enjoyable, and nearly 2/3 of first postpartum sexual experiences were partner-initiated. Women who initiate partnered sexual activity, however, have less body image self-consciousness. Women who have higher body appreciation reported greater enjoyment of their first postpartum sexual experience; less body image self-consciousness was also related to earlier timing of first penetration. Findings suggest that women’s body image is related to the timing of sexual activity after birth and how much women enjoy this activity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101852"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143048350","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}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101851
Nadia Craddock , Kirsty M. Garbett , Harriet G. Smith , Jason Anquandah , Paul White , Heidi Williamson
{"title":"“My body is amazing from the bottom to the top” - An RCT study testing two positive body image media micro-interventions for young children aged 4–6 years","authors":"Nadia Craddock , Kirsty M. Garbett , Harriet G. Smith , Jason Anquandah , Paul White , Heidi Williamson","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101851","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101851","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents a fully powered RCT testing the effectiveness and acceptability of two positive body image online media-based micro-interventions designed for young children. A total of 439 children aged 4–6 years were randomised into one of four conditions: i) episode intervention, ii) episode control, iii) music video intervention, or iv) music video control. Children and their accompanying parent attended two data collection sessions, approximately a week apart. During session one, each child and accompanying parent watched their assigned media together on a tablet device. Children completed measures of body appreciation, functionality appreciation, and weight bias with a trained moderator in a play-based interview pre-intervention (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2) and approximately one-week later (T3) during session two. Accompanying parents completed brief acceptability questionnaires at both sessions. Results indicated that the music video intervention had a small protective effect over the matched control on body appreciation. No effects were found for the episode intervention. Children and their parent/guardian indicated that both interventions were equally acceptable to each other and when compared with their respective, matched active controls. Results showed some promise for the immediate protective impact of appearance inclusive children’s media that focuses on body appreciation and functionality appreciation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101851"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143042096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101850
Ly T. An , Andrea Waling , Adam Bourne
{"title":"Body image research among sexual minority men in the Mekong region: A scoping review","authors":"Ly T. An , Andrea Waling , Adam Bourne","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101850","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101850","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Body image among sexual minority men (SMM) has received increasing attention. However, the current literature has primarily focused on white SMM and body image and physical appearance concerns among SMM. In response to a call for more nuance in understanding how SMM perceive and make sense of their body image in a broader sociocultural context, we conducted a scoping review to examine the extent and nature of body image research among SMM in the Mekong region. We searched CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus, PsycInfo-1806 (Ovid), ProQuest Central, Social Science Premium Collection, and Web of Science and identified 25 studies that met the inclusion criteria. Overall, the findings suggest that body image research in the Mekong region is limited in the range of topics, study populations, and methods, with quantitative studies on preferences for masculine physical traits among young and well-educated Chinese SMM dominating. Furthermore, the current literature is primarily influenced by Western scholarship, which predominantly uses Western measurement and theories. We encourage scholars from other countries in the region, including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand, to engage sociocultural approaches in research on the body image of SMM.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101850"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972599","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}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101849
Veya Seekis , Kate E. Mulgrew , Ivanka Prichard , Hannah Manning , Isabella Wood , Cloudia Stevenson
{"title":"To detox or not to detox? The impact of different approaches to social media detox strategies on body image and wellbeing","authors":"Veya Seekis , Kate E. Mulgrew , Ivanka Prichard , Hannah Manning , Isabella Wood , Cloudia Stevenson","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101849","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101849","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study compared the efficacy of three 7-day detox strategies on young women's body image and wellbeing. The three strategies were: (a) Insta/TikTok break, (b) daily time-cap (30 minutes max), and (c) Insta/TikTok cleanse (removing appearance-focused content from feeds). A sample of 175 women aged 17–35 (<em>M</em> = 22.71) was randomized into one of the three detox conditions or social media use as usual. Participants completed assessments of self-objectification, appearance satisfaction, body appreciation, media pressure, and wellbeing at baseline, day 3 (check-in) and day 7 (posttest). Significant interactions showed that appearance satisfaction improved for all three detox groups from baseline to posttest, but no changes occurred for the control group. Appearance satisfaction also increased from day 3 to posttest in the Insta/TikTok cleanse group. Wellbeing improved from baseline to posttest for the daily time-cap group. Increases in wellbeing also occurred from day 3 to day 7 for the Insta/TikTok break and daily time-cap groups. No further interactions were found. Findings shed light on the varying effects of three 7-day social media detox strategies for promoting appearance satisfaction and overall wellbeing. Cleansing Instagram and TikTok feeds of appearance-focused content emerged as a particularly promising approach for improving appearance satisfaction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101849"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Body ImagePub Date : 2025-01-04DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101843
Yi-Fei Zhao , Margaret Xi Can Yin , Meng-Yi Huang , Xuan-Yu Chen
{"title":"The effectiveness of randomized controlled psychosocial interventions on body image among nonclinical women: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Yi-Fei Zhao , Margaret Xi Can Yin , Meng-Yi Huang , Xuan-Yu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101843","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101843","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Women are vulnerable to body image disturbances, prompting numerous interventions to improve their body image. However, a systematic review and meta-analysis of such interventions is lacking. This study reviewed interventions designed to enhance body image among nonclinical women and quantified their effectiveness. Seven English databases were searched up to 6 September 2024. Studies included were psychosocial, randomized controlled, high-quality according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale, and evaluating nonclinical women’s body image as outcomes. Effect sizes on body image components were meta-analyzed; subgroup analyses and sensitivity tests were conducted to determine the sources of heterogeneity. Forty-eight high-quality studies with 7,182 participants (3,669 subjects and 3,513 controls) were included. Most interventions targeted body dissatisfaction (<em>n</em> = 36) and thin-ideal internalization (<em>n</em> = 34). Weight and shape concerns (<em>n</em> = 15), body satisfaction (<em>n</em> = 14), and behavioral avoidance (<em>n</em> = 10) were commonly measured. Interventions produced reductions in body dissatisfaction (<em>d</em> = −0.45), thin-ideal internalization (<em>d</em> = −0.59), weight and shape concerns (<em>d</em> = −1.08), and behavioral avoidance (<em>d</em> = −1.14), and improvements in body satisfaction (<em>d</em> = 0.42). The long-term effects were examined. High heterogeneity among studies was attributed to countries, scales, therapies, and delivery modes. Results supported that existing interventions effectively relieved body image disturbances in nonclinical women. Additionally, face-to-face interventions led by facilitators are needed to achieve greater improvements in body image.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":"52 ","pages":"Article 101843"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142933121","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}