The Effects of a Cognitive Defusion Intervention on Body Image, Body-Focused Anxiety, and Negative Affect After Viewing Ultra-Thin Media Ideals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee Mikorski
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Cognitive Defusion

The Impact of Weight Labels on Body Image, Internalized Weight Stigma, Affect, Perceived Health, and Intended Weight Loss Behaviors in Normal-Weight and Overweight College Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 484-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamal H. Essayli ◽  
Jessica M. Murakami ◽  
Rebecca E. Wilson ◽  
Janet D. Latner
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Weight Stigma ◽  
The Body ◽  
Actual Weight ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: To explore the psychological impact of weight labels. Design: A double-blind experiment that randomly informed participants that they were “normal weight” or “overweight.” Setting: Public university in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Participants: Normal-weight and overweight female undergraduates (N = 113). Measures: The Body Image States Scale, Stunkard Rating Scale, Weight Bias Internalization Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, General Health question from the 12-item Short Form Health Survey, modified version of the Weight Loss Methods Scale, and a manipulation check. Analysis: A 2 × 2 between-subjects analysis of variance explored the main effects of the assigned weight label and actual weight and interactions between assigned weight label and actual weight. Results: Significant main effects of the assigned weight label emerged on measures of body dissatisfaction, F(1, 109) = 12.40, p = .001, [Formula: see text] = 0.10, internalized weight stigma, F(1, 108) = 4.35, p = .039, [Formula: see text] = .04, and negative affect, F(1, 108) = 9.22, p = .003, [Formula: see text] = .08. Significant assigned weight label × actual weight interactions were found on measures of perceived body image, F(1, 109) = 6.29, p = .014, [Formula: see text] = .06, and perceived health, F(1, 109) = 4.18, p = .043, [Formula: see text] = .04. Conclusion: A weight label of “overweight” may have negative psychological consequences, particularly for overweight women.

Relationship between multifaceted body image and negative affect among women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer: a longitudinal study

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 681-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shichen Li ◽  
Lingyan Li ◽  
Hong Zheng ◽  
Yuping Wang ◽  
Xiongzhao Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Negative Affect

scholarly journals Body image in adult women: Associations with health behaviors, quality of life, and functional impairment

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1536-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn B Becker ◽  
Christina L Verzijl ◽  
Lisa S Kilpela ◽  
Salome A Wilfred ◽  
Tiffany Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Functional Impairment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Negative Body Image ◽  
Similar Body

This study examined body image in adult women along with probable correlates including health behaviors, negative affect, quality of life, and functional impairment. Adult women ( N = 738, age = 25–86 years) completed an online survey assessing these domains. Women across all ages reported similar body image concerns. Negative body image significantly correlated with poorer wellness behaviors, negative affect, quality of life, and functional impairment. The inverse held for positive body image. The majority of correlations remained even when controlling for negative affect. Further research is warranted to investigate nature of the correlational relationships identified in this study.

scholarly journals Game on! A randomised controlled trial evaluation of playable technology in improving body satisfaction and negative affect among adolescents

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482199380
Author(s):  
Emily L Matheson ◽  
Harriet G Smith ◽  
Helena Lewis-Smith ◽  
Robert E Arbon ◽  
Phillippa C Diedrichs
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Randomised Controlled

Playables are mini-games used in digital advertising and may offer a novel and engaging avenue to improve young people’s well-being at scale. This randomised controlled trial evaluated the immediate impact and protective properties of a psychoeducational playable on adolescents’ body satisfaction and negative affect, and engagement in prosocial behaviours, relative to two active control conditions. Girls and boys aged 13–14 years ( N = 6575) were randomised into one of three conditions: body image playable, body image social networking posts (i.e. static images of the body image playable messages; control 1) or an ocean conservation playable (control 2). Both body image micro-interventions significantly improved state body satisfaction and negative affect, relative to the oceanic playable. No condition buffered against the negative effects associated with viewing idealised media images. Developing playables to counteract the potentially harmful effects associated with surrounding digital environments is a promising avenue for mental health.

Mood, Emotions, and Eating Disorders

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Vögele ◽  
Annika P.C. Lutz ◽  
E. Leigh Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
The Body ◽  
Regulatory Strategies ◽  
Affective Functioning ◽  
Food Body

Mood and emotions are intrinsically involved with eating. This chapter discusses basic mechanisms, findings, and models that help our understanding of the interactions between eating and emotions, in both clinical and nonclinical populations. The finding that negative affect predicts EDs transdiagnostically, and that comorbidity with depressive disorders and anxiety disorders is the norm among patients with EDs suggests that EDs may not necessarily be restricted to domains of eating behavior and body image but may also be associated with significant difficulties in affective functioning. This chapter reviews the evidence relating to the notion that EDs are disturbances of mood regulation, in which regulatory strategies specifically related to eating and the body are used to diminish negative affect associated with food, body image, or stress.

Effects of the exposure to self- and other-referential bodies on state body image and negative affect in resistance-trained men

Body Image ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 57-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Cordes ◽  
Silja Vocks ◽  
Rainer Düsing ◽  
Manuel Waldorf
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
State Body

scholarly journals Effects of full-body mirror exposure on eating pathology, body image and emotional states: Comparison between positive and negative verbalization

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257303
Author(s):  
Julia A. Tanck ◽  
Andrea S. Hartmann ◽  
Jennifer Svaldi ◽  
Silja Vocks
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Eating Pathology ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Mirror Exposure ◽  
Full Body

Mirror exposure (ME) is an effective technique to improve body image. However, evidence on the underlying mechanisms and the optimal verbalization instruction during ME is lacking. Therefore, this experimental study analyzed mechanisms of ME and therapeutic outcomes by comparing positive (PV) and negative (NV) full-body verbalization. N = 73 healthy females were randomized to a PV or an NV condition. PV participants verbalized positively while NV participants verbalized negatively about their whole body. Each participant underwent three standardized ME sessions. Before and after each ME session, positive affect, negative affect and body satisfaction were assessed. Before the first and after the third ME, participants completed questionnaires on cognitive-affective and behavioral aspects of body image, eating pathology and self-esteem. Regarding within-ME changes, the results indicate that positive affect and body satisfaction decreased while negative affect increased in the NV group but not in the PV group. In contrast, regarding between-ME changes, decreased negative affect as well as positive affect and increased body satisfaction were observed in both groups. However, eating pathology remained stable, whereas body-checking behavior increased and the PV condition was followed by higher levels of self-esteem compared to the NV condition. These findings suggest that both PV and NV improve negative affect and body satisfaction between-ME, and thus seem to be effective ME instructions. Given that NV led to increased negative affect within-ME and did not influence self-esteem, PV might represent the favorable instruction during ME for body-satisfied women.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Contextual Body Image Questionnaire for Athletes: A Replication and Extension Study in Female Collegiate Athletes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Stewart ◽  
Lisa Kilpela ◽  
Nicole Wesley ◽  
Kate Baule ◽  
Ronald Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Thin Ideal ◽  
Thin Ideal Internalization ◽  
Female Collegiate Athletes

Abstract Background: Although the link between body dissatisfaction and eating disorder (ED) pathology is well-stablished in general female samples, less is known about correlates of contextual body image (CBI) among female athletes. CBI refers to female athletes experiencing body image concerns in two distinct contexts: sport and daily life (de Bruin et al., 2011). The Contextual Body Image Questionnaire for Athletes (CBIQA) measures four factors of body image (Appearance, Thin-Fat Self-Evaluation, Thin-Fat Others’ Evaluation, and Muscularity) in both contexts. This study sought to A) investigate the psychometric properties of the CBIQA, B) examine the prospective relation of CBI with ED pathology and negative affect among female collegiate athletes, and C) the degree to which CBI prospectively predicts ED pathology and negative affect in female collegiate athletes. Method: Using self-report data collected from a multi-site parent trial, we first examined the psychometric properties of the CBIQA by conducting a confirmatory factor analysis. We assessed construct validity via cross-sectional bivariate correlation analyses with thin-ideal internalization, negative affect, and ED pathology. Lastly, using data collected at Time 1 and 6 months later (Time 2), we investigated the degree to which CBI prospectively predicted ED pathology and negative affect.Results: Results from the CFA largely confirmed de Bruin et al.’s (2011) original factor analysis. Two CBIQA factors (Thin-Fat Self and Appearance) in both contexts correlated with ED pathology and negative affect. Thin-Fat Others also correlated with ED pathology in both domains and negative affect in the sport domain. The Muscularity domain was predominantly orthogonal with other measures. CBIQA factors were uncorrelated with thin-ideal internalization. Finally, when controlling for BMI and Time 1 scores, daily life and sport appearance concerns predicted ED pathology, whereas perceived evaluation of thin-fat by others in the sport context predicted negative affect 6 months later. Conclusions: Results support the psychometric validity of the CBIQA and suggest that this measure appears to capture variance discrete from thin-ideal internalization. The Muscularity factor largely was not related to other outcomes. Further, specific elements of perceived self- and other-evaluation in both contexts is relevant to risk for ED pathology and negative affect. Future research could examine the impact of dual body image between seasons and after transitioning out of sport.Clinical trials registration: NCT01735994

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