Body Image

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Exposure to simulated nature promotes positive body image irrespective of the presentation modality: A comparison of images, 2-dimensional film, and 360° immersive film	150
Visualizing Emotional Arousal within the Context of Body Size Evaluation: A Pilot Study of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials in Women with Anorexia Nervosa and Healthy Controls.	127
A short-form drama series created for the digital media environment: A randomised controlled trial exploring effects on girls’ body satisfaction, acceptance of appearance diversity, and appearance-rel	87
Longitudinal associations between appearance evaluation during video chat and body image concerns: A test of the “Perfect Storm” framework	83
Weight gain attempts and substance use behaviors among adults across five countries	77
Bi-directional associations between depressive symptoms and eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence	77
Food insecurity is associated with muscle dysmorphia symptomatology among a sample of Canadian adolescents and young adults	76
Exploring the associations between muscularity teasing and eating and body image disturbances in Chinese men and women	71
Predictors of functionality appreciation: Prospective findings	69
Comparing the associations between body appearance and fitness self-conscious emotions across physical activity modalities: A multi-part study	68
Digital body image interventions for adult women: A meta-analytic review	65
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans	65
Gender compatibility and drive for muscularity among adolescent boys: Examining the indirect effect of emotion regulation difficulties	64
Muscularity bias internalization moderates the associations of muscularity dissatisfaction with muscularity-oriented disordered eating and psychosocial well-being in men but not women	62
Instagram Sexualization: When posts make you feel dissatisfied and wanting to change your body	60
The associations between photo-editing and body concerns among females: A systematic review	59
Does medium matter? Investigating the impact of viewing ideal image or short-form video content on young women’s body image, mood, and self-objectification	57
Exploring the reciprocal associations between body appreciation, body image flexibility, and body acceptance by others in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: Results from cross-lagged pan	57
Body talk on social networking sites and restrained eating among adolescents: A test of a multiple mediation model	55
Psychometric properties of a Dutch translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) among adults in the Netherlands	52
Is body dissatisfaction related to an attentional bias towards low weight bodies in non-clinical samples of women? A systematic review and meta-analysis	52
Fat embodiment for resistance and healing from weight stigma	52
Beauty and the big business: A qualitative investigation of the development and implementation of the CVS Beauty Mark	51
TikTok on the clock but the #fitspo don’t stop: The impact of TikTok fitspiration videos on women’s body image concerns	50
Additive and interactive associations among body appreciation, self-compassion, and gender in understanding college students’ health behaviors	50

#Take idealized bodies out of the picture: A scoping review of social media content aiming to protect and promote positive body image	48
The effects of self-disclaimer Instagram captions on young women's mood and body image: The moderating effect of participants’ own photo manipulation practices	48
The body positive… or the body neutral? A content analysis of body positivity and body neutrality hashtagged videos on TikTok	47
First do no harm: Measuring weight bias beliefs in preschool-age children	46
Appearance Matters 10	45
Prospective examination of psychological risk and maintenance factors for body image distress after mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction	44
Functionality appreciation in young children	42
“We are no drawings, no clay dolls”: A qualitative exploration of adolescents’ attitudes towards cosmetic procedures	42
Translation and psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 (BAOS-2)	42
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Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I	41
Dissonance-based prevention of eating pathology in non-Western cultures: A randomized controlled trial of the Body Project among young Saudi adult women	41
Fear of negative appearance evaluation and cosmetic surgery consideration among adolescents: A test of a moderated mediation model	41
Satisfaction with partner’s appearance, body criticism, and relationship quality in heterosexual couples: A dyadic study	40
Translation and validation of a (Colombian) Spanish version of the breast appreciation scale (BrAS)	40
Associations between body image, social physique anxiety, and dating anxiety in heterosexual emerging adults	38
Look me in the eyes! A pre-registered eye-tracking study investigating visual attention and affective reactions to faces with a visible difference	37
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A comparison of functionality, rumination, and distraction tasks on women’s state body image and mood after idealised media exposure	36
Fashion versus fitspo: The effect of viewing images of contemporary Barbie® dolls in passive versus active poses on college women’s body image and affect	35
A cognitive dissonance body image intervention ‘Free Being Me’ delivered by guide leaders to adolescent girl guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial	34
Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory-Revised in Chinese adults	34
Promoting body positivity through stories: How protagonist body size and esteem influence readers’ self-concepts	33
Body Image and sex among postpartum women	33
Investigating the role of perceived ingroup and outgroup colourism on body image and wellbeing among Black, Asian, and other racialised/ethnic minority groups living in the UK	33
The effect of viewing #whatieatinaday TikTok videos with and without calories on body-related shame, guilt, envy, and intentions to diet in young women	32
Body appreciation at work: Examining indirect effects in the relationship between job demands, job resources, and workplace well-being	32
The impact of different responses to negative body talk on body satisfaction, shame, and future negative body talk likelihood: A UK sample	32
“My critical filter buffers your app filter”: Social media literacy as a protective factor for body image	31
Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis	31
The U.S. Body Project I: Inspirations and Lessons Learned	30
Factor structure and psychometric properties of a Korean translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2	30
A negative body image contextualization of the self-compassion scale	30
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Gender differences in the relation between interpersonal stress and momentary shape and weight concerns in youth with overweight/obesity	30
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The importance of hair satisfaction in appearance evaluation among black adolescent girls	30
Spanish validation of two social media appearance-related constructs associated with disordered eating in adolescents: The Appearance-related Social Media Consciousness scale (ASMC) and the Critical T	29
The weight of words: Discursive constructions of health in weight-neutral peer-reviewed journal articles	29
Attentional engagement with and disengagement from appearance ideals: Differential associations with body dissatisfaction frequency and duration?	29
Muscularity teasing and its relations with muscularity bias internalization, muscularity-oriented body dissatisfaction, and muscularity-oriented disordered eating in Chinese adult men	29
Follow, filter, filler? Social media usage and cosmetic procedure intention, acceptance, and normalization among young adults	28
Weight self-stigma, but not body dissatisfaction, predicts binge eating across one academic year	28
Measurement invariance of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale (BCBS) across Black, Hispanic, and White women in the United States	28
The body mass index: What’s the use?	28
Congenital melanocytic naevus (CMN) through the lens: Using photo-elicitation interviews to explore adjustment in adolescents with a rare birthmark condition	27
Hourglass Body Shape Ideal Scale and disordered eating	26
Effects of online self-compassionate writing on stigmatizing and affirming self-perceptions: Potential boundary conditions in undergraduate women	26
“It helps me to be more aware and connected to my body when I spent so many years trying to disconnect”: A qualitative pilot study on the impact of time spent in nature on eating disorder recovery	26
An experimental investigation of whether body-positive messaging on fitspiration and diverse images can improve state body image in women	26

Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	26
Experiences of embodiment during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A qualitative study	26
Clinical characteristics among sexual minority and heterosexual women with body dysmorphic disorder	25
The body positivity movement is not all that positive on TikTok: A content analysis of body positive TikTok videos	25
Perceived legitimacy of weight-based discrimination: Consequences for group identity, collective action, body satisfaction, and self-esteem	25
Personal ideal, cultural ideal and optimal attractiveness: Are these constructs for body size and shape the same or different?	25
Imagery versus captions: The effect of body positive Instagram content on young women’s mood and body image	25
“Look beyond the weight and accept me”: Adolescent perspectives on parental weight communication	24
Love your body! An exploration of new empowerment discourse as related to body capital, and body image and eating concerns among women	24
Words are heavy: Weight-related terminology preferences are associated with larger-bodied people’s health behaviors and beliefs	24
Appearance-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, and suicidality among sexual minority men	24
Are diverse models really non-idealized? Investigating body positivity public feed posts of fashion and beauty brands on instagram	24
Digital modification and body image on social media: Disclaimer labels, captions, hashtags, and comments	23
Body dissatisfaction frequency and duration: Dissociable dimensions of trait body dissatisfaction	23
Body image facets as predictors of muscularity-oriented disordered eating in women: Findings from a prospective study	23
South Asian women in the United Kingdom: The role of skin colour dissatisfaction in acculturation experiences and body dissatisfaction	23
Self-concept clarity and appearance-based social comparison to idealized bodies	22
Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the functionality appreciation scale (FAS) in Colombia and Spain	22
“Trapped in an echo chamber of whiteness”: Exploring real-world barriers in understanding and challenging white supremacy in body image research in the global north	22
Intuitive eating in light of other eating styles and motives: Experiences with construct validity and the Hungarian adaptation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2	22
Tackling bisexual erasure: An explorative comparison of bisexual, gay and straight cisgender men’s body image	21
Targets of comparison and body image in women’s everyday lives: The role of perceived attainability	21
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among transgender women	21
Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale	20
Testing for longitudinal bidirectional associations between self-compassion, self-criticism, and positive body image components	20
“Make sure that everybody feels there is a space for them”: Understanding and promoting appearance inclusivity at university.	20
Supporting individuals with a visible difference: A UK survey of needs and preferences	20
A qualitative analysis of the usefulness, risks, and challenges of incorporating functionality and body compassion into the prevention and treatment of eating disorders	20
Body functionality through an indigenous lens: Learning from indigenous knowledge systems to facilitate appreciation	20
Adverse childhood experiences and body dysmorphic symptoms: A meta-analysis	20
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The need to belong: Subjective experiences of living with craniofacial conditions and undergoing appearance-altering surgery	20
How prepartum appearance-related attitudes influence body image and weight-control behaviors of pregnant Japanese women across pregnancy: Latent growth curve modeling analyses	19
Body image and Black African women: A comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria	19
Testing body-related components of objectification theory: A meta-analysis of the relations between body shame, self-objectification, and body dissatisfaction	19
Practice or performance? A content analysis of yoga-related videos on Instagram	19
Digital social evaluation: Relationships between receiving likes, comments, and follows on social media and adolescents’ body image concerns	19
Emotion profiles among adolescent female athletes: Associations with flourishing	19
Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire-Body Image in a clinical eating disorder sample	19
Women’s refusal to be weighed during healthcare visits: Links to body image	19
How can we help you? A global investigation into girls’ body image experiences in sport and intervention preferences	19
Weight-related teasing is associated with body concerns, disordered eating, and health diagnoses in racially and ethnically diverse young men	18
Validation of the Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale with Chinese adolescents and young adults	18
A guide to exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and bifactor-ESEM in body image research	18
The role of social context in own body size estimations: An investigation of the body schema	18
Demedicalizing baldness: An experimental, mixed methods study	18
Self-objectification in Chinese pregnant women: The mixed role of functionality appreciation	18
Early appearance concerns after burns: Investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self-compassion	18
Do media portrayals and social consensus information impact anti-fat attitudes and support for anti-weight discrimination laws and policies?	18
“Pretty hurts”: Acceptance of hegemonic feminine beauty ideals and reduced sexual well-being among Black women	17
Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)	17
#quarantine15: A content analysis of Instagram posts during COVID-19	17
The association between problematic pornography use and eating disorder symptoms among heterosexual and sexual minority men	17
Disclosing the obvious: Psychosocial implications of (not) explaining facial differences	17
A prospective examination of relationships between social media use and body dissatisfaction in a representative sample of adults	17
Developing a model linking self-reported nature exposure and positive body image: A study protocol for the body image in nature survey (BINS)	17
Body appreciation mediates the association between satisfaction with autistic identity and flourishing in autistic adults	17
Body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer: Appreciating the body and its functionality	17
“Eat clean, train mean, get lean”: Body image and health behaviours of women who engage with fitspiration and clean eating imagery on Instagram	17
Testing the tripartite influence model on body image among pregnant women	16
Development and validation of a measure of curvy ideals internalization	16
The impact of body image on social cognition: Fear of negative evaluation mediates the relationship between body surveillance and interpersonal distance in women	16
Understanding what drives adolescent social media behaviours: Informing approaches for interventions	16
Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference	16
Body Positivity, but not for everyone: The role of model size in exposure effects on women’s mood, body satisfaction, and food choice	16
Unraveling the meaning of weight misperception in a sample of college students: Unaware or body satisfied?	16
“We should educate the public that cosmetic procedures are as safe as normal medicine”: Understanding corporate social responsibility from the perspective of the cosmetic procedures industry	16
#WhatIEatInADay: The effects of viewing food diary TikTok videos on young adults’ body image and intent to diet	16
Gendered racial microaggressions, self-silencing, and disordered eating in Black women	16
“Intermission!” A short-term social media fast reduces self-objectification among pre-teen and teen dancers	16
Body image as a multidimensional concept: A systematic review of body image facets in eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia	16
Do appearance comparisons mediate the effects of thinspiration and fitspiration on body dissatisfaction, happiness, and disordered eating urges in women’s daily lives?	16
Body image in women diagnosed with breast cancer: A grounded theory study	16
The impact of yoga on body image in adults: A systematic review of quantitative studies	16
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A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents	15
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Psychometric validation of the Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) among U.S. transgender men	15
A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors	15
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The effect of physical appearance perfectionism and social comparison to thin-, slim-thick-, and fit-ideal Instagram imagery on young women’s body image	15
Does seeking the brawns impact the brain?: An investigation of muscularity-oriented disordered behaviors and cognitive function	14
Feminist embodiment, body talk, and body image among mothers and daughters	14
Evaluation of an 8-week telehealth cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) program for adults with muscle dysmorphia: A pilot and feasibility study	14
Psychometric properties and validation of the Phenomenological Body Shame Scale – Revised (PBSS-R)	14
Self-compassion, body satisfaction, and disordered eating symptoms in male collegiate athletes: A longitudinal analysis	14
Fat talk is predicted by body dissatisfaction and social comparison with no interaction effect: Evidence from two replication studies	14
Does every body matter? The relationship between engagement with body-positive and appearance-ideal content on instagram and aspects of positive and negative body image	14
#Skin-Lightening: A content analysis of the most popular videos promoting skin-lightening products on TikTok	14
Broad conceptualizations of beauty: Scale validation and longitudinal associations with appearance comparison, body appreciation, and body image concerns in women from Germany	13
Isolating the effects of body size and sexualisation in social media images on body image-related constructs among young women	13
“Mind your figure! Watch, but don’t eat”: A content analysis of eating and appearance-related messages in eating videos on social media	13
The Sociostructural-Intersectional Body Image (SIBI) framework: Understanding the impact of white supremacy in body image research and practice	13
Sexual satisfaction mediates daily associations between body satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in new parent couples	13
The Seymour Fisher Annual Award	13
Sexual objectification versus empowerment: Examining the effects of sexualized women’s facial expression on viewers’ evaluations of social cognition and self-objectification	13
Muscularity stigma: An overlooked but important form of appearance stigma	13
A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial	13
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Validation of the Muscularity Bias Internalization Scale in Chinese women	13
Weight as a social identity: Theoretical and empirical advances	13
Moving beyond the individual: The impact and importance of sociocultural influences on visible difference	13
Love me Tinder: The effects of women’s lifetime dating app use on daily body dissatisfaction, disordered eating urges, and negative mood	13
“I felt so powerful to have this love in me”: A grounded theory analysis of the experiences of people living with and recovering from eating disorders while in diverse romantic relationships	13
Translation and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) in college students	12
Integrating the tripartite influence, minority stress, and social comparison theories to explain body image and disordered eating in Chinese sexual minority men and women	12
Comparing measurement of internalized weight stigma and body dissatisfaction	12
Psychometric properties of the Mandarin Chinese version of the thin ideal internalization assessment among young Chinese women	12
Translation and validation of the Brazilian version of the Physical Appearance Comparison Scale-Revised in college women	12
Modeling the associations between internal body orientation, body appreciation, and intuitive eating among early-adult and middle-adult men and women: A multigroup structural invariance analysis	12
Exploring the tripartite influence model of body image and disordered eating among adolescent girls living in Australia, China, India, and Iran	12
The distinct affect regulation functions of body image flexibility and inflexibility: A prospective study in adolescents and emerging adults	12
Do you see what I see? The influence of self-objectification on appearance anxiety, intrinsic motivation, interoceptive awareness, and physical performance	11
The relationship between racial/ethnic identification and body ideal internalization, hair satisfaction, and skin tone satisfaction in black and black/white biracial women	11
Making it relevant: A codesign and cultural acceptability study of Be Real’s BodyKind Ireland body image programme for older adolescents	11
“Us big boys gotta find a way that works”: A qualitative study of casual sexual experiences among larger-bodied, White and Latino sexual minority men	11
Examining the utility of nonlinear machine learning approaches versus linear regression for predicting body image outcomes: The U.S. Body Project I	11
Psychometric properties of a Greek translation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in adults from Cyprus	11
Longitudinal relationships between anti-fat attitudes and muscle dysmorphia symptoms	11
#DisabledBodyPositivity: A content analysis of body positive Instagram posts in the disabled community	11
Psychosocial correlates of body esteem and disordered eating among sexual minority adolescent girls	11
The roles of weight stigma, emotion dysregulation, and eating pathology in suicide risk	11
The processing of the self as an aesthetic object: Development of a new measure for understanding body dysmorphic disorder	11
Psychometric properties of a Greek translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in adults from the Republic of Cyprus	11
Measuring self-objectification in cisgender heterosexual women and men: A psychometric validation of the self-objectification beliefs and behaviors scale	11
Are you looking at me? A longitudinal vignette study of adolescent appearance rejection sensitivity and coping with peer evaluation	10
The Body Esteem Scale for Adults and Adolescents: Translation, adaptation and psychometric validation among Brazilian adolescents	10
Experimental research on non-idealized models: A systematic literature review	10
A longitudinal study on the relationships between social media ideals exposure and thin-ideal internalization, social appearance anxiety, and cosmetic surgery consideration	10
Fat is feminine: A qualitative study of how weight stigma is constructed among sexual minority men who use Grindr	10
Eating and body image characteristics of those who aspire to the slim-thick, thin, or fit ideal and their impact on state body image	10
Validation of the muscularity bias internalization scale in Chinese transgender and gender-diverse adults	10
Exploring the links between celebrity worship, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating among young adult celebrity worshippers in China	10
“Eat more protein, build more muscle”: A grounded theory study of muscle-building behaviors among Canadian adolescents and young adults	10
A longitudinal study investigating positive body image, eating disorder symptoms, and other related factors among a community sample of men in the UK	10
No likes, no problem? Users’ reactions to the removal of Instagram number of likes on other people’s posts and links to body image	10
Understanding body image perceptions of former female athletes: A qualitative analysis	10
A brief mindfulness meditation can ameliorate the effects of exposure to idealised social media images on self-esteem, mood, and body appreciation in young women: An online randomised controlled exper	10
The effects of exposure to social media images of thin and average size women on body satisfaction among young women: Emotion regulation and self-efficacy as modulating factors	10
How do looking patterns, anti-fat bias, and causal weight attributions relate to adults’ judgements of child weight?	10
“They are men, they will be looking even if you put on pants or a sweatshirt”: Girl athletes' and coaches' experiences of body image in Mexico City sport settings	10
Skin tone ideologies, body shame, and sexual risk in Latinx young adults: The role of self-esteem	10
The ‘not-so-healthy’ appearance pursuit? Disentangling unique associations of female drive for toned muscularity with disordered eating and compulsive exercise	10
An ACT self-help intervention for adults with a visible difference in appearance: A pilot feasibility and acceptability randomized controlled study	10
A content analysis of #PostpartumBody videos on TikTok	9
An exploration of having social media influencers deliver a first-line digital intervention to improve body image among adolescent girls: A qualitative study	9
Self-objectification and sexual satisfaction: A preregistered test of the replicability and robustness of Calogero & Thompson (2009) in a sample of U.S. women	9
Social media and body image: Modulating effects of social identities and user characteristics	9
Yoga and nonsuicidal self-injury: Mediational effects of self-compassion and body appreciation	9
"You Can't Be Too Skinny. You Can't Be Too Fat. I Don't Know What You Are Supposed To Be.": A qualitative focus group study exploring body image experiences of South Asian women in the UK	9
Self-concept clarity and appearance comparisons in everyday life	9
Obstacles to forming a positive body image and strategies for overcoming them: A qualitative study of nonbinary individuals’ experiences	9
State affect and body image effects of body positive social media content within a female chronic illness sample	9
Body image and interest in GLP-1 weight loss medications	9
A structural invariance analysis of the acceptance model of intuitive eating across black, hispanic, and white young-adult women	9
The impact of completing body image assessments on adolescents’ body image and engagement in body change strategies: Harmful or harmless?	9
Women’s response to, awareness of, and interest in body functionality content on Instagram	9
To detox or not to detox? The impact of different approaches to social media detox strategies on body image and wellbeing	9
Developing a definition of body neutrality and strategies for an intervention	9
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	9
“Refusing appearance anxiety”: A content analysis of body positive posts on Chinese social media	9
Fat, sexy, and human? Perceptions of plus-size sexualized women and dehumanization	9
Appearance Matters 10 preliminary programme	9
Positive self-beliefs mediate the association between body appreciation and positive mental health	9
Validation of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 (BAOS-2) and assessment of its associations with prospective changes in body image among young adults in China	8
Body image and acceptance of cosmetic surgery in China and the Netherlands: A qualitative study on cultural differences and similarities	8
The Body and Appearance Self-Conscious Emotions Scale (BASES): A comprehensive examination of its factorial validity, with recommendations for researchers	8
Demographic and sociocultural predictors of face image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I	8
Explaining the prospective paths from body appreciation to intuitive eating facets: Does body image flexibility serve as a mediator?	8
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women’s body image: A qualitative study	8
Corrigendum to ““OMG you look amazing”: A systematic examination of the text-based interactions surrounding UK adolescent girls’ self-images on Instagram” [Body Image 52 (2024) 101839]	8
Going beyond appearance: Embodiment throughout adolescence and its associations with identity functioning and eating behaviors	8
Childhood emotional maltreatment and emerging adults’ body dissatisfaction: Self-compassion and body surveillance as explanatory mechanisms	8
Psychometric properties of an Italian translation of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS)	8
Piloting single session interventions in a sample of weight concerned youth: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial	8