‘’Thank God we are like this here’’: A qualitative investigation of televisual media influence on women’s body image in an ethnically diverse rural Nicaraguan population

Authors: Thornborrow, Tracey ^{a, ⁎}, Boothroyd, Lynda G. ^a, Tovee, Martin J. ^b

Source: In Body Image March 2025 52

Body size aftereffects are adult-like from 7 years onward

Authors: Batish, Anjali ^a, Parchment, Amelia ^{a, b}, Handy, Evan ^a, Tovée, Martin J ^c, Boothroyd, Lynda G ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In Journal of Experimental Child Psychology June 2025 254

Personal ideal, cultural ideal and optimal attractiveness: Are these constructs for body size and shape the same or different?

Authors: Ridley, Bethany J. ^a, Cornelissen, Piers L. ^a, Maalin, Nadia ^b, Mohamed, Sophie ^c, Kramer, Robin S.S. ^d, McCarty, Kristofor ^a, Tovée, Martin J. ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In Body Image December 2024 51

Sample characteristics for quantitative analyses in Body Image: Issues of generalisability

Authors: Pollet, Thomas V., Bovet, Jeanne, Buhaenko, Rosie, Cornelissen, Piers L., Tovée, Martin J.

Source: In Body Image June 2024 49

How do looking patterns, anti-fat bias, and causal weight attributions relate to adults' judgements of child weight?

Authors: Evans, Elizabeth H., Tovée, Martin J., Hancock, Peter J.B., Cornelissen, Piers L.

Source: Body image. 44:9-23

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Mechanisms and outcomes of a very low intensity intervention to improve parental acknowledgement and understanding of childhood overweight/obesity, embedded in the National Child Measurement Programme: A sub‐study within a large cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (MapMe2)

Authors: Evans, Elizabeth H., Jones, Christopher M., Adamson, Ashley, Jones, Angela R., Basterfield, Laura, Greca, João Paulo de Aguiar, Sermin‐Reed, Letitia, Patterson, Maddey, McSweeney, Lorraine, Dhami, Raenhha, Ells, Louisa, Gahagan, Alison, Robinson, Tomos, Shahrokhabadi, Mohadeseh Shojaei, Teare, Dawn, Tovée, Martin J., Araújo Soares, Vera

Source: British Journal of Health Psychology; Feb2025, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p1-25, 25p

Subject Terms: CHILDHOOD obesity, PARENT attitudes, TREATMENT effectiveness, BODY mass index, SOCIAL psychology, PSYCHOLOGICAL factors

Determinants of child body weight categorization in parents and health care professionals: An experimental study.

Authors: Evans, Elizabeth H., Ridley, Bethany J., Cornelissen, Piers L., Kramer, Robin S. S., Araújo‐Soares, Vera, Tovée, Martin J.

Source: British Journal of Health Psychology; Feb2025, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p1-20, 20p

Subject Terms: CHILDHOOD obesity, OBESITY, PARENTS, COGNITIVE bias, PSYCHOLOGICAL factors, MEDICAL personnel

Targeting body image in eating disorders

Authors: Cornelissen, Piers L., Tovée, Martin J.

Source: In Current Opinion in Psychology October 2021 41:71-77

Fat talk is predicted by body dissatisfaction and social comparison with no interaction effect: Evidence from two replication studies

Authors: Pollet, Thomas V., Dawson, Sarah, Tovée, Martin J., Cornelissen, Piers L., Cornelissen, Katri K.

Source: In Body Image September 2021 38:317-324

3D visualisation of psychometric estimates for the ideal male body

Authors: Mohamed, Sophie, Kramer, Robin S.S., Thornborrow, Tracey, Pollet, Thomas V., Tovée, Martin J., Cornelissen, Piers L.

Source: In Body Image September 2021 38:295-305

Can realistic dolls protect body satisfaction in young girls?

Authors: Boothroyd, Lynda G, Tovée, Martin J, Evans, Elizabeth H

Source: In Body Image June 2021 37:172-180

Evidence for a specific distortion in perceptual body image in eating disorders: A replication and extension.

Authors: Brokjøb, Lise Gulli, Cornelissen, Piers L., Gumančík, Jiří, McCarty, Kristofor, Tovée, Martin J., Cornelissen, Katri K.

Source: PLoS ONE; 11/22/2024, Vol. 19 Issue 11, p1-25, 25p

Subject Terms: EATING disorders in women, BODY image, BODY image disturbance, BODY size, ANOREXIA nervosa

The MapMe Body Scales: Validity and Reliability of a Biometrically Accurate, Photorealistic Set of Child Body Size Scales.

Authors: Ridley, Bethany J., Evans, Elizabeth H., Cornelissen, Piers L., Kramer, Robin S. S., Tovée, Martin J.

Source: Children; Oct2024, Vol. 11 Issue 10, p1243, 15p

Subject Terms: PEARSON correlation (Statistics), DIFFUSION of innovations, THREE-dimensional imaging, ADIPOSE tissues, BODY mass index, RESEARCH funding, RESEARCH methodology evaluation, RESEARCH evaluation, BODY weight, VISUAL analog scale, UNDERGRADUATES, PHOTOGRAPHY, BODY image, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, BODY size, RESEARCH methodology, STATISTICAL reliability, STATISTICS, INTRACLASS correlation, ANTHROPOMETRY, CHILDHOOD obesity, CONFIDENCE intervals, EVALUATION, CHILDREN

Geographic Terms: UNITED Kingdom

Using immersive virtual reality to modify body image

Authors: Irvine, Kamila R., Irvine, Andrew R., Maalin, Nadia, McCarty, Kristofor, Cornelissen, Katri K., Tovée, Martin J., Cornelissen, Piers L.

Source: In Body Image June 2020 33:232-243

Are attitudinal and perceptual body image the same or different? Evidence from high-level adaptation

Authors: Cornelissen, Katri K., Widdrington, Helena, McCarty, Kristofor, Pollet, Thomas V., Tovée, Martin J., Cornelissen, Piers L. ^⁎

Source: In Body Image December 2019 31:35-47

The visual cues that drive the self-assessment of body size: Dissociation between fixation patterns and the key areas of the body for accurate judgement

Authors: Irvine, Kamila R., McCarty, Kristofor, Pollet, Thomas V., Cornelissen, Katri K., Tovée, Martin J., Cornelissen, Piers L.

Source: In Body Image June 2019 29:31-46

Television Consumption Drives Perceptions of Female Body Attractiveness in a Population Undergoing Technological Transition

Authors: Boothroyd, Lynda G., Jucker, Jean-Luc, Thornborrow, Tracey, Barton, Robert A., Burt, D. Michael, Evans, Elizabeth H., Jamieson, Mark A., Tovée, Martin J.

Source: Journal of personality and social psychology. 119(4):839-860

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Distorted body image influences body schema in individuals with negative bodily attitudes

Authors: Irvine, Kamila R., McCarty, Kristofor, McKenzie, Kirsten J., Pollet, Thomas V., Cornelissen, Katri K., Tovée, Martin J., Cornelissen, Piers L.

Source: In Neuropsychologia January 2019 122:38-50

Investigating the link between television viewing and men's preferences for female body size and shape in rural Nicaragua

Authors: Thornborrow, Tracey, Jucker, Jean-Luc, Boothroyd, Lynda G., Tovée, Martin J.

Source: In Evolution and Human Behavior September 2018 39(5):538-546

View-dependent accuracy in body mass judgements of female bodies

Authors: Cornelissen, Piers L., Cornelissen, Katri K., Groves, Victoria, McCarty, Kristofor, Tovée, Martin J.

Source: In Body Image March 2018 24:116-123