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Body Mass Index and Body Satisfaction: Does Availability of Well-Fitting Clothes Matter? (2021)
Journal Article
Grogan, S., Gill, S., Brownbridge, K., McChesney, G., Wren, P., Cole, J., …Armitage, C. J. (2021). Body Mass Index and Body Satisfaction: Does Availability of Well-Fitting Clothes Matter?. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 251 - 263. https://doi.org/10.1177/0887302X20915528

<jats:p> Relatively little is known about the factors that mediate the relationship between high body mass index (BMI) and reduced body satisfaction. This is the first study to investigate whether availability of well-fitting clothes mediates this re... Read More about Body Mass Index and Body Satisfaction: Does Availability of Well-Fitting Clothes Matter?.

Men's reflections on their body image at different life stages: A thematic analysis of interview accounts from middle-aged men. (2021)
Journal Article
Malik, M., Grogan, S., Cole, J., & Gough, B. (2021). Men's reflections on their body image at different life stages: A thematic analysis of interview accounts from middle-aged men. Journal of Health Psychology, 1222 - 1232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105319871640

This study investigates how men's body image develops over time. A total of 14 men aged between 45 and 67?years completed in-depth interviews where they discussed their body image since childhood, prompted in some cases by photographs of themselves a... Read More about Men's reflections on their body image at different life stages: A thematic analysis of interview accounts from middle-aged men..

“The most lonely condition I can imagine”: Psychosocial impacts of endometriosis on women’s identity (2021)
Journal Article
Cole, J., Grogan, S., & Turley, E. (2021). “The most lonely condition I can imagine”: Psychosocial impacts of endometriosis on women’s identity. Feminism and Psychology, 171 - 191. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353520930602

<jats:p> Endometriosis is a condition which affects around 1–2% of women worldwide and has profound effects on their everyday lives. Previous research has tended to focus on physical symptoms (such as chronic pain); how women manage changes to their... Read More about “The most lonely condition I can imagine”: Psychosocial impacts of endometriosis on women’s identity.