All Outputs (12)

Body Mass Index and Body Satisfaction: Does Availability of Well-Fitting Clothes Matter? (2021)
Journal Article

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 relationsh... 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)
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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

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 identity... Read More about “The most lonely condition I can imagine”: Psychosocial impacts of endometriosis on women’s identity.

'I didn't realise I was such a sausage': men's accounts of whole-body scanning, body image, and expected changes in health-related behaviours. (2019)
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OBJECTIVE: Whole-body scanning is now available in stores to assist buyers in choosing well-fitting clothes. This study was designed to investigate men's accounts of scanning, body image and expectations of behaviour change. DESIGN: Ten men aged 18-3... Read More about 'I didn't realise I was such a sausage': men's accounts of whole-body scanning, body image, and expected changes in health-related behaviours..

‘I don’t want my character to be a fairy princess’: Qualitative accounts of women gamers’ avatar choices (2018)
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The ease with which we can now create digital selves means that virtual environments such as video games can be playgrounds for experimenting with alternative identities. Extensive experimental research exists examining what determines our virtual se... Read More about ‘I don’t want my character to be a fairy princess’: Qualitative accounts of women gamers’ avatar choices.

‘Kind of like a Barbie doll, but for grown men!’: Women gamers’ accounts of female bodies in digital games (2018)
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Although various authors have argued women’s bodies in video games are unrealistically thin and large breasted, few studies have asked women who make frequent use of video games to discuss their experiences of viewing these kinds of images. In the pr... Read More about ‘Kind of like a Barbie doll, but for grown men!’: Women gamers’ accounts of female bodies in digital games.

Special Issue Editorial: Gender and gaming (2018)
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'So many women suffer in silence': a thematic analysis of women's written accounts of coping with endometriosis. (2018)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: To understand women's experiences of coping with endometriosis, and impact on their lives. DESIGN: Women accessed an online questionnaire through a U.K.-based endometriosis charity website. METHODS: Thirty-four women, aged 22-56 years, wit... Read More about 'So many women suffer in silence': a thematic analysis of women's written accounts of coping with endometriosis..

Posting Selfies and Body Image in Young Adult Women: The Selfie Paradox (2018)
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This exploratory study was designed to investigate how young women make sense of their decision to post selfies, and perceived links between selfie posting and body image. Eighteen 19-22 year old British women were interviewed about their experiences... Read More about Posting Selfies and Body Image in Young Adult Women: The Selfie Paradox.

Language and labelling used by university students when discussing mental health (2017)
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This study aimed to explore university students' understandings of mental health issues, mental health labels, and their attitudes towards these concepts. Five participants (four women aged 18–20, and one 24-year-old man) discussed in a focus group... Read More about Language and labelling used by university students when discussing mental health.

Short Term Effects of Gossip Behavior on Self-Esteem (2013)
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Gossip is a frequent social activity, yet there is little research on the experience of providing gossip and how it impacts upon well-being of the gossiper. The present research aimed to investigate the effect of gossip behavior on the self-esteem of... Read More about Short Term Effects of Gossip Behavior on Self-Esteem.

Justice for whom, exactly? Beliefs in justice for the self and various others. (2008)
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The present studies examine why people think the world is more just to themselves than to others generally. Beliefs in justice for the self were uniquely associated with psychological adjustment, consistent with the theoretical motive to believe in j... Read More about Justice for whom, exactly? Beliefs in justice for the self and various others..