ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2015
Trait body shame predicts health outcomes in college women: A longitudinal investigation.
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- Body Shame Predicts Healthcare Discomfort and Avoidance in College Women Through the Mechanism of Low Body Responsiveness.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Be kind, don't rewind: trait rumination may hinder the effects of self-compassion on health behavioral intentions after a body image threat.Cognitive processing · 2025Article
- Protocol of a cluster randomised trial of BodyKind: a school-based body image programme for adolescents.BMC public health · 2023Article
- A pilot cross-sectional investigation of chronic shame as a mediator of the relationship between subjective social status and self-rated health among middle-aged adults.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- The association between negative body talk and body shame on disordered eating symptoms among college students.Eating behaviors · 2022Article
- Mumbod? A comparison of body image and dietary restraint among women with younger, older, and no children.Journal of health psychology · 2022Article
- Experiential avoidance versus decentering abilities: the role of different emotional processes on disordered eating.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2017Article
- Seeking a perfect body look: feeding the pathogenic impact of shame?Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2016Article
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Abstract
Trait body shame impacts psychological health, but its influence on physical health heretofore has not been examined. While body shame may be expected to impact physical health through many mechanisms, this investigation tested whether trait body shame predicts physical health outcomes by promoting negative attitudes toward bodily processes, thereby diminishing health evaluation and ultimately impacting physical health. Correlational (Study 1, N = 177) and longitudinal (Study 2, N = 141) studies tested hypotheses that trait body shame would predict infections, self-rated health, and symptoms, and that body responsiveness and health evaluation would mediate these relationships. In Study 1, trait body shame predicted all three poor health outcomes, and body responsiveness and health evaluation mediated these relationships. Study 2 partially replicated these results while controlling for depression, smoking, and BMI, and longitudinal analyses supported the temporal precedence of trait body shame in the proposed model. Limitations and alternative pathways are discussed.
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