Trial reportEating and weight disorders : EWD2020
Effects of acceptance and reappraisal on body dissatisfaction: an experimental comparison of two adaptive emotion regulation strategies.
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- Emotion Regulation as a Predictor of Body Dissatisfaction in Individuals With Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors in Chinese female undergraduate students: the mediating role of emotional regulation strategies.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Implementation of Mindfulness-Based Emotion Regulation Strategies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Affective science · 2025Review
- Enablers of students' health-promoting lifestyle: evidence from PLS-SEM and fsQCA.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Parent and child influence in body image dissatisfaction: The moderating effect of parent acceptance of the COVID-19 pandemic.Body image · 2023Article
- A prospective study on body image disturbances during pregnancy and postpartum: the role of cognitive reappraisal.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Emotional regulation and body dissatisfaction: the mediating role of anger in young adult women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Psychometric properties of a Silhouette Rating Scale assessing current and ideal body size and body dissatisfaction in adults.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Virtual Reality Mood Induction and Body Image Disturbance in Adolescents With Eating Disorders: An Experimental Study.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIn recent years, research has increasingly focused on body dissatisfaction, which is associated with numerous negative psychological and physical health consequences and, more importantly, with the development and maintenance of eating pathology.
objectiveIn the present study, we focused on the effect of two adaptive emotion regulation strategies (acceptance and reappraisal) on body dissatisfaction compared to a control group, and pre- and post-induction of body dissatisfaction.
methodsA total of 105 women [mean age (M) = 22.07; standard deviation (SD) = 6.11] were randomly assigned to one of the two emotion regulation conditions: acceptance (n = 35) and reappraisal (n = 35) or to a control group (n = 35). Participants were instructed accordingly with the condition that was assigned (acceptance or reappraisal). Participants were then induced body dissatisfaction by exposure to images representing the female thin-ideal and were asked to respond to their body-related feelings according to the instructions. Outcomes assessed were body dissatisfaction, and positive and negative affect.
resultsResults indicated a significant increase of body satisfaction in the acceptance and reappraisal conditions from pre- to post-induction of body dissatisfaction, compared to control group which suffered a significant decrease in body satisfaction. Moreover, in the control group, positive affect significantly decreased and negative affect increased from pre- to post-induction, and did not change significantly, neither in the acceptance nor in the reappraisal condition.
conclusionsOur findings highlight the positive effects of acceptance and reappraisal as emotion regulation strategies on body dissatisfaction and on positive and negative affect. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Experimental study, Level 1.
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