ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Self-Compassion May Have Benefits for Body Image among Women with a Higher Body Mass Index and Internalized Weight Bias.
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- Interventions That Use Highly Visual Social Media Platforms to Tackle Unhealthy Body Image in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials and Quasi-Experimental Studies.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of weight stigma and disordered eating cognitions and behaviors.Body image · 2024Pooled it
- Promoting resilience in women's weight stigma management (PRISM): A model for enhancing body image resilience.Journal of health psychology · 2026Review
- The mediating effect of self-compassion and cognitive emotion regulation on the relationship between tolerance and social appearance anxiety in adolescents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Emotion in Motion: Weight Bias Internalization, Exercise Avoidance, and Fitness-Related Self-Conscious Emotions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Patient perspectives of weight stigma across the cancer continuum: A scoping review.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Negative attitudes towards one's own body are common among women and are linked to adverse consequences including negative affect, low self-esteem, and eating pathology. Self-compassion has been found effective in improving body image; however, few published studies have examined self-compassion in populations with higher BMIs despite the positive correlation between weight and body dissatisfaction. The current study examined the efficacy of a self-compassion letter-writing exercise versus two active control groups in response to a negative body image induction. The sample of college-aged females (
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