Exploring self-compassion as a refuge against recalling the body-related shaming of caregiver eating messages on dimensions of objectified body consciousness in college women

Daye, Chesnee A.; Webb, Jennifer B.; Jafari, Nadia

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.08.001

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“…The female dominance of these communities demonstrates how women feel significantly more pressure to achieve a particular body size and are reported to have higher levels of body dissatisfaction than men (Lokken, Ferraro, Kirchner, & Bowling, 2003). Women are known to both engage in and experience extreme body shaming based on messages from their parents, the media and their peers (Daye, Webb, & Jafari, 2014;McKinley & Hyde, 1996;McKinley, 1999). However, men are also socialized to achieve an "ideal" male body in more subtle ways (Hendry & Giles, 1978;Parks & Read, 1997).…”

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Thinspiration vs. thicksperation: Comparing pro-anorexic and fat acceptance image posts on a photo-sharing site

Marcus¹

2016

Cyberpsychology

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Thinspiration vs. thicksperation: Comparing pro-anorexic and fat acceptance image posts on a photo-sharing site

Marcus¹

2016

Cyberpsychology

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“…Self-compassion reduces guilt after overeating among chronic dieters (Adams & Leary, 2007) and buffers young women against body shaming from family (Daye, Webb, & Jafari, 2014), benefits that may explain why self-compassion is already a mainstay of the size-acceptance community (e.g., Baker, 2015). Thus, self-compassion may be a potential antidote to the negative selfevaluations that higher body-weight individuals often experience as a result of weight stigma (i.e., Crocker, Cornwell, & Major, 1993;Puhl, Moss-Racusin, & Schwartz, 2007).…”

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Weight Loss Is Not the Answer: A Well‐being Solution to the “Obesity Problem”

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Brochu

2015

Social & Personality Psych

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Americans have been gaining weight in recent decades, prompting widespread concern about the health implications of this change. Governments, health practitioners, and the general public all want to know: What is the best way to reduce the health risks associated with higher body weight? The dominant weightloss solution to this "obesity problem" encourages individuals to lose weight through behavior change. This solution rests on the assumptions that higher body weight causes health problems, that permanent weight loss is attainable, and that weight loss improves health. But comprehensive reviews of the scientific evidence find mixed, weak, and sometimes contradictory evidence for these premises. We suggest that a different solution to the "obesity problem" is needed -a solution that acknowledges both the multifaceted nature of health and the complex interaction between person and situation that characterizes the connection between weight and health. Thus, we use the lens of social psychological science to propose an alternative, well-being solution to the "obesity problem". This solution has the potential to improve health by encouraging eating and exercising for optimal health rather than weight loss, by developing interventions to reduce weight stigma and discrimination, and by helping higher body-weight people cope with the stress of stigma and discrimination.

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“…Cognitive dissonance strategies could also be 541 designed to have participants advocate for higher weight individuals and verbally criticize anti-542 fat bias in order to reinforce new positive attitudes and behaviors around weight and shape. 543 U l t i m a t e l y , a p r e d o m i n a n t u n d e r l y i n g t h e m e o f a s u ccessful weight-neutral program 544 should be that optimal self-care evolves out of self-compassion and self-acceptance (Breines & 545 Chen, 2012;Daye, Webb, & Jafari, 2014;Magnus, Kowalski, & Mchugh, 2010; Schoenefeld & 546 Webb, 2013). Interventions to increase self-compassion can reduce body shame (Albertson, 547 Neff, & Dill-Shackleford, 2014), which is a potential barrier to more fully actualizing adaptive 548 treatment effects, and is likely to coincide with high internalized weight stigma.…”

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Internalized weight stigma moderates eating behavior outcomes in women with high BMI participating in a healthy living program

2016

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This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT INTERNALIZED WEIGHT STIGMA MODERATES EATING BEHAVIOR 2 ! Abstract 36Weight stigma is a significant socio-structural barrier to reducing health disparities and 37 improving quality of life for higher weight individuals. The aim of this study was to examine the 38 impact of internalized weight stigma on eating behaviors after participating in a randomized 39 controlled trial comparing the health benefits of a weight-neutral program to a conventional 40 weight-management program for 80 community women with high body mass index (BMI > 30, 41 age range: 30-45). Programs involved 6 months of facilitator-guided weekly group meetings 42 using structured manuals. Assessments occurred at baseline, post-intervention (6 months), and 43 24-months post-randomization. Eating behavior outcome measurements included the Eating 44Disorder Examination-Questionnaire and the Intuitive Eating Scale. Intention-to-treat linear 45 mixed models were used to test for higher-order interactions between internalized weight stigma, 46 group, and time. Findings revealed significant 3-way and 2-way interactions between 47 internalized weight stigma, group, and time for disordered and adaptive eating behaviors, 48 respectively. Only weight-neutral program participants with low internalized weight stigma 49 improved global disordered eating scores. Participants from both programs with low internalized 50 weight stigma improved adaptive eating at 6 months, but only weight-neutral program 51 participants maintained changes at follow-up. Participants with high internalized weight stigma 52 demonstrated no changes in disordered and adaptive eating, regardless of program. In order to 53 enhance the overall benefit from weight-neutral approaches, these findings underscore the need 54 to incorporate more innovative and direct methods to reduce internalized weight stigma for 55 women with high BMI. 56Key Words: internalized weight stigma, disordered eating, intuitive eating, obesity, 57 health at every size, conventional weight-management 58 obesity is a pervasive stigmatization of people with a higher weight statusÑa stigmatization that 63 is on the rise among adults and children (Andreyeva, Puhl, & Brownell, 2008; Harriger, 64 Calogero, Witherington, & Smith, 2010;Latner & Stunkard, 2003). Indeed, weight 65 discrimination has been well-documented in educational, workplace, and healthcare settings 66 (e.g., Giel, Thiel, Teufel, Mayer, & Zipfel, 2010;Neumark-Sztainer, Story, & Harr...

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Exploring self-compassion as a refuge against recalling the body-related shaming of caregiver eating messages on dimensions of objectified body consciousness in college women

Cited by 73 publications

References 59 publications

Thinspiration vs. thicksperation: Comparing pro-anorexic and fat acceptance image posts on a photo-sharing site

Thinspiration vs. thicksperation: Comparing pro-anorexic and fat acceptance image posts on a photo-sharing site

Weight Loss Is Not the Answer: A Well‐being Solution to the “Obesity Problem”

Internalized weight stigma moderates eating behavior outcomes in women with high BMI participating in a healthy living program

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