The impact of body talk on body dissatisfaction, fat phobia, and negative affect.

Stutts, Lauren A.; Myers, Taryn A.

doi:10.1037/sah0000503

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“…However, as presented in this study and multiple other sources of literature, these attitudes and beliefs are still present and have a multitude of consequences (Lee & Pausé, 2016;Stoll, 2019;Stutts & Myers, 2023). As such, there needs to be more actions taken by the government and healthcare systems to reinforce the separation of 'fat' and 'health', moving away from systems built around a body privilege standpoint.…”

Section: Addressing Body Privilege In the Healthcare Systemmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…The nature and consequences of fatphobia are commonly discussed, using an intersectional lens in fat studies and critical health literature (Ambwani et al, 2008;Van Amsterdam, 2013). A gendered lens has pointed to differences in experiences of fatphobia between cismen, ciswomen and gender-diverse people (Stutts & Myers, 2023;Wedow et al, 2018). Ciswomen are found to face more pressure than cismen to conform to achieving a thin body standard through beauty standards placing the thin body as the ideal healthy body (Grogan, 2006;Perez-Lopez et al, 2001;Wedow et al, 2018).…”

Section: Intersectionality and Fatnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Self-Identified Fat Peoples Experiences of COVID-19 Vaccination Centre's in Aotearoa NZ

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<p><strong>This study investigates self-identified fat people’s experiences of COVID-19 vaccination centres in Aotearoa NZ. This includes attention to multiple facets of the experience of COVID-19 vaccination centres including the physical environment, interaction with service providers, and knowledge of and access to a long needle in accordance with Ministry of Health vaccination guidelines. The thesis employs a critical realist/contextualist approach, underpinned by the theory of body privilege. Qualitative content analysis is used to analyse open-ended survey responses collected as part of a broader international study. Three main themes are identified from the data set. The first theme, ‘“Crammed in Like Sardines”: Navigating COVID-19 vaccination centre environments’ found mixed experiences and a number of challenges in fat people’s access to and movement through vaccination centres. The second theme, “Thank fuck for fat activists”: The need for COVID-19 vaccination advocacy’ captured the importance that fat people’s advocacy played, both at the individual and community level in ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccinations and in raising awareness about long needle guidelines. The third theme, ‘“I worry about the effectiveness of my vaccine now”: Trust and authority in the vaccination encounter’ identifies the power imbalance within vaccination centres that placed authority with the vaccinator and undermined fat people’s self-advocacy and self-determination for long needle use. I demonstrate the corrosive impact this had on fat people’s confidence that they were protected from COVID-19 and subsequently their trust in the governments COVID-19 responsiveness for fat people. Findings highlight the healthcare inequities experienced by fat people when accessing COVID-19 vaccination that can also be seen reflected in everyday healthcare systems and settings. Vaccination centers were found to privilege thinness at both a structural and interactional level which excluded fat people and disregarded the needs of the fat community as well as other marginalized communities. These inequities ultimately served to undermine public health policies that were meant to protect and provide equitable care to the entire population. The neglect of fat people’s needs led to the requirement of advocacy by fat people to seek accessible and equitable healthcare. Whilst effective in helping promote protection for fat people, public health programmes that rely on community and self-advocacy to ensure responsiveness to marginalized communities is neither a fair solution nor is it sustainable in the long term. Research findings point to important lessons to be learned to ensure the inclusion of and responsiveness to fat people in future pandemic responses and in healthcare systems more generally.</strong></p>

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Section: Addressing Body Privilege In the Healthcare Systemmentioning

confidence: 79%

Section: Intersectionality and Fatnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Identified Fat Peoples Experiences of COVID-19 Vaccination Centre's in Aotearoa NZ

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The Impact of Compassion Writing Interventions on Body Dissatisfaction, Self-Compassion, and Fat Phobia

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2024

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Objectives Body dissatisfaction is a prevalent concern among women in the United States. Self-compassion writing interventions have been found to reduce body dissatisfaction. However, limited research has examined how writing interventions on compassion for one’s body compares to writing interventions on compassion for others’ bodies, and no previous studies examined the effects of those interventions on fat phobia. This study’s main aim was to examine the impact of compassion writing interventions on body dissatisfaction, self-compassion, and fat phobia in women. Methods Participants included 198 women (age M = 38.97, SD = 11.72; range 18–65) from the general U.S. population who were randomized to one of three groups: self-compassion (wrote about being compassionate toward one’s body concerns), other-compassion (wrote about being compassionate toward another woman’s body concerns), and control (wrote about their tasks/activities in the previous two days). Participants completed questionnaires on their state body dissatisfaction, state self-compassion, and fat phobia pre- and post-intervention. Results State body dissatisfaction significantly decreased, and state self-compassion significantly increased in the self-compassion group. State self-compassion significantly increased in the other-compassion group. Although we found a significant time effect across groups for fat phobia, fat phobia scores only decreased in the self-compassion and other-compassion groups. Conclusions The self-compassion writing intervention had the most impact on body-related variables and may be valuable for women between 18 and 65 years old. Preregistration This study was not preregistered.

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The impact of body talk on body dissatisfaction, fat phobia, and negative affect.

Cited by 2 publications

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Self-Identified Fat Peoples Experiences of COVID-19 Vaccination Centre's in Aotearoa NZ

Self-Identified Fat Peoples Experiences of COVID-19 Vaccination Centre's in Aotearoa NZ

The Impact of Compassion Writing Interventions on Body Dissatisfaction, Self-Compassion, and Fat Phobia

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