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The Body Positive: An Intervention Promoting Teenagers' Body Satisfaction While Reducing Weight Stigma

Lenz, Katrina R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1458747620

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2016, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Heightened national interest in youth obesity has led many schools to implement obesity intervention programs which often emphasize that students maintain a “healthy weight.” This focus on weight-loss has increased the need to simultaneously address body dissatisfaction and the stigmatization of “overweight” individuals. This study evaluated an abbreviated Health at Every Size (HAES) informed intervention, The Body Positive (The BP; Sobczak & Scott, 2013). The BP intervention was taught to first year high school students (N = 56) in two, 68-minute sessions. The students watched a video and participated in various group activities and instructor-led discussions related to intuitive eating and exercise, body acceptance and weight stigma. The researcher hypothesized that pre-, post- and 6-week follow-up assessments would indicate a significant decrease in body dissatisfaction (BD) for female and male participants, a decrease in drive for thinness (DT) among female participants and drive for muscularity among male participants (DM), and a decrease in fat phobia (FP) among female and male participants. An exploratory ANOVA indicated a significant decrease in female participants’ DT scores immediately after and six weeks after the BP intervention. There were no significant changes in BD, DM or FP. Limitations of the study are addressed, and implications for future research are provided.
Christian End, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Jennifer Gibson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Christine Dacey, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
175 p.
Psychology
Body Positive; Health at Every Size; Intervention; High school; body satisfaction; weight stigma

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  • Lenz, K. R. (2016). The Body Positive: An Intervention Promoting Teenagers' Body Satisfaction While Reducing Weight Stigma [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1458747620

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lenz, Katrina. The Body Positive: An Intervention Promoting Teenagers' Body Satisfaction While Reducing Weight Stigma . 2016. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1458747620.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lenz, Katrina. "The Body Positive: An Intervention Promoting Teenagers' Body Satisfaction While Reducing Weight Stigma ." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1458747620

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