Research
Current Projects
Current Projects
The BEC lab examines risk and protective factors for body image disturbance and disordered eating behaviors among undergraduate students and other adult samples. We are currently conducting the following projects:
Fat Talk Responses
Fat Talk Responses
This collaboration will examine how different responses to talk about one's body may influence mood and body image.
Gender Minorities &Â
Gender Minorities &Â
Body Image
Body Image
We are conducting a research study to examine whether feminist beliefs hold a protective role against body image disturbance for trans*, nonbinary, and gender fluid individuals.
Meta-Analysis of Social Comparison and Body DissatisfactionÂ
Meta-Analysis of Social Comparison and Body DissatisfactionÂ
We are coding studies examining the relationships between social comparison, body dissatisfaction, and thin-ideal internalization as an updated to Myers and Crowther's (2009) meta-analysis.