Body Checking and Body Image Avoidance as Partial Mediators of the Relationship between Internalized Weight Bias and Body Dissatisfaction
The association between weight bias internalization and body dissatisfaction has proven difficult to disrupt. In total, 279 female undergraduates were administered a battery of survey measures to examine whether body checking and body image avoidance mediate the relationship between weight bias internalization and body dissatisfaction. Findings suggest that body checking and body image avoidance may both partially account for the association between weight bias internalization and body dissatisfaction.
Full citation: Bennett, B. L., Wagner, A. F., & Latner, J. D. (2022). Body Checking and Body Image Avoidance as Partial Mediators of the Relationship between Internalized Weight Bias and Body Dissatisfaction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 9785. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169785