The emergence of body image flexibility into the positive body image nomenclature has
innovatively expanded the conceptualization of how individuals may adaptively respond to …

Body image flexibility refers to the ability to openly experience thoughts or feelings about the
body without acting on them or trying to change them. Accumulating evidence has …

Limited research has provided a theoretically-driven accounting of the association between
negative and positive body image occurring within persons nor clarified what factors may …

Psychological flexibility, the capacity to be open to any internal stimuli and act in accordance
with valued ends, has been identified as an explanatory variable in how people cope with …

Body image flexibility shows promise for understanding positive body image in young
people. However, its adaptive functions remain unclear due to the lack of youth-oriented …

Body image inflexibility, the unwillingness to experience negative appearance-related
thoughts and emotions, is associated with negative body image and eating disorder …

In this article, we consider how social media variables may be integrated as predictors,
mediators, and moderators within dominant theoretical frameworks of body image in order to …

Comparing one's body against the bodies of others is related to lower positive body image
and higher eating pathology. Underlying mechanisms as well as protective factors of these …

The present study provided an initial evaluation of an affect regulation model describing the
association between body dissatisfaction and two contemporary measures of positive body …

Body functionality has been identified as an important dimension of body image that has the
potential to be useful in the prevention and treatment of negative body image and in the …