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Overview

Amy Slater is affiliated with the University of the West of England in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields and subfields of social sciences and psychology, with a strong focus on areas such as clinical psychology, sociology and political science, literature and literary theory, education, and gender studies.

The primary topics covered in their work include eating disorders and behaviors, the impact of technology on adolescents, media influence and health, child development and digital technology, obesity and health practices, body image and dysmorphia studies, and physical activity and diet related to obesity.

They have contributed substantially to academic literature with notable recent papers including:

  • A Biopsychosocial Model of Social Media Use and Body Image Concerns, Disordered Eating, and Muscle-Building Behaviors among Adolescent Girls and Boys, 2020, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • The case for body positivity on social media: Perspectives on current advances and future directions, 2020, Journal of Health Psychology
  • Social media, body satisfaction and well-being among adolescents: A mediation model of appearance-ideal internalization and comparison, 2020, Body Image
  • Body dissatisfaction predicts the onset of depression among adolescent females and males: a prospective study, 2020, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • Motivations for Social Media Use: Associations with Social Media Engagement and Body Satisfaction and Well-Being among Adolescents, 2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Frequent publication venues for Amy Slater include:

  • Body Image
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Health Psychology
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

In collaboration, they commonly work with a group of co-authors including Hannah K. Jarman, Siân A. McLean, Susan J. Paxton, Rachel F. Rodgers, and Chloe S. Gordon, with multiple joint publications reflecting an ongoing research partnership.

Best Publications

  • NetGirls: The Internet, Facebook, and body image concern in adolescent girls

    Marika Tiggemann;Amy Elise Slater

  • Gender differences in adolescent sport participation, teasing, self-objectification and body image concerns

    Amy Slater;Marika Tiggemann

  • Thin ideals in music television: a source of social comparison and body dissatisfaction.

    Marika Tiggemann;Amy Slater

  • The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women

    Rachel Cohen;Toby Newton-John;Amy Slater

  • A Test of Objectification Theory in Former Dancers and Non-Dancers

    Marika Tiggemann;Amy Slater

  • #BoPo on Instagram: An experimental investigation of the effects of viewing body positive content on young women’s mood and body image:

    Rachel Cohen;Jasmine Fardouly;Toby Newton-John;Amy Slater

  • A test of Objectification Theory in adolescent girls

    Amy Slater;Marika Tiggemann

  • "Uncool to do sport": a focus group study of adolescent girls' reasons for withdrawing from physical activity.

    Amy Slater;Marika Tiggemann

  • Interventions that involve parents to improve children's weight-related nutrition intake and activity patterns - what nutrition and activity targets and behaviour change techniques are associated with intervention effectiveness?

    Rebecca Golley;Gillian Hendrie;Amy Slater;Nadia Corsini

  • #bodypositivity: A content analysis of body positive accounts on Instagram

    Rachel Cohen;Lauren Irwin;Toby Newton-John;Amy Slater

  • NetTweens The Internet and Body Image Concerns in Preteenage Girls

    Marika Tiggemann;Amy Elise Slater

  • Selfie-objectification

    Rachel Cohen;Toby Newton-John;Amy Slater

  • #fitspo or #loveyourself? The impact of fitspiration and self-compassion Instagram images on women's body image, self-compassion, and mood.

    Amy Slater;Neesha Varsani;Phillippa C. Diedrichs

  • "I would rather be size 10 than have straight A's": a focus group study of adolescent girls' wish to be thinner.

    Marika Tiggemann;Maria Gardiner;A. M. Y. Slater

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Plus Bright Light Therapy for Adolescent Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder

    Michael Gradisar;Hayley Dohnt;Gregory Gardner;Sarah Paine

  • Body image and disordered eating in adolescent girls and boys: A test of objectification theory

    Amy Elise Slater;Marika Tiggemann

  • A Biopsychosocial Model of Social Media Use and Body Image Concerns, Disordered Eating, and Muscle-Building Behaviors among Adolescent Girls and Boys.

    Rachel F. Rodgers;Amy Slater;Chloe S. Gordon;Siân A. McLean

  • The case for body positivity on social media: Perspectives on current advances and future directions

    Rachel Cohen;Toby Newton-John;Amy Slater

  • Social media, body satisfaction and well-being among adolescents: A mediation model of appearance-ideal internalization and comparison.

    Hannah K. Jarman;Mathew D. Marques;Siân A. McLean;Amy Slater

  • Disclaimer labels on fashion magazine advertisements: effects on social comparison and body dissatisfaction.

    Marika Tiggemann;Amy Slater;Belinda Bury;Kimberley Hawkins

  • Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction

    Amy Slater;Marika Tiggemann;Bonny Firth;Kimberley Hawkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Marika Tiggemann
Marika Tiggemann Flinders University
Rachel F. Rodgers
Rachel F. Rodgers Northeastern University
Carlene Wilson
Carlene Wilson Flinders University
Susan J. Paxton
Susan J. Paxton La Trobe University
Siân A. McLean
Siân A. McLean La Trobe University
Emma Halliwell
Emma Halliwell University of the West of England
Michael Gradisar
Michael Gradisar Flinders University
Tracy L. Tylka
Tracy L. Tylka The Ohio State University
Phillippa C. Diedrichs
Phillippa C. Diedrichs University of the West of England
Jasmine Fardouly
Jasmine Fardouly University of Sydney

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