What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Internal medicine
- Developmental psychology
His primary areas of study are Developmental psychology, Eating disorders, Human physical appearance, Disturbance and Body dissatisfaction.
His Developmental psychology study focuses on Psychometrics in particular.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Intervention, Social influence, Obesity and Self-esteem.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Body mass index, Scale, Social perception, The Thin Ideal and Peer group in addition to Human physical appearance.
His Body dissatisfaction research focuses on Meta-analysis and how it relates to Moderation, Eating pathology and Sociocultural evolution.
When carried out as part of a general Social psychology research project, his work on Body satisfaction is frequently linked to work in Exercise addiction, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.
His most cited work include:
- Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, And Treatment Of Body Image Disturbance (1730 citations)
- Thin-Ideal Internalization: Mounting Evidence for a New Risk Factor for Body-Image Disturbance and Eating Pathology: (906 citations)
- The sociocultural attitudes towards appearance scale-3 (SATAQ-3): development and validation. (860 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
J. Kevin Thompson mostly deals with Developmental psychology, Eating disorders, Clinical psychology, Human physical appearance and Social psychology.
His studies deal with areas such as Disordered eating and Body dissatisfaction as well as Developmental psychology.
As a member of one scientific family, J. Kevin Thompson mostly works in the field of Eating disorders, focusing on Personality and, on occasion, Social relation.
His studies in Clinical psychology integrate themes in fields like Sociocultural evolution, Psychiatry, Obesity and Ethnic group.
J. Kevin Thompson interconnects Test validity, Scale, Social comparison theory and Social perception in the investigation of issues within Human physical appearance.
The various areas that J. Kevin Thompson examines in his Social psychology study include Cognitive psychology, Attractiveness and Content analysis.
He most often published in these fields:
- Developmental psychology (45.45%)
- Eating disorders (25.11%)
- Clinical psychology (24.68%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?
- Clinical psychology (24.68%)
- Disordered eating (12.99%)
- Developmental psychology (45.45%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
J. Kevin Thompson spends much of his time researching Clinical psychology, Disordered eating, Developmental psychology, Eating disorders and Human physical appearance.
His work deals with themes such as Psychological intervention, Scale, Young adult, Intervention and Convergent validity, which intersect with Clinical psychology.
His work carried out in the field of Disordered eating brings together such families of science as Perception, Generalizability theory, Moderation, Ethnic group and Exploratory factor analysis.
His research in the fields of Construct validity overlaps with other disciplines such as Convenience sample.
His research investigates the connection with Eating disorders and areas like Dieting which intersect with concerns in Content analysis.
His research in Human physical appearance intersects with topics in Masculinity, Content and Social comparison theory.
Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4). (191 citations)
- A content analytic comparison of fitspiration and thinspiration websites (99 citations)
- Strong is the new skinny: A content analysis of fitspiration websites. (74 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Internal medicine
- Cognition
His primary scientific interests are in Developmental psychology, Disordered eating, Clinical psychology, Eating disorders and Young adult.
His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Sociocultural evolution, Ethnic group and Body dissatisfaction.
His study in Clinical psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Intervention, Psychoeducation, Convergent validity and Scale.
As part of one scientific family, J. Kevin Thompson deals mainly with the area of Scale, narrowing it down to issues related to the Self-esteem, and often Human physical appearance.
While the research belongs to areas of Eating disorders, J. Kevin Thompson spends his time largely on the problem of Dieting, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Risk factor.
His Young adult research includes themes of Sexual objectification, Moderation, Body image disturbance, Attractiveness and Sex factors.
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