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J. Kevin Thompson is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work primarily focuses on clinical psychology, with significant involvement in topics related to eating disorders and behaviors, body image and dysmorphia studies, and obesity and health practices.

Their research interests also extend to consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification, consumer perception and purchasing behavior, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, as well as pancreatic and hepatic oncology research.

Thompson has published numerous papers in several academic journals. Prominent venues for their work include:

  • Body Image
  • Advances in Clinical Medical Research and Healthcare Delivery
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Cureus
  • UNC Libraries

Their recent papers include:

  • "TikTok, TikTok, the time is now: Future directions in social media and body image" (2023), published in Body Image
  • "Demographic predictors of body image satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I" (2022), published in Body Image
  • "Demographic predictors of objectification theory and tripartite influence model constructs: The U.S. Body Project I" (2021), published in Body Image
  • "Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I" (2022), published in Body Image
  • "Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I" (2022), published in Body Image

Their body of work consists heavily of publications related to the U.S. Body Project, highlighting socio-cultural and demographic factors influencing body image and satisfaction.

Frequent collaborators in Thompson's research include:

  • David A. Frederick
  • Lauren M. Schaefer
  • Rachel F. Rodgers
  • Stuart B. Murray
  • Canice E. Crerand

Thompson's contributions span multiple subfields including clinical psychology, pharmacy, marketing, oncology, and experimental and cognitive psychology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach in their scientific inquiries.

Best Publications

  • Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance

    J. Kevin Thompson;Leslie J. Heinberg;Madeline Altabe;Stacey Tantleff-Dunn

  • Thin-Ideal Internalization: Mounting Evidence for a New Risk Factor for Body-Image Disturbance and Eating Pathology:

    J. Kevin Thompson;Eric Stice

  • The sociocultural attitudes towards appearance scale-3 (SATAQ-3): development and validation.

    J. Kevin Thompson;Patricia van den Berg;Megan Roehrig;Angela S. Guarda

  • Development and validation of the sociocultural attitudes towards appearance questionnaire

    Leslie J. Heinberg;Joel K. Thompson;Susan Stormer

  • An evaluation of the Tripartite Influence Model of body dissatisfaction and eating disturbance with adolescent girls

    Helene Keery;Patricia van den Berg;J.Kevin Thompson

  • Body Image and Televised Images of Thinness and Attractiveness: A Controlled Laboratory Investigation

    Leslie H. Heinberg;Joel K. Thompson

  • Body image disturbance: Assessment and treatment

    J. Kevin Thompson

  • Body image and body shape ideals in magazines: exposure, awareness, and internalization

    Dale L. Cusumano;J. Kevin Thompson

  • The Media's Influence on Body Image Disturbance and Eating Disorders: We've Reviled Them, Now Can We Rehabilitate Them?

    J. Kevin Thompson;Leslie J. Heinberg

  • The Tripartite Influence model of body image and eating disturbance: a covariance structure modeling investigation testing the mediational role of appearance comparison.

    Patricia van den Berg;J.Kevin Thompson;Karen Obremski-Brandon;Michael Coovert

  • The Influence of Sociocultural Factors on Body Image: A Meta‐Analysis

    Guy Cafri;Yuko Yamamiya;Michael Brannick;J. Kevin Thompson

  • Pursuit of the muscular ideal: Physical and psychological consequences and putative risk factors.

    Guy Cafri;J. Kevin Thompson;Lina Ricciardelli;Marita McCabe

  • Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4).

    Lauren M. Schaefer;Natasha L. Burke;J. Kevin Thompson;Robert F. Dedrick

  • Development of body image, eating disturbance, and general psychological functioning in female adolescents: Covariance structure modeling and longitudinal investigations

    Joel K. Thompson;Michael D Coovert;Kevin J. Richards;Sylvia Johnson

  • A Three-Year Longitudinal Study of Body Image, Eating Disturbance, and General Psychological Functioning in Adolescent Females

    Jill A. Cattarin;J. Kevin Thompson

  • Body Image, Mood, and Televised Images of Attractiveness: The Role of Social Comparison

    Jill A. Cattarin;Joel K. Thompson;Carmen M. Thomas;Robyn Williams

  • Body image, social comparison, and eating disturbance: a covariance structure modeling investigation.

    Joel K. Thompson;Michael D. Coovert;Susan M. Stormer

  • Explanations of body image disturbance: a test of maturational status, negative verbal commentary, social comparison, and sociocultural hypotheses.

    Susan M. Stormer;Joel Kevin Thompson

  • Body Image and Eating Disturbance in Young Females

    Lisa J. Fabian;J. Kevin Thompson

  • The (mis)measurement of body image: ten strategies to improve assessment for applied and research purposes.

    J.Kevin Thompson

  • Handbook of eating disorders and obesity

    J. Kevin Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel M. Calogero
Rachel M. Calogero University of Western Ontario
Leslie J. Heinberg
Leslie J. Heinberg Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
Drew A. Anderson
Drew A. Anderson University at Albany, State University of New York
Thomas F. Cash
Thomas F. Cash Old Dominion University
David A. Frederick
David A. Frederick Chapman University
Rachel F. Rodgers
Rachel F. Rodgers Northeastern University
Susan J. Paxton
Susan J. Paxton La Trobe University
Michael T. Brannick
Michael T. Brannick University of South Florida
Anna M. Bardone-Cone
Anna M. Bardone-Cone University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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