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Siân A. McLean

Siân A. McLean

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Psychology

D-Index
45
Citations
7886
World Ranking
6716
National Ranking
396

Overview

Siân A. McLean is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a particular emphasis on clinical psychology within these domains.

Their work covers various subfields, including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, pharmacy, literature and literary theory, and public health, environmental and occupational health. Key topics addressed in their publications include eating disorders and behaviors, the impact of technology on adolescents, body image and dysmorphia studies, obesity and health practices, media influence and health, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, and aspects related to obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Prominent frequent collaborators in their research include Susan J. Paxton, Hannah K. Jarman, Sarah Maguire, Stephen Touyz, and Danielle Maloney.

Siân A. McLean has contributed extensively to multiple publication venues. Among the most frequent are the Journal of Eating Disorders, Body Image, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Nutrients, and the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Siân A. McLean include:

  • Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature (2022, Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • 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)
  • Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review (2023, Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • Social media, body satisfaction and well-being among adolescents: A mediation model of appearance-ideal internalization and comparison (2020, Body Image)
  • Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research (2023, Journal of Eating Disorders)

Best Publications

  • Photoshopping the selfie: Self photo editing and photo investment are associated with body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls

    Siân A. McLean;Susan J. Paxton;Eleanor H. Wertheim;Jennifer Masters

  • Social media, body image and food choices in healthy young adults: A mixed methods systematic review

    Kim Rounsefell;Simone Gibson;Siân A McLean;Siân A McLean;Merran Blair

  • Longitudinal Relationships among Internalization of the Media Ideal, Peer Social Comparison, and Body Dissatisfaction: Implications for the Tripartite Influence Model.

    Rachel F. Rodgers;Siân A. McLean;Susan J. Paxton

  • Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature

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  • Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review

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  • Sex differences in the relationships between body dissatisfaction, quality of life and psychological distress

    Scott Griffiths;Scott Griffiths;Phillipa Hay;Deborah Mitchison;Deborah Mitchison;Jonathan M. Mond;Jonathan M. Mond

  • The Contribution of Social Media to Body Dissatisfaction, Eating Disorder Symptoms, and Anabolic Steroid Use Among Sexual Minority Men.

    Scott Griffiths;Stuart B. Murray;Isabel Krug;Siân A. McLean

  • 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

  • A Biopsychosocial Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating in Early Adolescent Girls

    Rachel F. Rodgers;Rachel F. Rodgers;Susan J. Paxton;Siân A. McLean

  • A pilot evaluation of a social media literacy intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders.

    Siân A. McLean;Eleanor H. Wertheim;Jennifer Masters;Susan J. Paxton

  • The role of media literacy in body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: A systematic review.

    Siân A. McLean;Susan J. Paxton;Eleanor H. Wertheim

  • Social media literacy protects against the negative impact of exposure to appearance ideal social media images in young adult women but not men.

    Natalie C. Tamplin;Siân A. McLean;Susan J. Paxton

  • 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

  • Internet-delivered targeted group intervention for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in adolescent girls: a randomized controlled trial.

    Brooke E. Heinicke;Susan J. Paxton;Siân A. McLean;Eleanor H. Wertheim

  • Comparison of face‐to‐face and internet interventions for body image and eating problems in adult women: An RCT

    Susan J. Paxton;Siân A. McLean;Emma K. Gollings;Cathy Faulkner

  • Body Image in the Context of Eating Disorders.

    Siân A. McLean;Susan J. Paxton

  • Does Media Literacy Mitigate Risk for Reduced Body Satisfaction Following Exposure to Thin-Ideal Media?

    Siân A. McLean;Susan J. Paxton;Eleanor H. Wertheim

  • Prevention Across the Spectrum: a randomized controlled trial of three programs to reduce risk factors for both eating disorders and obesity

    S.M. Wilksch;S.J. Paxton;Susan Byrne;S.B. Austin

  • Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research

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  • Epidemiology of eating disorders: population, prevalence, disease burden and quality of life informing public policy in Australia—a rapid review

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  • Factors associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in women in midlife

    Siân A. McLean;Susan J. Paxton;Eleanor H. Wertheim

  • Mediators of the relationship between media literacy and body dissatisfaction in early adolescent girls: Implications for prevention

    Siân A. McLean;Susan J. Paxton;Eleanor H. Wertheim

  • A body image and disordered eating intervention for women in midlife: a randomized controlled trial.

    Siân A McLean;Susan J Paxton;Eleanor H Wertheim

  • Relationships between Body Size Attitudes and Body Image of 4-Year-Old Boys and Girls, and Attitudes of Their Fathers and Mothers

    Stephanie R. Damiano;Karen J. Gregg;Emma C. Spiel;SiAcentsn A. McLean

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Paxton
Susan J. Paxton La Trobe University
Rachel F. Rodgers
Rachel F. Rodgers Northeastern University
Eleanor H. Wertheim
Eleanor H. Wertheim La Trobe University
Jonathan Mond
Jonathan Mond University of Tasmania
Amy Slater
Amy Slater University of the West of England
Scott Griffiths
Scott Griffiths University of Melbourne
Deborah Mitchison
Deborah Mitchison University of Technology Sydney
Helen Skouteris
Helen Skouteris Monash University
Stuart B. Murray
Stuart B. Murray University of California, Los Angeles
Tracey D. Wade
Tracey D. Wade Flinders University

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