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Tracy L. Tylka is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and health professions, with notable contributions in clinical psychology, pharmacy, psychiatry and mental health, marketing, and applied psychology. The main topics addressed by their work include eating disorders and behaviors, obesity and health practices, body image and dysmorphia studies, mindfulness and compassion interventions, empathy and medical education, behavioral health and interventions, and consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification.

Tracy L. Tylka has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with frequent publication venues consisting of:

  • Body Image
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Eating Disorders
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Eating Behaviors

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Nichole Wood-Barcalow, Casey Judge, Catherine Cook-Cottone, Rachel F. Rodgers, and Viren Swami. These partnerships highlight engagement with scholars across related research domains.

Significant recent publications by Tracy L. Tylka include:

  • Body functionality: A review of the literature (2020, Body Image)
  • Body appreciation and its psychological correlates: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022, Body Image)
  • Intuitive eating and its psychological correlates: A meta-analysis (2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • #Bopo: Enhancing body image through body positive social media- evidence to date and research directions (2022, Body Image)
  • The dangers of the rabbit hole: Reflections on social media as a portal into a distorted world of edited bodies and eating disorder risk and the role of algorithms (2022, Body Image)

In addition to journal articles, Tracy L. Tylka has published books, with a notable title being Positive Body Image Workbook, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • What is and what is not positive body image? Conceptual foundations and construct definition

    Tracy L. Tylka;Nichole L. Wood-Barcalow

  • The Body Appreciation Scale: Development and psychometric evaluation

    Laura Avalos;Tracy L. Tylka;Nichole Wood-Barcalow

  • The Body Appreciation Scale-2: item refinement and psychometric evaluation.

    Tracy L. Tylka;Nichole L. Wood-Barcalow

  • "But I Like My Body": Positive body image characteristics and a holistic model for young-adult women.

    Nichole L. Wood-Barcalow;Tracy L. Tylka;Casey L. Augustus-Horvath

  • The Intuitive Eating Scale-2: item refinement and psychometric evaluation with college women and men.

    Tracy L. Tylka;Ashley M. Kroon Van Diest

  • Development and psychometric evaluation of a measure of intuitive eating.

    Tracy L. Tylka

  • The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss

    Tracy L. Tylka;Rachel A. Annunziato;Deb Burgard;Sigrún Daníelsdóttir

  • Exploring a model of intuitive eating with college women.

    Laura C. Avalos;Tracy L. Tylka

  • Refinement of the tripartite influence model for men: dual body image pathways to body change behaviors.

    Tracy L. Tylka

  • Development and psychometric evaluation of the Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS).

    Tracy L. Tylka;Derek Bergeron;Jonathan P. Schwartz

  • Objectification Theory as It Relates to Disordered Eating Among College Women.

    Tracy L. Tylka;Melanie S. Hill

  • Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Interpersonal Sexual Objectification Scale

    Holly B. Kozee;Tracy L. Tylka;Casey L. Augustus-Horvath;Angela Denchik

  • The Acceptance Model of Intuitive Eating: A Comparison of Women in Emerging Adulthood, Early Adulthood, and Middle Adulthood

    Casey L. Augustus-Horvath;Tracy L. Tylka

  • Is body dissatisfaction changing across time? A cross-temporal meta-analysis.

    Bryan T. Karazsia;Sarah K. Murnen;Tracy L. Tylka

  • Assessing positive body image: Contemporary approaches and future directions

    Jennifer B. Webb;Nichole L. Wood-Barcalow;Tracy L. Tylka

  • College Men's Perceptions of Ideal Body Composition and Shape.

    Rebekah T. Ridgeway;Tracy L. Tylka

  • The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS): Development and psychometric evaluation in U.S. community women and men

    Jessica M. Alleva;Jessica M. Alleva;Tracy L. Tylka;Ashley M. Kroon Van Diest

  • Integrating Social Comparison Theory and Self-Esteem within Objectification Theory to Predict Women’s Disordered Eating

    Tracy L. Tylka;Natalie J. Sabik;Natalie J. Sabik

  • The Relation Between Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Symptomatology: An Analysis of Moderating Variables

    Tracy L. Tylka

  • Positive Psychology Perspectives on Body Image

    Tracy L. Tylka

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel M. Calogero
Rachel M. Calogero University of Western Ontario
Julie C. Lumeng
Julie C. Lumeng University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Viren Swami
Viren Swami Anglia Ruskin University
Stefan Stieger
Stefan Stieger Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer University of Minnesota
Amy Slater
Amy Slater University of the West of England
Emma Halliwell
Emma Halliwell University of the West of England
Sarah K. Murnen
Sarah K. Murnen Kenyon College
David A. Frederick
David A. Frederick Chapman University
Todd Jackson
Todd Jackson University of Macau

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