🩳On this week’s SUMMER SHORT, we have Dr Kirsty Garbett Research Fellow at CAR, discussing their paper titled ‘Body Image Among Girls In Indonesia: Associations with Disordered Eating Behaviours, Life Engagement, Desire for Cosmetic Surgery and Psychosocial Influences’.

👀 Check out this new tool aimed at boosting girls’ #bodyconfidence both on & off the #sports field - rigorously evaluated by my amazing colleagues! 🏀🏑🏉🩰⚽️#KeepHerConfident #bodyimage

Embrace an Inclusive Halloween! 🧡 Halloween can be a difficult time for those with appearance-altering conditions or injuries. Let's choose costumes that celebrate creativity, not stereotypes. #InclusiveHalloween #EmbraceDifferences #Halloween #Scars #Scarring #FacialDifference

Congratulations Dr Beth - you did it! 👏🏽 Your PhD has made a huge contribution to better understanding the #experience & #psychosocial needs of #men with #breastcancer & their #carers 🖤Read the first publication here 👉🏽shorturl.at/uvLX1 #MensHealth #Movember

✨Looking for a #ResearchFellow to work on an exciting National Institute for Health and Care Research project evaluating a #BodyImage programme among women with #BreastCancer! Apply here 👉🏽 t.ly/Z-KPm Job Ref: R06857 #HealthPsychology #AcademicTwitter #ResearchJob #PostDoc #JobPosting #research

Last opportunity to apply for a #ResearchFellow role at @car_uwe👇🏽#HealthPsychology #BreastCancer #Cancer #WomensHealth #ResearchJob #PostDoc #JobPosting #Research

After a year of organising, it was so much fun to chair the Academy for Eating Disorders #ICED2024 Sociocultural Plenary ‘Beyond the West: Cultural adaptations to target sociocultural risk factors for eating disorders’ with the lovely @DrMartinWagar Luz Scappatura 🌍 ❤️

Thanks to our amazing speakers: Dr Anne Becker, Dr Yael Latzer, Dr Debra Franko & sookning 👏 Such a privilege to share the stage with these inspiring women conducting such pioneering & impactful research across the world 🌍🤩 #ICED2024 Academy for Eating Disorders @DrMartinWagar Luz Scappatura

Loved presenting our research led by Latika Ahuja at Academy for Eating Disorders ICED2024. The experience of positive body image among men? It’s complicated! 🤨

These chicas ❤️ Luz Scappatura @DrMartinWagar las mejores 😍#ICED2024 😘 Luz Scappatura @DrMartinWagar

Re-sharing this database of BIPOC-authored papers from across psychology. This is a wonderful resource, esp. for those aiming to diversify their syllabi, journal clubs, citation networks, and general awareness. Please add your or others' papers! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Hope you are all enjoying Professor Phillippa Diedrichs key note lecture at #am10. Feeling #inspired to collaborate with industry to try and positively change #publichealth

And so it begins!! #AM10 🤩

Scott Griffiths presenting on how TikTok videos may contribute to eating disorders #AM10

Break from chairing to present this exciting research at #AM10! Full paper here 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

And the #AM10 Panel Discussion has begun! ‘Beyond the selfie: Can social media influencers shape the appearance diversity landscape?’ With Steph @amitzz99 Phyllida Swift Amy Slater Mazviona Madzima (YouTube), Antony Genova (Google), and Caryn Franklin ✨

Great sunny prof doc #HealthPsychology supervision today with VICTORIA ROGERS and Dr Helena Lewis-Smith in #Bristol Harbourside with great coffee and an extra supervisor 🐾🦴🐶 UWE Psychology UWE Psych Sciences Research Appearance Research

Know someone who has had #BreastCancer and is struggling with #BodyImage concerns? Please share this opportunity with them👇🏽 Or pass my details on to them! 🙂 #cancer #appearance #bodyacceptance #bodyneutrality #mastectomy #breastreconstruction

[1/2] Most women will experience body image concerns following treatment for #BreastCancer. This can lead to anxiety, depression, intimacy issues, & social withdrawal. Despite this, body image support is missing. #WorldCancerDay

[2/2] We've developed an online, group CBT body image programme. Thanks to National Institute for Health and Care Research funding, this is being evaluated among women who have had #BreastCancer with the help of Maggie's Centres. Read the free-access protocol paper here 👉🏽 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e… #WorldCancerDay