By Professor Lenny Vartanian

Journal articles

Hayward LE; Vartanian LR; Pinkus RT, 2017, 'Coping with weight stigma: development and validation of a Brief Coping Responses Inventory', Obesity Science and Practice, 3, pp. 373 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.125

Rahimi-Ardabili H; Reynolds R; Vartanian LR; McLeod LVD; Zwar N; Rahimi Ardabili H, 2017, 'A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Interventions that Aim to Increase Self-Compassion on Nutrition Habits, Eating Behaviours, Body Weight and Body Image', Mindfulness, 9, pp. 388 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0804-0

Vartanian LR; Reily NM; Spanos S; McGuirk LC; Herman CP; Polivy J, 2017, 'Hunger, taste, and normative cues in predictions about food intake', Appetite, 116, pp. 511 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.044

Swierad EM; Vartanian LR; King M, 2017, 'The influence of ethnic and mainstream cultures on African Americans' health behaviors: A qualitative study', Behavioral Sciences, 7, pp. 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs7030049

Nevin SM; Vartanian LR, 2017, 'The stigma of clean dieting and orthorexia nervosa', Journal of Eating Disorders, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-017-0168-9

Vartanian LR; Reily NM; Spanos S; Herman CP; Polivy J, 2017, 'Self-reported overeating and attributions for food intake', Psychology and Health, 32, pp. 483 - 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2017.1283040

Vartanian LR; Spanos S; Peter Herman C; Polivy J, 2017, 'Conflicting internal and external eating cues: Impact on food intake and attributions', Health Psychology, 36, pp. 365 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000447

Froreich FV; Vartanian LR; Zawadzki MJ; Grisham JR; Touyz SW, 2017, 'Psychological need satisfaction, control, and disordered eating', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56, pp. 53 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12120

Fardouly J; Pinkus RT; Vartanian LR, 2017, 'The impact of appearance comparisons made through social media, traditional media, and in person in women's everyday lives', Body Image, 20, pp. 31 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.11.002

Vartanian LR; Kernan KM; Wansink B, 2017, 'Clutter, Chaos, and Overconsumption: The Role of Mind-Set in Stressful and Chaotic Food Environments', Environment and Behavior, 49, pp. 215 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916516628178

Vartanian LR; Froreich FV; Smyth JM, 2016, 'A serial mediation model testing early adversity, self-concept clarity, and thin-ideal internalization as predictors of body dissatisfaction', Body Image, 19, pp. 98 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.08.013

Vartanian LR; Herman CP; Polivy J, 2016, 'What does it mean to eat an appropriate amount of food?', Eating Behaviors, 23, pp. 24 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.07.002

Reily NM; Vartanian LR, 2016, 'The portion size effect on food intake is robust to contextual size information', Appetite, 105, pp. 439 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.06.015

Reily NM; Herman CP; Vartanian LR, 2016, 'Portion-size preference as a function of individuals' body mass index', Obesity Science and Practice, 2, pp. 241 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.59

O'Brien KS; Latner JD; Puhl RM; Vartanian LR; Giles C; Griva K; Carter A, 2016, 'The relationship between weight stigma and eating behavior is explained by weight bias internalization and psychological distress', Appetite, 102, pp. 70 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.032

Vartanian LR; Porter AM, 2016, 'Weight stigma and eating behavior: A review of the literature', Appetite, 102, pp. 3 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.01.034

Vartanian LR; Trewartha T; Vanman EJ, 2016, 'Disgust predicts prejudice and discrimination toward individuals with obesity', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46, pp. 369 - 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12370

Beames JR; Black MJ; Vartanian LR, 2016, 'Prejudice toward individuals with obesity: Evidence for a pro-effort bias', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 22, pp. 184 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000079

Fardouly J; Vartanian LR, 2016, 'Social Media and Body Image Concerns: Current Research and Future Directions', Current Opinion in Psychology, 9, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.09.005

Vartanian LR; Chen WH; Reily NM; Castel AD, 2016, 'The parallel impact of episodic memory and episodic future thinking on food intake', Appetite, 101, pp. 31 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.149

Froreich FV; Vartanian LR; Grisham JR; Touyz SW, 2016, 'Dimensions of control and their relation to disordered eating behaviours and obsessive-compulsive symptoms', Journal of Eating Disorders, 4, pp. 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-016-0104-4

Herman CP; Polivy J; Vartanian LR; Pliner P, 2016, 'Are large portions responsible for the obesity epidemic?', Physiology and Behavior, 156, pp. 177 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.024

Jiang MYW; Vartanian LR, 2016, 'The role of memory in the relationship between attention toward thin-ideal media and body dissatisfaction', Eating and Weight Disorders, 21, pp. 57 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-015-0196-x

Coleman SRM; Zawadzki MJ; Heron KE; Vartanian LR; Smyth JM, 2016, 'Self-focused and other-focused resiliency: Plausible mechanisms linking early family adversity to health problems in college women', Journal of American College Health, 64, pp. 85 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2015.1075994

Spanos S; Vartanian LR; Herman CP; Polivy J, 2015, 'Personality, perceived appropriateness, and acknowledgement of social influences on food intake', Personality and Individual Differences, 87, pp. 110 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.034

Fardouly J; Diedrichs PC; Vartanian LR; Halliwell E, 2015, 'The Mediating Role of Appearance Comparisons in the Relationship Between Media Usage and Self-Objectification in Young Women', Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39, pp. 447 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361684315581841

Azevedo SM; Vartanian LR, 2015, 'Ethical Issues for Public Health Approaches to Obesity', Current obesity reports, 4, pp. 324 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-015-0166-7

Vartanian LR; Spanos S; Herman CP; Polivy J, 2015, 'Modeling of food intake: a meta-analytic review', Social Influence, 10, pp. 119 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2015.1008037

Kerameas K; Vartanian LR; Herman CP; Polivy J, 2015, 'The effect of portion size and unit size on food intake: Unit bias or segmentation effect?', Health Psychology, 34, pp. 670 - 676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000160

Peter Herman C; Polivy J; Pliner P; Vartanian LR, 2015, 'Mechanisms underlying the portion-size effect', Physiology and Behavior, 144, pp. 129 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.03.025

Vartanian LR, 2015, 'Impression management and food intake. Current directions in research', Appetite, 86, pp. 74 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.021

Fardouly J; Diedrichs PC; Vartanian LR; Halliwell E, 2015, 'Social comparisons on social media: THE impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood', Body Image, 13, pp. 38 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.12.002

Spanos S; Kenda AS; Vartanian LR, 2015, 'Can serving-size labels reduce the portion-size effect? A pilot study', Eating Behaviors, 16, pp. 40 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.10.007

Fardouly J; Vartanian LR, 2015, 'Negative comparisons about one's appearance mediate the relationship between Facebook usage and body image concerns', Body Image, 12, pp. 82 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.10.004

Vartanian LR, 2015, 'Development and validation of a brief version of the Stigmatizing Situations Inventory.', Obes Sci Pract, 1, pp. 119 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.11

Zhang Y; Touyz S; Burns B; Vartanian L; Abbott M, 2014, 'An empirical examination of the mislabelling of fat as an emotion in sub-clinical eating disorder groups', Journal of Eating Disorders, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2050-2974-2-S1-O60

Black MJ; Sokol N; Vartanian LR, 2014, 'The effect of effort and weight controllability on perceptions of obese individuals', Journal of Social Psychology, 154, pp. 515 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2014.953025

Vartanian LR; Smyth JM; Zawadzki MJ; Heron KE; Coleman SRM, 2014, 'Early adversity, personal resources, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating', International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47, pp. 620 - 629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.22313

Spanos S; Vartanian LR; Herman CP; Polivy J, 2014, 'Failure to report social influences on food intake: Lack of awareness or motivated denial?', Health Psychology, 33, pp. 1487 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000008

Vartanian LR; Fardouly J, 2014, 'Reducing the stigma of bariatric surgery: Benefits of providing information about necessary lifestyle changes', Obesity, 22, pp. 1233 - 1237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20721

Cavanagh K; Vartanian LR; Peter Herman C; Polivy J, 2014, 'The effect of portion size on food intake is robust to brief education and mindfulness exercises', Journal of Health Psychology, 19, pp. 730 - 739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105313478645

Vartanian LR; Pinkus RT; Smyth JM, 2014, 'The phenomenology of weight stigma in everyday life', Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 3, pp. 196 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2014.01.003

Vartanian LR; Thomas MA; Vanman EJ, 2013, 'Disgust, contempt, and anger and the stereotypes of obese people', Eating and Weight Disorders, 18, pp. 377 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-013-0067-2

Vartanian LR; Sokol N; Herman CP; Polivy J, 2013, 'Social models provide a norm of appropriate food intake for young women', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079268

Vartanian LR; Fardouly J, 2013, 'The stigma of obesity surgery: Negative evaluations based on weight loss history', Obesity Surgery, 23, pp. 1545 - 1550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-013-0918-y

Vartanian LR; Dey S, 2013, 'Self-concept clarity, thin-ideal internalization, and appearance-related social comparison as predictors of body dissatisfaction', Body Image, 10, pp. 495 - 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.05.004

Vartanian LR; Silverstein KM, 2013, 'Obesity as a status cue: Perceived social status and the stereotypes of obese individuals', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12052

Vartanian L; Smyth JM, 2013, 'Primum Non Nocere: Obesity Stigma and Public Health', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 10, pp. 49 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-012-9412-9

Jiang MYW; Vartanian LR, 2012, 'Attention and memory biases toward body-related images among restrained eaters', Body Image, 9, pp. 503 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.06.007

Vartanian L; Wharton CM; Green EB, 2012, 'Appearance vs. health motives for exercise and for weight loss', Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, pp. 251 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.12.005

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