Improving Understanding of Body Dissatisfaction

09 June 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate triggers of body image dissatisfaction within both males and females, aged 18+. Specifically, it is aimed to better understand the predictors of body dissatisfaction, including negative emotional states, perfectionism, frequency of social media use, social comparsion to others, and behavioural inhibitory and activation systems. The study involves answering self report questionnaires and should take 20 minutes. Thank you for your participation!

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Ethical approval

The study was approved by Regent's University, London Psychology department ethics commitee on May 3rd 2016.

About the researcher

This study was conducted in aid of a Psychology MSc degree. The research has been supervised by Dr Amy Harrison. Thank you for taking part.