Objective: This study examined the outcome of a body image and disordered eating intervention for midlife women. The intervention was specifically designed to address risk factors that are pertinent in midlife. Method: Participants were 61 women aged 30 to 60 years (M = 43.92, SD = 8.22) randomly assigned to intervention (n = 32) or (delayed…

Objective: To investigate engagement in metacognitive acceptance and subsequent efficacy with respect to decreasing 2 risk factors for disordered eating, body dissatisfaction (BD), and negative affect (NA). Method: In a pilot experiment, 20 female undergraduates (M[subscript age] = 24.35, SD = 9.79) underwent a BD induction procedure, received…

The authors examined the relative effectiveness of 3 different approaches to the experience of body dissatisfaction compared to a control and ruminative attention control condition, with respect to increasing weight and appearance satisfaction. One hundred female undergraduates (mean age = 24.38, SD = 9.39) underwent a body dissatisfaction…

Females viewed a female stranger who discussed opinions about social issues. Subjects rated stranger on Interpersonal Judgment Scale and indicated on Jourard Self-Disclosure Questionnaire topics they would discuss with her. Topics subjects would discuss were positively related to their level of disclosure and attraction toward the stranger.…

Compared two analogue strategies--videotaped role-play and naturalistic scenes--for assessing children's social skills to determine if they would yield different response styles. Results indicated more behaviors occurred in the role-play strategy than in the naturalistic strategy, and judges assigned higher ratings of likability in the role-play…

Clinicians and undergraduates evaluated a client similar or dissimilar to themselves in political radicalism. Results document the presence of diagnostic bias, but only among student subjects is bias a function of similarity. For clinicians, the more radical client is seen as less disturbed. Similarity-attraction relationships were absent in both…

Explored elicited effects of changes in approval and disapproval behaviors on behaviors and perceived satisfaction of dating partners. Couples reported their perceptions of their behaviors. Disapproval elicited strong reciprocal behavior and dissatisfaction. Approval-eliciting effects occurred but were weaker. Male elicitors felt less satisfied…

Compared the dysphoric mood induction and attraction that subjects reported after a vicarious experience with a depressed patient and a comparable experience with a schizophrenic patient. Results showed similar arousal of dysphoric mood and rejection for both patients. (RC)

Undergraduates viewed a simulated therapy segment presented on four videotapes varying in traditionalism of the therapist's attire and office. Ratings of attraction were independent of therapist attire. Subjects' impressions were largely unaffected by office arrangements. Data refute formulations assigning therapist accoutrements a major role in…