Appearance Matters: The Podcast!

Welcome back to Summer Shorts! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

Dr Hannah Jarman joins Bruna to discuss her recently published paper, titled: Critical measurement issues in the assessment of social media influence on body image.

Link to paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35032949/

Cover Image: Creative Christians on Unsplash

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Bruna Costa

Welcome back to Summer Shorts! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

It's week 8, and Senior Research Fellow Dr Nicole Paraskeva joins Abbi to talk about her recently published longitudinal study of body image and disordered eating symptoms in men.

Link to paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35525157/

Articles mentioned, led by Jessia Alleva:

Positive Body Image and Eating Disorders among Men https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/mind-your-body/202207/positive-body-image-and-eating-disorders-among-men

Positive Body Image in Men https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-your-body/201810/positive-body-image-in-men

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Cover Image: Photograph by Matheus Ferrero via Unsplash

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Abbi Mathews

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Nadia speaks with Fabio Zucchelli about a mixed methods feasibility study for a prototype app designed to support people with a visible difference who are struggling with appearance concerns.

You can find out more by reading the published paper:

https://formative.jmir.org/2022/1/e33449

And related paper:

https://formative.jmir.org/2021/3/e26355/

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Nadia Craddock

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Maia speaks with Pippa Tollow about her recently published paper which explores parent experiences of and attitudes towards taking part in research related to their child's burn injury.

You can find out more by reading the published paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20595131221098526

Cover Image: Photograph by Ron Lach

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Maia Thornton

Welcome back to our summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Bruna speaks with Ella Guest - a Research Fellow at CAR - to learn more about Ella’s recently published systematic reviews, exploring the efficacy of interventions to improve positive body image in young people and adults.

Link to the papers:

1. Adults*

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S174014451930052X?via%3Dihub

*One of the most cited articles published in Body Image in the last 3 years!

2. Children and Adolescents

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144522000730?via%3Dihub

Cover Image: Photograph by Laura Pratt via Unsplash

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Bruna Costa

Welcome back to our fourth episode of our summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Nadia speaks with Dr Kat Schneider, a Research Fellow at CAR and Dr Ben Gibson, a Lecturer at De Montfort University about a recent systemic review on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on body image, disordered eating, and eating disorders.

Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23706

Cover Image: Photo by Anna Shvets, Pexels

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Nadia Craddock

Welcome back to the third episode of our summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Abbi speaks with Bruna Costa - Research Fellow at CAR (and co-host of Appearance Matters!) - about her recently published paper entitled Isolation, Uncertainty and Treatment Delays: Parents' Experiences of Having a Baby with Cleft Lip/Palate During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Link to the paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34841909/

Link to the other paper mentioned: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Impact-of-the-Covid-19-Pandemic-on-Cleft-Lip-in-McWilliams-Costa/8abfe4c7dbf4e2b5e1f10a1e7a6bc6dab6d2014e

Cover Image: Photograph by Yuri Arcurs

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Abbi Mathews

Welcome back for the second episode of our summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Maia speaks with Beth Herring - a PhD student at CAR - about her recently published paper entitled Exploring the experiences and psychosocial support needs of informal carers of men with breast cancer: a qualitative study.

Link to the paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00520-022-07095-2

To participate in the study about health and support professionals experiences please follow the links below:

Healthcare professionals: https://go.uwe.ac.uk/breastcancer3

Charity workers: https://go.uwe.ac.uk/breastcancer4

Cover Image: Photograph by David Jay Photography

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Maia Thornton

Introducing our summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this inaugural summer short, Nadia speaks with fellow co-host Dr Maia Thornton - a Research Fellow at CAR to learn more about Maia's recently published the paper titled “I listen to my body now”: A qualitative exploration of positive body image in breast cancer survivors.

Link to the paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08870446.2021.1956494

Cover Image: Photograph by Michelle Leman

Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Episode produced by Nadia Craddock

This month, Bruna and Nadia consider what it means to be a man with a visible difference. On the episode, Bruna first speaks with Fabio Zucchelli – a researcher at the Centre for Appearance Research who has recently carried out some work in this area. Then, Bruna speaks with Dola Akinnibosun – a wellbeing practitioner at Changing Faces. Changing Faces is a UK charity, dedicated to supporting those affected by visible differences. As part of her role, Dola delivers 1-1 support, and has experience of supporting men with visible difference. Finally, Bruna speaks with Ryan Foan – a Changing Faces volunteer campaigner, with lived-experience of visible differences.

Interview Timestamps:

Fabio: 02.02

Dola: 24.21

Ryan: 44.40

To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us:

• On Twitter: twitter.com/CAR_UWE

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To read more about, and sign up to, the ongoing research project that Fabio discussed (about the social and economic impacts of alopecia), please visit: go.uwe.ac.uk/alopecia

Alopecia UK are currently in the process of developing a section on their website specifically for me, and this should be available from July 2022. To find out more, please visit the Alopecia UK website: alopecia.org.uk

To find out more about the work of Changing Faces, visit: https://www.changingfaces.org.uk

For more about Ryan, you can read:

• His story https://www.changingfaces.org.uk/story/ryans-story-question-ideas-that-cause-shame/

• An opinion piece about the use of disfigurement in media and storytelling: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/james-bond-villains-facial-disfigurements-life-harder-people-like-me-1221524

• A blog about the impacts of staring https://www.changingfaces.org.uk/story/ryan-reflects-on-staring/

• A blog about the importance of mental health and well-being support: https://www.changingfaces.org.uk/story/ryan-mental-health-wellbeing-support/

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Thank you!

The CAR podcast team x

Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com

Episode developed by Bruna Costa, co-produced by Bruna and Nadia.