Peer-Reviewed Articles
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Calogero, R. M., Tylka, T. L., Siegel, J. A., Pina, A., & Roberts, T.-A. (in press). Smile pretty and watch your back: Personal safety anxiety and vigilance in objectification theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication.
Swami, V., Todd, J., Stieger, S., Furnham, A., Horne, G., & Tylka, T. L. (2021). Body acceptance by others: Refinement of the construct, and development and psychometric evaluation of a revised measure—the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2. Body Image. Advance online publication.
Alleva, J., M., & Tylka, T. L. (2021). Body functionality: A review of the literature. Body Image, 36, 149-171.
Neumark-Sztainer, D., Cook-Cottone, C., Tylka, T. L., & Cox, A. E. (2020). Introduction to the special issue on yoga and positive embodiment: A note from the editors on how we got here. Eating Disorders, 28(4), 309-314. pdf
Cook-Cottone, C., Cox, A. E., Neumark-Sztainer, D., & Tylka, T. L. (2020). Future directions for research on yoga and positive embodiment. Eating Disorders, 28(4), 542-547. pdf
Cox, A. E., Ullrich-French, S., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Neumark-Sztainer, D., & Tylka, T. L. (2020). Examining the effects of mindfulness-based yoga instruction on positive embodiment and affective responses. Eating Disorders, 28(4), 458-475. pdf
Cox, A. E., & Tylka, T. L. (2020). A conceptual model describing mechanisms or how yoga practice may support positive embodiment. Eating Disorders, 28(4), 376-399. pdf
Swami, V., Todd, J., Stieger, S., & Tylka, T. L. (2020). The Body Acceptance by Others Scale: An assessment of its factorial validity in adults from the United Kingdom. Body Image, 35, 71-74. pdf
Strübel, J., Sabik, N. J., & Tylka, T. L. (2020). Body image and depressive symptoms among transgender and cisgender adults: Examining a model integrating the tripartite influence model and objectification theory. Body Image, 35, 53-62. pdf
Razmus, M., Razmus, W., Tylka, T. L., Jović, M., Jović, M., & Namatame, H. (2020). Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 across five countries. Body Image, 34, 270-276. pdf
Alleva, J. M., Tylka, T. L., van Oorsouw, K., Montanaro, E., Perey, I., Boyle, C., Boselie, J., Peters, M., & Webb, J. B. (2020). The effects of yoga on functionality appreciation and additional facets of positive body image. Body Image, 34, 184-195. pdf
Swami, V., Tran, U., Barron, D., Afhami, R., Aime, A., Almenara, C. A., . . . Tylka, T. L., …. et al. (2020). The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations. Body Image, 32, 199-217. pdf
Cox, A. E., Ullrich-French, S., Tylka, T. L., & MaMahon, A. K. (2019). The roles of self-compassion, body surveillance, and body appreciation in predicting intrinsic motivation for physical activity: Cross-sectional associations, and prospective changes within a yoga context. Body Image, 29, 110-117. pdf
Tylka, T. L., Calogero, R. M., & Daníelsdóttir, S. (2019). Intuitive eating is connected to self-reported weight stability in community women and men. Eating Disorders: Journal of Treatment and Prevention. Advance online publication. pdf
Barraclough, E. L., Hay-Smith, J. C., Boucher, S. E., Tylka, T. L., & Horwath, C. (2019). Learning to eat intuitively: A qualitative exploration of the experience of mid-age women. Health Psychology Open, 6, 1-8. doi:10.1177/2055102918824064 pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Calogero, R. M. (2019). Perceptions of male partner pressure to be thin and pornography use: Associations with eating disorder symptomatology in a community sample of adult women. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52, 189-194. pdf
Calogero, R. M., Tylka, T. L., Mensinger, J. L., Meadows, A., & Daníelsdóttir, S. (2018). Recognizing the fundamental right to be fat: A weight-inclusive approach to size acceptance and healing from sizeism. Women & Therapy. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/02703149.2018.1524067
Halliwell, E., Jarman, H., Tylka, T. L., & Slater, A. (2018). Evaluating the impact of a brief yoga intervention on preadolescents’ body image and mood. Body Image, 27, 196-201. pdf
Alleva, J. M., & Tylka, T. L. (2018). Muttarak’s study design cannot support the link between the body-positive movement and overweight or obesity. Obesity, 26, 1527-1527. pdf
Tylka, T. L. (2018). Body Image: Celebrating the past, appreciating the present, and envisioning the future. Body Image, 24, A1-3. pdf
Mensinger, J. L., Tylka, T. L., & Calamari, M. E. (2018). Mechanisms underlying weight status and healthcare avoidance in women: A study of weight stigma, body-related shame and guilt, and healthcare stress. Submitted to Body Image, 25, 139-147. pdf
Homan, K. J., & Tylka, T. L. (2018). Development and exploration of the gratitude model of body appreciation. Body Image, 25, 14-22. pdf
Koenig, J., Tylka, T. L., Williams, D. P., Kaess, M., Thayer, J., & Peschel, S. K. V. (2018). Is intuitive eating related to resting state vagal activity? Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 210, 72-75. pdf
Alleva, J. M., Tylka, T. L., & Kroon Van Diest, A. M. (2017). The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS): Development and psychometric evaluation in U.S. community women and men. Body Image, 23, 28-44. pdf
Frederick, D. A., Bates, M., Daniels, E., & Tylka, T. L. (2017). Exposure to thin-ideal media affects most, but not all, women: Results from the Perceived Effects of Media Exposure Scale and open-ended responses. Body Image, 23, 188-205. pdf
Halliwell, E., Jarman, H., Tylka, T. L., & Slater, A. (2017). Adapting the Body Appreciation Scale-2 for children: A psychometric analysis of the BAS-2C. Body Image, 21, 97-102. pdf
Calogero, R. M., Tylka, T. L., Donnelly, L. C., McGetrick, A., & Medrano Leger, A. (2017). Trappings of femininity: A test of the “beauty as currency” hypothesis in shaping college women’s gender activism. Body Image, 21, 66-70. pdf
Karazsia, B. T., Murnen, S. K., & Tylka, T. L. (2017). Is body dissatisfaction changing across time? A cross-temporal meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 143, 293-320. pdf
Alleva, J. M., Martijn, C., Veldhuis, J., & Tylka, T. L. (2016). A Dutch translation and validation of the Body Acceptance Scale-2: An investigation with female university students in the Netherlands. Body Image, 19, 44-48. pdf
Boucher, S., Edwards, O., Gray, A., Nada-Raja, S., Lillis, J., Tylka, T. L., & Horwath, C. C. (2016). Teaching intuitive eating and acceptance and commitment therapy skills via a web-based intervention: A pilot single-arm intervention study. Journal of Medical Internet Research Protocols, 5, 1-22. pdf
Mensinger, J. L., Calogero, R. M., Stranges, S., & Tylka, T. L. (2016). A weight-neutral versus weight-loss approach for health promotion in women with high BMI: A randomized-controlled trial. Appetite, 105, 364-374. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Iannantuono, A. C. (2016). Perceiving beauty in all women: Psychometric evaluation of the Broad Conceptualization of Beauty Scale. Body Image, 17, 67-81. pdf
Mensinger, J. L., Calogero, R. M., & Tylka, T. L. (2016). Internalized weight stigma moderates eating behavior outcomes in women with high BMI participating in a healthy living program [Special issue]. Appetite, 102, 32-43. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Homan, K. J. (2015). Exercise motives and positive body image in physically active college women and men: Exploring an expanded acceptance model of intuitive eating. Body Image, 15, 90-97. pdf
Tylka, T. L., Calogero, R. M., & Daníelsdóttir, S. (2015). Is intuitive eating the same as flexible dietary control? Their links to each other and well-being could provide an answer. Appetite, 95, 166-175. pdf
Tylka, T. L., Lumeng, J. C., & Eneli, I. U. (2015). Maternal intuitive eating as a moderator of the association between concern about child weight and restrictive child feeding. Appetite, 95, 158-165. pdf
Eneli, I. U., Tylka, T. L., Watowicz, R. P., Hummel, J., Ritter, J., & Lumeng, J. C. (2015). Targeting feeding and eating behaviors: Development of the Feeding Dynamic Intervention (FDI) for caregivers of 2- to 5-year-old children. Journal of Obesity. doi: 10.1155/2015/964249 pdf
Homan, K. J., & Tylka, T. L. (2015). Self-compassion moderates body comparison and appearance self-worth’s inverse relationships with body appreciation. Body Image, 15, 1-7. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Wood-Barcalow, N. L. (2015). A positive complement [Special issue]. Body Image, 14, 115-117. pdf.
Webb, J. B., Wood-Barcalow, N. L., & Tylka, T. L. (2015). Assessing positive body image: Contemporary approaches and future directions. [Special issue]. Body Image, 14, 130-145. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Wood-Barcalow, N. L. (2015). What is and what is not positive body image? Conceptual foundations and construct definition [Special issue]. Body Image, 14, 118-129. pdf
Eneli, I. U., Tylka, T. L., Hummel, J., Watowicz, R. P., Perez, S. A., Kaciroti, N., & Lumeng, J. C. (2015). Rationale and design of the Feeding Dynamic Intervention (FDI) for self-regulation of energy intake in preschoolers. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 41, 325-334. pdf
Tylka, T. L., Russell, H. L., & Neal, A. A. (2015). Self-compassion as a moderator of thinness-related pressures’ associations with thin-ideal internalization and disordered eating. Eating Behaviors, 17, 23-26. pdf
Eneli, I. U., Tylka, T. L., Watowicz, R. P., & Lumeng, J. C. (2015). Maternal and child roles in the feeding relationship: What are mothers doing? Clinical Pediatrics, 54, 179-182. pdf
Tylka, T. L. (2015). No harm in looking, right? Men’s pornography consumption, body image, and well-being. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 16, 97-107. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Kroon Van Diest, A. M. (2015). You looking at her “hot” body may not be “cool” for me: Integrating male partners’ use of pornography into objectification theory for women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39, 67-84. pdf
Tylka, T. L. & Wood-Barcalow, N. L. (2015). The Body Appreciation Scale-2: Item refinement and psychometric evaluation. Body Image, 12, 53-67. pdf
Calogero, R. M., & Tylka, T. L. (2014). Sanctioning resistance to sexual objectification: An integrative system justification perspective. Journal of Social Issues, 70, 763-778. pdf
Tylka, T. L., Annunziato, R. A., Burgard, D., Daníelsdóttir, S., Shuman, E., Davis, C., & Calogero, R. M. (2014). The weight-inclusive vs. weight-normative approach to health: Evaluating the evidence for prioritizing well-being over weight loss. Journal of Obesity. doi: 10.1155/2014/983495 pdf
Homan, K. J., & Tylka, T. L. (2014). Appearance-based exercise motivation moderates the relationship between exercise frequency and positive body image. Body Image, 11, 101-108. pdf
Tylka, T. L. (2013). Evidence for the Body Appreciation Scale’s measurement equivalence/invariance between U.S. college women and men. Body Image, 10, 415-418. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Kroon Van Diest, A. M. (2013). The Intuitive Eating Scale-2: Item refinement and psychometric evaluation with college women and men. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60, 137-153. pdf
Tylka, T. L., Eneli, I. U., Kroon Van Diest, A. M., & Lumeng, J. C. (2013). Which adaptive maternal eating behaviors predict child feeding practices? An examination with mothers of 2- to 5-year-old children. Eating Behaviors, 14, 57-63. pdf
Kozee, H. B., Tylka, T. L., & Bauerband, L. A. (2012). Measuring transgender individuals’ comfort with gender identity and appearance: Development and validation of the Transgender Congruence Scale. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36,179-196. pdf
Iannantuono, A. C., & Tylka, T. L. (2012). Interpersonal and intrapersonal links to body appreciation in college women: An exploratory model. Body Image, 9, 227-235. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Andorka, M. J. (2012). Support for an expanded tripartite influence model with gay men. Body Image, 9, 57-67. pdf
Tylka, T. L. (2011). Refinement of the tripartite influence model for men: Dual body image pathways to body change behaviors. Body Image, 8, 199-207. pdf
Augustus-Horvath, C. L., & Tylka, T. L. (2011). The acceptance model of intuitive eating: A comparison of women in emerging adulthood, early adulthood, and middle adulthood. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 58, 110-125. pdf
Brown, D. L., & Tylka, T. L. (2011). Racial discrimination and resilience in African American young adults: Examining racial socialization as a moderator. Journal of Black Psychology, 37, 259-285. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Calogero, R. M. (2011). Fiction, fashion, and function finale: An introduction and conclusion to the special issue on gendered body image, Part III [Special issue]. Sex Roles, 65, 447-460. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Calogero, R. M. (2011). Expose the illusions, crack the codes: Contextualizing visual media to mold a new reality [Special issue]. Sex Roles, 65, 461-468. pdf
Kroon Van Diest, A. M., & Tylka, T. L. (2010). The Caregiver Eating Messages Scale: Development and psychometric investigation. Body Image, 7, 317-326. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Sabik, N. J. (2010). Integrating social comparison theory and self-esteem within objectification theory to predict women’s disordered eating [Special issue]. Sex Roles, 63, 18-31. pdf
Wood-Barcalow, N. L., Tylka, T. L., & Augustus-Horvath, C. L. (2010). “But I like my body”: Positive body image characteristics and a holistic model for young-adult women. Body Image, 7, 106-116. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Calogero, R. M. (2010). Fiction, fashion, and function revisited: An introduction to the special issue on gendered body image, Part II [Special issue]. Sex Roles, 63, 601-608. pdf
Calogero, R. M., & Tylka, T. L. (2010). Fiction, fashion, and function: An introduction to the special issue on gendered body image, Part I [Special issue]. Sex Roles, 63, 1-5. pdf
Augustus-Horvath, C. L., & Tylka, T. L. (2009). A test and extension of objectification theory as it predicts disordered eating: Does women’s age matter? Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56, 253-265. pdf
Eneli, I. U., Crum, P., & Tylka, T. L. (2009). One-size-does-not-fit-all: A case for further research on the tenets of the trust model. Obesity, 17, 1478-1480. pdf
Eneli, I. U., Crum, P. A., & Tylka, T. L. (2008). The trust model: A different feeding paradigm for managing childhood obesity. Obesity, 16, 2197-2204. pdf
Schwartz, J. P., & Tylka, T. L. (2008). Exploring entitlement as a moderator and mediator of the relationship between masculine gender role conflict and men’s body esteem. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 9, 67-81. pdf
Bergeron, D., & Tylka, T. L. (2007). Support for the uniqueness of body dissatisfaction from drive for muscularity among men. Body Image, 4, 288-295. pdf
Kozee, H. B., Tylka, T. L., Augustus-Horvath, C. L., & Denchik, A. (2007). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Interpersonal Sexual Objectification Scale. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31, 176-189. pdf
Avalos, L. C., & Tylka, T. L. (2006). Exploring a model of intuitive eating with college women. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 486-497. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Wilcox, J. A. (2006). Are intuitive eating and eating disorder symptomatology opposite poles of the same construct? Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 474-485. pdf
Kozee, H. B., & Tylka, T. L. (2006). A test of objectification theory with lesbian women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 348-357. pdf
Tylka, T. L. (2006). Development and psychometric evaluation of a measure of intuitive eating. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 226-240. pdf IES-2
Sabik, N. J., & Tylka, T. L. (2006). Do feminist identity styles moderate the relation between perceived sexist events and disordered eating? Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 77-84. pdf
Phan, T., & Tylka, T. L. (2006). Exploring a model and moderators of disordered eating with Asian American women. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 36-47. pdf
Avalos, L., Tylka, T. L., & Wood-Barcalow, N. L. (2005). The Body Appreciation Scale: Development and psychometric evaluation. Body Image, 2, 285-297. pdf BAS-2
Tylka, T. L., Bergeron, D., & Schwartz, J. P. (2005). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS). Body Image, 2, 161-175. pdf
Ridgeway, R. T., & Tylka, T. L. (2005). College men’s perceptions of ideal body composition and shape. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 6, 209-220. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Hill, M. S. (2004). Objectification theory as it relates to disordered eating among college women. Sex Roles, 51, 719-730. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Subich, L. M. (2004). Examining a multidimensional model of eating disorder symptomatology among college women. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51, 314-328. pdf
Tylka, T. L. (2004). The relation between body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptomatology: An analysis of moderating variables. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51, 178-191. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Subich, L. M. (2003). Revisiting the latent structure of eating disorders: Taxometric analyses with nonbehavioral indicators. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50, 276-286. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Subich, L. M. (2002). A preliminary examination of the eating disorder continuum with men. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 49, 273-279. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Subich, L. M. (2002). Exploring young women’s perceptions of the effectiveness and safety of maladaptive weight control techniques. Journal of Counseling & Development, 80, 101-110. pdf
Tylka, T. L., & Subich, L. M. (1999). Exploring the construct validity of the eating disorder continuum. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 46, 268-276. pdf
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Books
Tylka, T. L., & Piran, N. (Eds.). (in press). Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Cook-Cottone, C., Tribole, E., & Tylka, T. L. (2013). Healthy eating in schools: Evidence-based interventions to help kids thrive. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Book Chapters
Tylka, T. L. (in press). Body appreciation. In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Tylka, T. L. (in press). Broad conceptualization of beauty. In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Calogero, R. M., Tylka, T. L., Pedrotty-Stump, K., & Hartman-McGilley, B. (in press). Mindful attunement. In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Resch, E., & Tylka, T. L. (in press). Intuitive eating. In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Calogero, R. M., & Tylka, T. L. (in press). Physical safety as a bedrock and safeguard to positive embodiment. In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Tylka, T. L., & Calogero, R. M. (in press). Promoting a resistant stance toward objectification. In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Tylka, T. L. (in press). Cultivating embodiment through positive family environments. In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Tylka, T. L., & Piran, N. (in press). Looking ahead: Where do we go from here? In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Tylka, T. L., & Piran, N. (in press). Introduction to the volume. In T. L. Tylka & N. Piran (Eds.), Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: Constructs, protective factors, and interventions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Tylka, T. L. (in press). Overview of the field of positive body image. In E. Daniels, M. Gillen, & C. Markey (Eds.), The body positive: Understanding and improving body image in science and practice. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Calogero, R. M., Tylka, T. L., & Mensinger, J. L. (2016). Scientific weightism: A view of mainstream weight stigma research through a feminist lens. In T.-A. Roberts, N. Curtin, L. E. Duncan, & L. Cortina (Eds.), Feminist perspectives on building a better psychological science of gender (pp. 9-28). New York: Springer.
Tylka, T. L., & Cook-Cottone, C. P. (2016). Health disparities and help-seeking behaviors among girls. In C. L. Juntunen & J. P. Schwartz (Eds.), Counseling across the lifespan: Prevention and treatment (2nd ed., pp. 165-185). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Tylka, T. L., & Kroon Van Diest, A. M. (2015). Protective factors in the development of eating disorders. In M. P. Levine & L. Smolak (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of eating disorders (pp. 430-444). New York: Wiley & Sons, LTD.
Tylka, T. L. (2012). Positive psychology perspectives on body image. In T.F. Cash (Ed.), Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance (Vol. 2, pp. 657-663). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Tylka, T. L. (2011). Positive psychology perspectives on body image. In T.F. Cash and L. Smolak (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of science, practice, and prevention (2nd ed., pp. 56-64). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Tylka, T. L., & Augustus-Horvath, C. L. (2011). Fighting self-objectification in prevention and intervention contexts. In R. M. Calogero, S. Tantleff-Dunn, & J. K. Thompson (Eds.), Self-objectification in women: Causes, consequences, and counteractions (pp. 187-214). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.