Staff profile

• Cultural understandings and experiences and influences relating to body image, appearance, gender, menopause, wellbeing

Journal Article

• Effects of a facilitator-delivered, group-based school intervention to improve media literacy and body dissatisfaction among adolescents: Protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial in Colombia
  
  Andres, F., Chamorro Coneo, A. M., Thornborrow, T., Mebarak Chams, M., Evans, E., & Boothroyd, L. (in press). Effects of a facilitator-delivered, group-based school intervention to improve media literacy and body dissatisfaction among adolescents: Protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial in Colombia. Trials.
• Assessing associations amongst body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and sociocultural influences in adolescents from rural Nicaragua
  
  Andres, F. E., Thornborrow, T., Bowie, W. N., Gonzalez, M., Evans, E. H., & Boothroyd, L. G. (2026). Assessing associations amongst body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and sociocultural influences in adolescents from rural Nicaragua. BMC Psychology, 14(1), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03728-3
• Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in five latin american nations
  
  Mebarak, M., Maïano, C., Mendoza, J., Chirullo, V., Chamorro Coneo, A. M., Compte, E. J., Cruz-Licea, V., Góngora, V. C., Henríquez, C., Martínez-Banfi, M., Mejía Rodriguez, D. L., Pescetto, I., Selma, H., Boothroyd, L. G., Thornborrow, T., Todd, J., & Swami, V. (2026). Measurement invariance and differential item functioning of the Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) in five latin american nations. Body Image, 56, Article 102032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2026.102032
• Pilot trial assessing acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effects of a body image intervention for adolescents in rural Nicaragua
  
  Andres, F. E., Thornborrow, T., Bowie, W. N., Hebbert, V. T., Moses, J. A., Gonzalez, M., Calero, E., Evans, E. H., & Boothroyd, L. G. (2025). Pilot trial assessing acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effects of a body image intervention for adolescents in rural Nicaragua. Body Image, 55, Article 101970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101970
• Aspects of body image as moderators and mediators in the relationship between minority stress and depression among diverse LGBTQIA+ identities
  
  Bates, J., Maalin, N., & Thornborrow, T. (2025). Aspects of body image as moderators and mediators in the relationship between minority stress and depression among diverse LGBTQIA+ identities. Body Image, 55, Article 101975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101975
• ''Thank God we are like this here'': A qualitative investigation of televisual media influence on women's body image in an ethnically diverse rural Nicaraguan population.
  
  Thornborrow, T., Boothroyd, L. G., & Tovee, M. J. (2025). ’’Thank God we are like this here’’: A qualitative investigation of televisual media influence on women’s body image in an ethnically diverse rural Nicaraguan population. Body Image, 52, Article 101817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101817