J. Kevin Thompson, Ph.D.

Department of Psychology
PCD 4118
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33620-8200
(813) 974-0367 (office)
Thompson@cas.usf.edu

This page contains my publications after 1995.
For anything published before 1995, please contact me at: Thompson@cas.usf.edu
The materials highlighted in blue are downloadable (PDF).

BOOKS
Thompson, J. K., & Cafri, G. (in preparation). The muscular ideal. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Thompson, J. K. (Ed.) (2004). Handbook of eating disorders and obesity. New York: Wiley.

Thompson, J. K., & Smolak, L. (Eds.) (2001). Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth: Assessment, treatment and prevention Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Thompson, J. K., Heinberg, L. J., Altabe, M. N., & Tantleff-Dunn, S. (1999). Exacting beauty: Theory, assessment and treatment of body image disturbance. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Thompson, J. K. (Ed.) (1996). Body image, eating disorders, and obesity: An integrative guide for assessment and treatment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

BOOK CHAPTERS
Faith, M., & Thompson, J. K. (in press). Obesity. In L. Cohen & F. Collins (Eds.), Treatment of clinical problems in applied settings. New York: Sage.

Gilbert, S., Keery, H., & Thompson, J. K. (in press). Media influences on women and girls. In E. Cole & J. H. Daniel (Eds.), Media, women and girls: Implications for feminist psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Thompson, J. K., & Heinberg, L. J. (in press). Body image. In J. E. Mitchell, S. Wonderlich, H. Steiger, & M. de Zwann (Eds.), Annual Review of Eating Disorders. Academy of Eating Disorders.

Thompson, J. K., Herbozo, S., Himes, S., & Yamamiya, Y. (in press). Teasing. In K. D. Brownell, R. M. Puhl, & M. B. Schwartz (Eds.), Bias, Stigma, Discrimination and Obesity. New York: Guilford.

Thompson, J. K., Roehrig, M., Cafri, G., & Heinberg, L. J. (in press). Assessment of body image disturbance. In J. E. Mitchell & C. B. Peterson (Eds.), Assessment of patients with eating disorders. New York: Guilford.

Hendricks, P., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). Bulimia nervosa. In I. B. Weiner (Ed.), Adult psychopathology: Case studies (pp. 239-257). New York: Wiley.

Thompson, J. K., & Stice, E. (2004). Thin-ideal internalization: Mounting evidence for a new risk factor for body-image disturbance and eating pathology. In T. F. Oltmanns & R. E. Emery (Eds.), Current directions in abnormal psychology (pp. 97-101). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. (Reprinted from Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10, 181-183)

Faith, M. S., & Thompson, J. K. (2003). Obesity and body image disturbance. In L. M. Cohen, D. E. McChargue, & F. L. Collins, Jr. (Eds.), The health psychology handbook: Practical issues for the behavioral medicine specialist (pp. 125-145). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Thompson, J. K., & Kinder, B. (2003). Eating disorders. In M. Hersen & S. Turner (Eds.), Adult psychopathology and diagnosis (4th ed.) (pp. 555-582). New York: Wiley.

Gilbert, S., & Thompson, J. K. (2002). Body shame in childhood and adolescence: Relation to eating disturbance and overall psychological functioning. In P. Gilbert (Ed.), Body shame (pp. 55-74). London. Routledge.

Sarwer, D. & Thompson, J. K. (2002). Obesity and body image disturbance. In T. A. Wadden & A. J. Stunkard (Eds.), Handbook of obesity treatment (pp. 447-464). New York: Guilford.

Thompson, J. K. & Gardner, R. (2002). Measuring perceptual body image in adolescents and adults. In T. F. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body images: A handbook of theory, research and clinical practice (pp. 135-141). New York: Guilford.

Thompson, J. K., & van den Berg, P. (2002). Measuring body image attitudes among adolescents and adults. In T. F. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body images: A handbook of theory, research and clinical practice (pp. 142-153). New York: Guilford.

Heinberg, L. J., Thompson, J. K., & Matzon, J. L. (2001). Body image dissatisfaction as a motivator for healthy lifestyle change: Is some distress beneficial? In R. H. Striegel-Moore & L. Smolak (Eds.), Eating disorders: Innovative directions for research and practice (pp. 215-232). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Thompson, J. K., & Smolak, L. (2001). Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth: The future is now. In J. K. Thompson & L. Smolak (Eds.), Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth: Assessment, treatment and prevention (pp. 1-18). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Thompson, J. K. (1996). Assessing body image disturbance: Measures, methodology and implementation. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Body image, eating disorders and obesity: An integrative guide for assessment and treatment (pp. 49-81). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Thompson, J. K. (1996). Body image, eating disorders, and obesity: An emerging synthesis. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Body image, eating disorders and obesity: An integrative guide for assessment and treatment (pp. 1-20). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Thompson, J. K., Heinberg, L. J., & Clarke, A. (1996). Treatment of body image disturbance in eating disorders. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Body image, eating disorders and obesity: An integrative guide for assessment and treatment (pp. 303-319). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Books.

Altabe, M. N., & Thompson, J. K. (1995). Advances in the assessment of body image disturbance: Implications for treatment strategies. In L. Vandecreek (Ed.), Innovations in clinical practice (pp. 89-110). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.

Heinberg, L. H., Wood, K., & Thompson, J. K. (1995). Body image. In V. I. Rickert (Ed.), Adolescent nutrition: Assessment and management (pp. 136-156). New York: Chapman and Hall.

Thompson, J. K. (1995). Assessment of body image. In D. Allison (Ed.), Handbook of assessment methods for eating behaviors and weight-related problems (pp. 119-148). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Boroughs, M., Cafri, G., & Thompson, J. K. (in press). Body depilation in males. Sex Roles.

Cafri, G., Yamamiya, Y., Brannick, M., & Thompson, J. K. (in press). The impact of thin-ideal internalization on body dissatisfaction and eating pathology: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

Hendricks, P. S., & Thompson, J. K. (in press). An integration of cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa: A case study using the case formulation method. International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Keery, H., van den Berg, P., Boutelle, K., & Thompson, J. K. (in press). The impact of appearance-related teasing by family members. Journal of Adolescent Health.

Sarwer, D. B., Cash, T. F., Magee, L., Williams, E. F., Thompson, J. K., Roehrig, M., Tantleff-Dunn, S., Kanter, A., Wilfley, D. E., Amidon, A. D., Anderson, D. A., & Romanofski, M. (in press). College students and cosmetic surgery: An investigation of experiences, attitudes, and body image. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Shroff, H., & Thompson, J. K. (in press). Body image and eating disturbances in India. International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Smolak, L., Murnen, S., & Thompson, J. K. (in press). Sociocultural influences and muscle building in early adolescent boys. Psychology of Men and Masculinity.

Birkeland, R., Thompson, J. K., Herbozo, S., Roehrig, M., Cafri, G., & van den Berg, P. (2005). Media exposure, mood, and body image dissatisfaction: An experimental test of person vs. product priming. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 2, 53-61.

Birkeland, R., Thompson, J. K., & Phares, V. (2005). Adolescent motherhood and postpartum despression. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 293-301.

Cafri, G., Thompson, J. K., Ricciardelli, L., McCabe, M., Smolak, L., Yesalis, C., (2005). Pursuit of the muscular ideal: Physical and psychological consequences and putative risk factors. Clinical Psychology Review, 25, 215-239.

Calogero, R., Davis, W., & Thompson, J. K. (2005). The role of self-objectification in the experience of women with eating disorders. Sex Roles, 52, 43-50.

Lundgren, J. D., Anderson, D. A., Shapiro, J. R., Paulosky, C. A., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). Perception of teasing in underweight persons: A modification of the Perception of Teasing Scale. Eating and Weight Disorders: Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 9, 139-146.

Sperry, S., Thompson, J. K., & Vandello, J. (2005). The influence of communicator weight on psychoeducational message acceptance in females with high and low levels of body image disturbance. Eating Behaviors, 6, 247-258.

Sarwer, D. B., Thompson, J. K., & Cash, T. F. (2005). Body image and obesity in adulthood. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 28, 69-87.

Altabe, M. N., Wood, K., Herbozo, S., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). The Physical Appearance Ambiguous Feedback Scale (PAAFS): A measure for indexing body image related cognitive bias. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 1, 299-304.

Cafri, G., Roehrig, M , & Thompson, J. K. (2004). Reliability assessment of the somatomorphic matrix. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 35, 597-600.

Cafri, G., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). Evaluating the convergence of muscle appearance attitude measures. Assessment, 11, 224-229.

Cafri, G., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). Measuring male body image: A review of the current methodology. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 5, 18-29.

Calogero, R. M., Davis, W. N., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3): Reliability and normative comparisons of eating disordered patients. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 1, 193-198.

Herbozo, S., Thompson, J. K., Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Gokee-Larose, J. (2004). Beauty and thinness messages in children’s media: A content analysis. Eating Disorders, 12, 1-14.

Keery, H., Shroff, H., Thompson, J. K., Wertheim, E., & Smolak, L. (2004). The Sociocultural Internalization of Appearance Questionnaire - Adolescents (SIAQ-A): Psychometric and normative data for three countries. Eating and Weight Disorders: Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 9, 56-61.

Keery, H., van den Berg, P., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). An evaluation of the Tripartite Influence Model of body dissatisfaction and eating disturbance with adolescent girls. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 1, 237-251.

Lundgren, J. D., Anderson, D. A., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). Fear of negative appearance evaluation: Development and evaluation of a new construct for risk factor work in the field of eating disorders. Eating Behaviors, 5, 75-84.

Steinberg, A. R., Phares, V., & Thompson, J. K. (2004). Gender differences in peer and parental influences: Body image disturbance, self-worth, and psychological functioning in preadolescent children. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 33, 421-429.

Thompson, J. K. (2004). The (mis)measurement of body image: Ten strategies to improve assessment for applied and research purposes. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 1, 7-14.

Thompson, J. K., van den Berg, P., Roehrig, M., Guarda, A., & Heinberg, L. J. (2004). The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3): Development and validation. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 35, 293-304.

Boroughs, M., & Thompson, J. K. (2002). Body depilation in males: A new body image concern? International Journal of Men's Health, 1, 247-257.

Boroughs, M., & Thompson, J. K. (2002). Exercise status and sexual orientation as moderators of body image and eating disorders in males. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 31, 307-311.

Cafri, G., Strauss J., & Thompson, J. K. (2002). Male Body Image: Satisfaction and its relationship to well-being using the somatomorphic matrix. International Journal of Men's Health, 1, 215-231.

Fisher, E., Thompson, J. K., & Dunn, M. E. (2002). Social Comparison and Body Image: An investigation of body comparison process using multidimensional scaling. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21, 566-579.

Furman, K., & Thompson, J. K. (2002). Body image, teasing, and mood alterations: An experimental study of exposure to negative verbal commentary. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32, 1-9.

Van den Berg, P., Thompson, J. K., Brandon, K., & Coovert, M. (2002). The Tripartite Influence model of body image and eating disturbance: A covariance structure modeling investigation testing the mediational role of appearance comparison. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53, 1007-1020.

Van den Berg, P., Wertheim, E., Thompson, J. K., & Paxton, S. J. (2002). Development of body image, eating disturbance, and general psychological functioning in Australian adolescents: A replication using covariance structure modeling. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32, 46-51.

Cusumano, D. L., & Thompson, J. K. (2001). Media influence and body image in 8-11 year old boys and girls: A preliminary report on the Multidimensional Media Influence Scale. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 37-44.

Smolak, L., Levine, M. P., & Thompson, J. K. (2001). The use of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire with middle school boys and girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 216-223

Thompson, J. K., & Stice, E. (2001). Thin-ideal internalization: Mounting evidence for a new risk factor for body-image disturbance and eating pathology. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10, 181-183.

Cattarin, J. A., Thompson, J. K., Thomas, C. M., & Williams, R. (2000). Body image, mood, and televised images of attractiveness: The role of social comparison. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 19, 220-239.

Lunner, K., Wertheim, E. H., Thompson, J. K., Paxton, S. J., McDonald, F., & Halvaarson, K. S. (2000). A cross-cultural examination of weight-related teasing, body image, and eating disturbance in Swedish and Australian samples. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 28, 430-435

Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Thompson, J. K. (2000). Breast and chest size satisfaction: Relation to overall body image and self-esteem. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 8, 241-246.

Gilbert, S., & Thompson, J. K. (1999). Winning or losing against an opposite-sex peer on a gender-based competitive task. Sex Roles, 41, 875-899.

Schwartz, D., Phares, V., Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Thompson, J. K. (1999). Body image, psychological functioning, and parental feedback regarding physical appearance. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 25, 339-343.

Thompson, J. K., Coovert, M. D., & Stormer, S. M. (1999). Body image, social comparison, and eating disturbance: A covariance structure modeling investigation. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 26, 43-51.

Thompson, J. K., & Heinberg, L. J. (1999). The media's influence on body image disturbance and eating disorders: We've reviled them, now can we rehabilitate them? Journal of Social Issues, 55, 339-353.

Riley, N. M., Bild, D. E., Cooper, L., Schreiner, P., Smith, D. E., Sorlie, P., & Thompson, J. K. (1998). Relationship of self-image to body size and weight loss attempts in black women: The CARDIA study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 148, 1062-1068.

Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Thompson, J. K. (1998). Body image and appearance-related feedback: Recall, judgment, and affective response. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 17, 319-340.

Thompson, J. K., & Tantleff-Dunn, S. (1998). Assessment of body image disturbance in obesity. Obesity Research, 6, 375-377.

Walden, K., Thompson, J. K., & Wells, K. (1997). Body image and psychological sequelae consequent to explantation surgery for silicone breast implants. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 100, 1299-1306.

Weiner, K., & Thompson, J. K. (1997). Development and validation of the Covert and Overt Sexual Experiences Questionnaire. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 22, 273-284.

Altabe, M. N., & Thompson, J. K. (1996). Body image: A cognitive self-schema construct? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 20, 171-193.

Gilbert, S., & Thompson, J. K. (1996). Feminist explanations of the development of eating disorders: Common themes, research findings, and methodology issues. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 3, 183-202.

Stormer, S. M., & Thompson, J. K. (1996). Explanations of body image disturbance: A test of maturational status, negative verbal commentary, social comparison, and sociocultural hypotheses. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 19, 193-202.

Wood, K. C., Becker, J., & Thompson, J. K. (1996). Body image dissatisfaction in preadolescent children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17, 85-100.

Heinberg, L. H., & Thompson, J. K. (1995). Body image and televised images of thinness and attractiveness: A controlled laboratory investigation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 14, 325-338.

Heinberg, L. J., Thompson, J. K., & Stormer, S. (1995). Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitude Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ). International Journal of Eating Disorders, 17, 81-89.

Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Thompson, J. K. (1995). Romantic partners and body image disturbance: Further evidence for the role of perceived-actual disparities. Sex Roles, 33, 589-605.

Tantleff-Dunn, S., Thompson, J. K., & Dunn, M. (1995). The Feedback on Physical Appearance Scale (FOPAS): Questionnaire development and psychometric evaluation. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 3, 341-350.

Thompson J. K., Cattarin, J., Fowler, B., & Fisher, E. (1995). The Perception of Teasing Scale (POTS): A revision and extension of the Physical Appearance Related Teasing Scale (PARTS). Journal of Personality Assessment, 65, 146-157.

Thompson, J. K., Coovert, M., Richards, K., Johnson, S., & Cattarin, J. (1995). Development of body image, eating disturbance, and general psychological functioning in female adolescents: Covariance structure modeling and longitudinal investigations. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 18, 221-236.