ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

You Think Therefore I Am: The Impact of Bullying on Body Image in Emerging Adults

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Developmental Psychology

  • Daniel Provenzano
    University of Windsor
  • Al Hall
    University of Windsor
  • Anastasia Skobkareva
    University of Windsor
  • Michael Boroughs
    The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health
  • Michael Boroughs
    University of Windsor

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to investigate retrospective accounts of general and physical appearance-related bullying and their association with body image disturbance. Results of a MANCOVA suggest that emerging adults who reported a history of general or appearance-related bullying experience a number of body image concerns.

Bullying