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Alleva, Jessica M.

Assistant Professor, PhD

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  1. 2019
  2. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Holmqvist Gattario, K., Martijn, C., & Lunde, C. (2019). What can my body do vs. how does it look? A qualitative analysis of young women and men's descriptions of their body functionality or physical appearance. Body Image, 31, 71-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.08.008
  3. 2018
  4. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Paraskeva, N., Craddock, N., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2018). Body appreciation in British men: Correlates and variation across sexual orientation. Body Image, 27, 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.09.004
  5. Published
    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(10), 1527-1527. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22281
  6. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Diedrichs, P. C., Halliwell, E., Peters, M. L., Dures, E., Stuijfzand, B. G., & Rumsey, N. (2018). More Than My RA: A Randomized Trial Investigating Body Image Improvement Among Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis Using a Functionality-Focused Intervention Program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(8), 666-676. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000317.supp
  7. Published
    Bij de Vaate, A. J. D. N., Veldhuis, J., Alleva, J. M., Konijn, E. A., & van Hugten, C. H. M. (2018). Show your best self(ie): An exploratory study on selfie-related motivations and behavior in emerging adulthood. Telematics and Informatics, 35(5), 1392-1407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.03.010
  8. Published
    Karos, K., Alleva, J. M., & Peters, M. L. (2018). Pain, please: An investigation of sampling bias in pain research. The Journal of Pain, 19(7), 787-796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2018.02.011
  9. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Diedrichs, P. C., Halliwell, E., Martijn, C., Stuijfzand, B. G., Treneman-Evans, G., & Rumsey, N. (2018). A randomised-controlled trial investigating potential underlying mechanisms of a functionality-based approach to improving women's body image. Body Image, 25, 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.02.009
  10. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Stuijfzand, B. G., & Martijn, C. (2018). Diminishing covariation bias in women with a negative body evaluation and the potential roles of outcome aversiveness and interpretation of social feedback. Body Image, 24, 62-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.12.002
  11. 2017
  12. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Tylka, T. L., & Van Diest, A. M. K. (2017). The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS): Development and psychometric evaluation in US community women and men. Body Image, 23, 28-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.07.008
  13. Published
    Alleva, J. M. (2017). Shapeshifting: focusing on body functionality to improve body image . Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 6(6), 300-301. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2017.6.6.300
  14. 2016
  15. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Martijn, C., Veldhuis, J., & Tylka, T. L. (2016). A Dutch translation and validation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2: An investigation with female university students in the Netherlands. Body Image, 19, 44-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.08.008
  16. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Veldhuis, J., & Martijn, C. (2016). A pilot study investigating whether focusing on body functionality can protect women from the potential negative effects of viewing thin-ideal media images. Body Image, 17, 10-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.01.007
  17. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Martijn, C., & Jansen, A. (2016). Covariation bias in women with a negative body evaluation: how is it expressed and can it be diminished? Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50, 33-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.04.012
  18. 2015
  19. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., Martijn, C., & Miles, E. (2015). A Meta-Analytic Review of Stand-Alone Interventions to Improve Body Image. PLOS ONE, 10(9), [e0139177]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139177
  20. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Martijn, C., van Breukelen, G. J. P., Jansen, A., & Karos, K. (2015). Expand your horizon: A programme that improves body image and reduces self-objectification by training women to focus on body functionality. Body Image, 15, 81-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.07.001
  21. Published
    Aspen, V., Martijn, C., Alleva, J. M., Nagel, J., Perret, C., Purvis, C., ... Taylor, C. B. (2015). Decreasing body dissatisfaction using a brief conditioning intervention. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 69, 93-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.04.003
  22. Published
    Martijn, C., Alleva, J. M., & Jansen, A. (2015). Improving body satisfaction : do strategies targeting the automatic system work? European Psychologist, 20(1), 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000206
  23. Published
    Alleva, J. M. (2015). Body matters : interventions and change techniques designed to improve body image. Maastricht: Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht.
  24. 2014
  25. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Martijn, C., Jansen, A., & Nederkoorn, C. (2014). Body language: affecting body satisfaction by describing the body in functionality terms. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 38(2), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684313507897
  26. Published
    Alleva, J., Roelofs, J., Voncken, M., Meevissen, Y., & Alberts, H. (2014). On the Relation Between Mindfulness and Depressive Symptoms: Rumination as a Possible Mediator. Mindfulness, 5(1), 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0153-y
  27. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Lange, W. G., Jansen, A., & Martijn, C. (2014). Seeing ghosts: Negative body evaluation predicts overestimation of negative social feedback. Body Image, 11(3), 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.03.001
  28. Published
    Alleva, J. M. (2014). Lichaam is meer dan uiterlijk: Het belang van lichaamsfunctionaliteit. De Psycholoog, 49, 50-57.
  29. Published
    Alleva, J. M., Schyns, G., & Martijn, C. (2014). Positief lichaamsbeeld: Wat betekent het werken aan een positief lichaamsbeeld voor de therapeut en de cliënt? Dth : kwartaalschrift voor directieve therapie en hypnose, 34, 250-256.
  30. 2013
  31. Published
    Alleva, J., Jansen, A., Martijn, C., Schepers, J., & Nederkoorn, C. (2013). Get your own mirror : investigating how strict eating disordered women are in judging the bodies of other eating disordered women. Appetite, 68, 98-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.04.015
  32. 2012
  33. Published
    Martijn, C., Alleva, J., & Jansen, A. T. M. (2012). Help, ik ben zo lelijk! Nieuwe interventies om tevredenheid met het eigen uiterlijk te vergroten. De Psycholoog, 5, 10-18.

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