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The impact of the amount of social evaluation on psychobiological responses to a body image threat . The present study examined the impact of amount of social-evaluative body image threat on psychobiological responses . Women ( N=123 ) were randomized into an individual-threat , group-threat or no-threat condition . Participants completed a measure of state body shame and provided a sample of saliva ( to assess cortisol ) at baseline and following their condition . Both threat conditions had higher baseline-adjusted body shame following the threat compared to the no-threat condition ; however , no difference on baseline-adjusted body shame between the threat conditions was found . The same pattern of results was found for cortisol - both threat conditions had higher baseline-adjusted response cortisol than the no-threat condition , with no significant differences between the threat groups . Findings suggest that the magnitude of psychobiological responses to a social-evaluative body image threat does not differ with the amount of social-evaluative threat ( individual- versus group-threat ) . These findings provide insight into the context of body image threats of women .
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Intervention_Educational
social evaluation
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Intervention_Educational
state body shame
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Participant_Condition
body image threat .
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Participant_Sex
Women
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Participant_Sample-size
N=123
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Participant_Sex
women