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Engeln, R., & Zola, A. (2021). These boots weren’t made for walking: Clothing choices as a gendered form of self-objectification. Sex Roles, 85, 463-80. [PDF]
Engeln, R., & Imundo, M. N. (2020). I (don’t) love my body: Counter-intuitive effects of body-affirming statements on college women. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 39, 617-639. [PDF]
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Engeln, R., Loach, R., Imundo, M., & Zola, A. (2020). Compared to Facebook, Instagram use causes more appearance comparison and greater body dissatisfaction in college women. Body Image, 34, 38-45. [PDF]
Stern, N., & Engeln, R. (2018). Self-compassionate letter-writing increases college women’s body satisfaction. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 42, 326-341. [PDF]
Engeln, R., Shavlik, M., & Daly, C. (2018). Tone it down: How fitness instructors' motivational comments shape women's body satisfaction. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 12, 508-524. [PDF]
Sladek, M., Salk, R., & Engeln, R. (2018). Negative body talk measures for Asian, Latina(o), and White women and men: Measurement equivalence and associations with ethnic-racial identity. Body Image, 25, 66-77. [PDF]
Foster-Gimbel, O., Engeln, R., & Doyle, D. (2018). The Gay Community Involvement Index: An exploratory factor analysis and initial validation of a new measure of gay community involvement. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47, 1-15. [PDF]
Foster-Gimbel, O., & Engeln, R. (2016). Fat chance! Experiences and expectations of antifat bias in the gay community. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 3, 63-70. [PDF]
Engeln, R., & Salk, R. (2014). The demographics of fat talk in adult women: Age, body size, and ethnicity. Journal of Health Psychology, 19 , 1-10. [PDF]
Doyle, D., & Engeln, R. (2014). Body size moderates the association between gay community identification and body image disturbance. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 1, 279-284. [PDF]
Sladek, M., Engeln, R., & Miller, S.A. (2014). Development and validation of the Male Body Talk Scale: A psychometric investigation. Body Image, 11, 233-244. [PDF]
Engeln, R., Sladek, M., & Waldron, H. (2013). Body talk among college men: Contexts, correlates, and effects. Body Image, 10, 300-308.
Engeln-Maddox, R., Salk, R. H., & Miller, S.A. (2012). Assessing women’s negative commentary on their own bodies: A psychometric investigation of the Negative Body Talk Scale. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36, 162-178. [PDF]
Salk, R. H.*, & Engeln-Maddox, R. (2012). Fat talk among college women is both contagious and harmful. Sex Roles, 9, 636-645. [PDF]
Engeln-Maddox, R., Miller, S.A., & Doyle, D. (2011). Tests of objectification theory in gay, lesbian, and community samples: Mixed evidence for proposed pathways. Sex Roles, 65, 518-532. [PDF]
Salk, R., & Engeln-Maddox, R. (2011). "If you’re fat then I’m humongous!": Content and impact of fat talk among college women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35, 8-28. [PDF]
Rolnik, A., Engeln-Maddox, R., & Miller, S.A. (2010). Here’s looking at you: Self-objectification, body image disturbance, and sorority rush. Sex Roles, 63, 6-17. [PDF]
Engeln-Maddox, R., & Miller, S.A. (2008). Talking back to the media ideal: The development and validation of the Critical Processing of Beauty Images Scale. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32, 159-171. [PDF]
Engeln-Maddox, R. (2007). An alternate universe: Women, body image, and the paradox of thinness on Survivor. In G. Yeffeth (Ed.), The Psychology of Survivor. Dallas, TX: Benbella Books, 133-141.
Engeln-Maddox, R. (2006). Buying the beauty standard or dreaming of a new life? Expectations associated with media ideals. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 258-266. [PDF]
Engeln-Maddox, R. (2005). Cognitive responses to idealized media images of women: The relationship of social comparison and critical processing to body image disturbance in college women. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24, 1036-1060. [PDF]