Matrix Philosophy…

Else-Quest, N. M., & Hyde, J. S. (2016). Intersectionality in quantitative psychological research I. Theoretical and epistemological issues. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40(2), 155 – 170.

Else-Quest, N. M., & Hyde, J. S. (2016). Intersectionality in quantitative psychological research II. Methods & techniques. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40(3), 319 – 336.

May, V. M. (2015). Pursuing Intersectionality, unsettling dominant imaginaries. Routledge.

Personal well-being…

Cole, E. R. (2009). Intersectionality and research in psychology. American Psychologist, 64(2), 170-180. DOI: 10.1037/a0014564.

Collins, P. H. (1990). Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment. Routledge.

May, V. M. (2015). Pursuing Intersectionality, unsettling dominant imaginaries. Routledge.

McCall, L. (2005). The complexity of intersectionality. Signs, 30, 1771-1800.

Romero, M. (2018). Introducing Intersectionality. Polity Press.

Normative discontent in body dissatisfaction…

Cash, T. F. (Ed.). (2012). Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance (Vol. 1, A-F). Elsevier.

MacLachlan, M., Mháille, G.N., Gallagher, P., Desmond, D. (2012). Embodiment and appearance. In N. Rumsey, & D. Harcourt (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance. Oxford University Press.

Violi, P. (2012). How our bodies become us: Embodiment, semiosis and intersubjectivity. Journal of Cognitive Semiotics, IV(1), 57-75.

Our physical body is crucial…

Cash, T. F. (2005). The influence of sociocultural factors on body image: Searching for constructs, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Vol 12(4), 438-442. 

Cash, T. F. (Ed.)(2012). Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance (Vol. 1, A-F). Elsevier.

MacLachlan, M. (2004). Embodiment: clinical, critical and cultural perspective on health and illness. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

MacLachlan, M., Mháille, G.N., Gallagher, P., Desmond, D. (2012). Embodiment and appearance (chapter 3). In N. Rumsey, & D. Harcourt (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old people = reflection of future self

Chonody, J. M., & Teater, B. (2016). Why do I dread looking older?: a test of social identity theory, terror management, and the double standard of aging. Journal of Women & Aging, 28(2), 112-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2014.950533

Greenberg, J., Schimel, J., & Martens, A. (2002). Ageism: denying the face of the future. In T. D. Nelson (Ed.), Ageism: stereotyping and prejudice against older persons (pp. 27-48). The MIT Press.

Martens, A., Greenberg, J., Schimel, J., & Landeau, M. J. (2004). Ageism and death: effects of mortality salience and perceived similarity to elders on reactions to elderly people. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(12), 1524-1536. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0146167204271185.

Martens, A., Goldenberg, J. L., & Greenberg, J. (2005). A terror management perspective on ageism. Journal of Social Issues, 61(2), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2005.00403.x.

Wiseman, A., Heflick, N., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2015). The great escape: the role of self-esteem and self-regulation cognition in terror management. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60, 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.05.006.

To attain symbolic or literal immortality…

Chonody, J. M., & Teater, B. (2016). Why do I dread looking old?: A test of social identity theory, terror management theory, and the double standard of ageing. Journal of Women & Aging, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2014.950533

Goldenberg, J. L., Pyszcynski, T., Greenberg, J., & Sheldon, S. (2004). Fleeing the body: A terror management perspective on the problem of human corporeality. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4(3), 200-218. https://doi.org/10.1207%2FS15327957PSPR0403_1

Muise, A., & Desmarais, S. (2010). Women’s Perceptions and Use of “Anti-Aging” Products. Sex Roles, 63, 126-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9791-5

Pyszcynski, T., Solomon, S., & Greenberg, J. (2015). Chapter one – Thirty years of terror management theory: From genesis to revelation. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 52,1-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2015.03.001

Terror management theory = death anxiety

Becker, E. (1973). The denial of death. New York: Free Press.

Greenberg, J., Pyszczynski, T., Solomon, S., Simon, L., & Breus, M. (1994). Role of consciousness and accessibility of death-related thoughts in mortality salience effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 627-637. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0022-3514.67.4.627.

Landau, M. J. & Greenberg, J. (2006). Play it safe or go for the gold? A terror management perspective on self-enhancement and protective motives in risky decision making. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1633-1645. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0146167206292017.

Wiseman, A., Heflick, N., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2015). The great escape: the role of self-esteem and self-related cognition in terror management. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60, 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.05.006.

Two types of prejudice…

Levy, B. R. (2003). Mind matters: Cognitive and physical effects of aging self-stereotypes, Journal of Gerontology, 58B(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/58.4.P203.

Mroczek, D. K. (2004). Positive and negative affect at midlife (chapter 7). In O. G. Brim, C. D. Ryff, & R. C. Kessler (Eds.), How healthy are we: A national study of well-being at mid-life (pp. 205-226). The University of Chicago Press.

Sherif, M (1953). The concept of reference groups in human relations. In M. Sherif & M. O. Wilson (Eds.), The University of Oklahoma lectures in social psychology: Group relations at the crossroads (pp. 203-231). Harper & Brothers. 

Treneman-Evans, S., & Halliwell, E. (2021, July 13-16). The effects of yoga and pilates on body image, mood, distress and appearance changes among women in mid-life [Online paper presentation]. Appearance Matters 9, Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), University of the West of England (UWE), Wales, United Kingdom.

Whitbourne, S., & Sneed, J. R. (2002). The paradox of well-being, identity processes, and stereotype threat: Ageism and its potential relationships to the self later in life (chapter 8). In T. D. Nelson (Ed.), Ageism: Stereotyping and prejudice against older persons (pp. 247-273). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/10679.001.0001

Old talk = communicates…

Becker, C. B., Diedrichs, P. C., Jankowski, G., and Werchan (2013). I’m not just fat, I’m old: has the study of body image overlooked “old talk”? Journal of Eating Disorders, 1(6). https://doi.org/10.1186/2050-2974-1-6.

Cash, T. F. (Ed.). (2012). Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance (Vol. 1, A-F). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2010-1-66177-9.

Donizzetti, A., R. (2019). Ageism in an ageing society: The role of knowledge, anxiety about aging, and stereotypes in young people and adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081329.

Grendon. T. L., & Lydecker, J. (2016). The thin-youth ideal: Should we talk about aging anxiety in relation to body image? The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 82(4). https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0091415016641693.

Levy, B. R. (2003). Mind matters: Cognitive and physical effects of aging self-stereotypes, Journal of Gerontology, 58B(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/58.4.P203.

Sampson, T. D. (2012). Virality: Contagion theory in the age of networks. University of Minnesota Press.

As individuals grow up…

Donizzetti, A., R. (2019). Ageism in an ageing society: The role of knowledge, anxiety about aging, and stereotypes in young people and adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081329.

Levy, B. R. (2003). Mind matters: Cognitive and physical effects of aging self-stereotypes, Journal of Gerontology, 58B(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/58.4.P203.

Levy, B. R. (2009). Stereotype embodiment: A psychosocial approach to aging, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18, 332-336. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1467-8721.2009.01662.x.