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medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-08
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How to rise above the body ideal: What can we learn from body confidence trailblazers?
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedSociety is full of messages telling people what their bodies should look like, and these messages can cause body dissatisfaction and harm mental health.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedmore than 60% of adults feel unhappy with the way they look; an estimated 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedResearch from the University of Surrey has looked into ways some people are less affected by body-image ideal messages and identified three strategies, rated by effectiveness.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedIn the researchers' work on self-presentation, people high in narcissism underreported their weight even when they knew it would be checked.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedIn research on British women, self-enhancing humor was linked to the most positive body image, while self-defeating humor was linked to body dissatisfaction and a desire to be thinner.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedInterviews with body-confident people with overweight or obesity found that they used self-affirmation, accepted their bodies as they are, and focused on other values or strengths.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe article says these findings fit with recommendations to emphasize health at every size and body functionality rather than BMI, and suggests positive humor and self-affirmation may be the healthiest strategies.View evidenceHide evidence
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Dual Self-Directed Humor, Humor-Based Coping, Humor Styles, Psychological Distress, and Aggression: Turkish Validation of the Dual Self-Directed Humor Scale.
Psychological Reports · 2026 · PubMed
Can self-defeating humor make you happy? Cognitive interviews reveal the adaptive side of the self-defeating humor style
HUMOR · 2018 · Crossref
Humor Styles Predict Self-Reported Sarcasm Use in Interpersonal Communication.
Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Personality and Humor Profiles in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Latent Profile Analysis of Quality of Life and Medication Adherence.
Cureus · 2026 · PubMed
Self-deprecating humor and task persistence: the moderating role of self-defeating humor style
HUMOR · 2021 · Crossref
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