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Reclaiming Beauty
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Who has defined beauty for you? The media? Fashion Industry? Hollywood? In this group discussion-based workshop, we examine society’s unrealistic and narrow definition of beauty and compare it to God’s definition of beauty. We are testing how well this program works in local churches throughout the city. Contact us if you are interested in bringing this program to your church!   

For more information about Reclaiming Beauty, visit our program's website.

Cross-Cultural Comparison of Eating Loss of Control and Emotion Dysregulation
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Exploration of cross-cultural similarities and differences between the United States, Canada, and Iran on the relationship between eating loss of control and emotion dysregulation. 

PUBLISHED RESEARCH *student/former student

 

Blomquist, K.K. Ellison, W.D., Siddiqui, S.*, Montgomery, K.* (2024). Dissemination of a dissonance-based body image promotion program for mothers and daughters in church settings: A controlled pilot study of Reclaiming Beauty. Body Image, 48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101675

 

Blomquist, K.K., Wenze, S.J., Fleming, C.J., & Ernestus, S. (2023). Assessing the Need for Pre-Mental Health Competencies in Undergraduate Education: Insights from Graduate Faculty Surveys. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1252451

 

Blomquist, K.K., Pate, S.P.*, Hock, A.N.*, Austin, S.B. (2022). Evidence-based policy solutions to prevent eating disorders: Do disclaimer labels on fashion advertisements mitigate negative impact on adult women? Body Image, 43, 180-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.08.010

 

Ernestus, S. Fleming, C.J., Wenze, S.J. Blomquist, K.K. (2022, October). The future of mental health care: Why we need clinical competencies for undergraduate psychology majors. The Behavior Therapist, 45(7).

 

Sahlan, R.N.*, Blomquist, K. K., & Bodell, L. P. (2022). Psychometric properties of the Farsi version of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (F-EPSI) among Iranian university men and women. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00587-w

 

Mitchell, L. *, MacArthur, H. J., & Blomquist, K. K. (2021). The effect of misgendering on body dissatisfaction and dietary restraint in transgender individuals: Testing a Misgendering-Congruence Process. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54, 1295–1301. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23537

 

Sahlan, R.N.*, Saunders, J. F., Perez, M., Blomquist, K. K., Fitzsimmons-Craft, E.E. & Bodell, L. P. (2021). The validation of a Farsi version of the Clinical Impairment Assessment (F-CIA) among Iranian adolescent boys and girls. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01204-6

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Sahlan, R. N.*, Saunders, J. F., Perez, M., Blomquist, K. K., Fitzsimmons-Craft, E. E., & Bodell, L. P. (2021). The validation of a Farsi version of the Loss of Control over Eating Scale (F-LOCES) among Iranian adolescent boys and girls. Eating Behaviors, 41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101502

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Blomquist, K.K., Hirsch, K.*, Lomas, E.*, Montgomery, K.*, & Becker C.B. (2021). Dissemination of a dissonance-based body image program in church settings: A preliminary controlled pilot study with adult women. Body Image, 36, 263-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.12.006

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Blomquist, K.K., Schmalz, D.L., Pate, S.P.*, & Willmerdinger, A.* (2020). What happens when you compare yourself to a model eating a cheeseburger? An experiment testing the impact of models promoting calorie-dense foods on beliefs about weight maintenance, body satisfaction, and purchase intent. Journal of Eating Disorders, 8, 1-9.​ https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-020-00335-y

 

Hirsch, K. E.*, & Blomquist, K. K. (2020). Community-Based Prevention Programs for Disordered Eating and Obesity: Updates and Current Limitations. Current Obesity Reports, 9, 81–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-020-00373-2  

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Stutts, L.A. & Blomquist, K. K. (2020). A longitudinal study of weight and shape concerns and disordered eating groups and their relationship to self-control. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-020-00844-4

 

Carr, M.M., Lawson, J.L., Ivezaj, V., Blomquist, K.K., & Grilo, C.M, (2019). Psychometric properties of the Eating Loss of Control Scale among post-bariatric patients. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 15(10), 1829-1835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2019.06.039

 

Schmalz, D. L., Griffin, S. F., Blomquist, K. K., Reeves, C. B., Sease, K. K. (2019). New Impact: The value of recreation health partnerships in treating childhood obesity. Recreation, Parks, and Tourism in Public Health, 3, 47-66. doi: 10.2979/rptph.3.1.05 

 

Criss, S., Horhota, M., Wiles, K.*, Norton, J.*, Short, M.A.*, St. Hilaire, K.*, Blomquist, K.K. (2019). Food Cultures and Aging: A Qualitative Study of Grandparents’ Food Perceptions and Influence of Food Choice on Younger Generations. Public Health Nutrition. 23(2), 221-230. doi:10.1017/S1368980019002489

 

Schmalz, D. L., Joyner, L., Duffy, L. N., Bricker, K. S., & Blomquist, K. K. (2019). The cycle of food socialization: Leisure as resistance. Annals of Leisure Research, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2019.1568891

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Kwan, M.Y., Haynos, A.F., Blomquist, K.K., & Roberto, C.A. (2018). Warning labels on fashion images: Short- and longer-term effects on body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and eating behavior. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51, 1153-1161.

 

Stutts, L.A., & Blomquist, K.K. (2018). The moderating role of self-compassion on weight and shape concerns and eating pathology: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51, 879-889.

 

Blomquist, K.K., Griffin, S., Hays, E.L.*, Schmalz, D.L., Sease, K., Reeves, C.B. (2018). Behavioral and psychological predictors of BMI reduction in children seeking treatment at a hospital clinic’s family-based pediatric weight management program. Journal of Childhood Obesity, 3(2), 1-8.

 

Hopwood, C.J., Nye, C.D., Blomquist, K.K., & Grilo, C.M. (2018). Confirmatory validation and measurement equivalence of the Eating Loss of Control Scale in Binge Eating and Non-Clinical Samples. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 40, 476-483.

 

Barnett, M.J.*, Dripps, W.R., & Blomquist, K.K. (2016). Organivore or Organorexic? Examining the relationship between alternative food network engagement, disordered eating, and special diets. Appetite, 105, 713-720.

 

†Kilpela, L.S., Blomquist, K.K., Verzijl, C.*, Wilfred, S.*, Beyl, R., Black Becker, C.A. (2016). The body project 4 all: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a mixed-gender dissonance-based body image program. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 49(6), 591-602.

 

Schmalz, D. L., & Blomquist, K. K. (2016). Time to eat: Implications of leisure-based eating for health and development. In D. A. Kleiber and F. A. McGuire (Eds.) Leisure and Human Development. (pp. 189-216). Urbana, IL: Sagamore Publishing.

 

Blomquist,  K.K. & Grilo, C.M. (2015). Eating Loss of Control Scale. In T. Wade (Ed), Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer.

 

Blomquist, K.K. & Grilo, C.M. (2015). Family history of anxiety in overweight men and women with binge eating disorder: A preliminary investigation. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 62, 161-169.

 

Blomquist, K.K., Roberto, C.M., Barnes, R.D., White, M.A., Masheb, R.M., & Grilo, C.M. (2014). Development and validation of the Eating Loss of Control Scale. Psychological Assessment, 26(1), 77-89.

 

Blomquist, K.K., Ansell, E., White, M.A., Masheb, R.M., & Grilo, C.M. (2012). Interpersonal problems and development trajectories of binge eating disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53(8), 1088-1095.

 

Blomquist, K.K., Milsom, V., Barnes, R.D., Boeka, A., White, M.A., Masheb, R.M., Morgan, P. & Grilo, C.M. (2012). Metabolic syndrome in obese men and women with binge eating disorder: Developmental trajectories of eating and weight-related behaviors. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53(7), 1021-1027.

 

Sawaoka, T.*, Barnes, R.D., Blomquist, K.K., & Grilo, C.M. (2012). Social anxiety and self-consciousness in binge eating disorder: Associations with eating disorder psychopathology. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53, 740-745.

 

Durso, L., Latner, J., White, M., Masheb, R., Blomquist, K.K., Morgan, P., & Grilo, C.M. (2012). Internalized weight bias in obese patients with binge eating disorder: Associations with eating disturbances and psychological functioning. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 45, 423-427.

 

Barnes, R.D., Blomquist, K.K., & Grilo, C.M. (2011).  Exploring pretreatment weight trajectories in obese patients with binge eating disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 52, 312-318.

 

Blomquist, K.K., Masheb, R.M., White, M.A., & Grilo, C.M. (2011). Parental history of substance use disorder is associated with the development of disordered eating in overweight men and women with binge eating disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 52, 693-700.

 

Blomquist, K.K., Barnes, R.D., White, M.A., Masheb, R.M., Morgan, P. & Grilo, C.M. (2011). Exploring weight gain in year prior to treatment for binge eating disorder: A different context for interpreting limited weight losses in treatment studies. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 44, 435-439.

 

Blomquist, K.K. & Grilo, C.M. (2011). Predictive significance of changes in dietary restraint in obese patients with binge eating disorder during treatment. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 44, 515-523.

 

Greco, L.A., Barnett, E., Blomquist, K.K., & Gevers, A. (2008). Acceptance, body image, and health in adolescence. In L. A. Greco and S. C. Hayes (Eds.), Acceptance and mindfulness treatments for children and adolescents: A practitioner's guide. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. 

 

Buchowski, M., Majchrzak, K., Blomquist, K.K., Chen, K., Byrne, D. & Bachorowski, J.A. (2006). Energy expenditure of genuine laughter. International Journal of Obesity, 31, 131-137.

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