Peer-Reviewed Publications:
2025
Tolvanen, L., Mossberg, K., Lindsey, ·, Grace, M., Standen, E. C., Phelan, S. M., Daniel, ·, Andersson, P., & Koball, A. M. (2025). Primary Care Providers Perspectives of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists to Manage Recurrent Weight Gain after Metabolic Bariatric Surgery – a Qualitative Study. Obesity Surgery 2025, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11695-025-08408-0
This study assessed the effectiveness of utilizing GLP-1RAs in a primary care setting for addressing recurrent weight gain following a metabolic bariatric surgery.
Standen, E. C., Rothman, A. J., & Mann, T. (2025). Weight loss advice from a healthcare provider is motivating, but it is also stigmatizing: An experimental, scenario-based approach. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
This study addressed implications of the immediate psychological consequences of receiving weight loss advice/counseling during a healthcare visit. Patients reported feeling either motivated to lose weight, stigmatized and ashamed by advice, or both sentiments concurrently.
*Furman, C. R., Standen, E. C., Diem, S. J., & Rothman, A. J. (2025). Addressing omission bias in the treatment of osteoporosis: evidence from a cross-sectional study and a randomized experiment. Psychology & Health, 1-23. [First two authors made equal contributions.]
This study examined psychological predictors of omission bias in osteoporosis treatment. This study has further implications for understanding and improving treatment adherence in clinical populations diagnosed with osteoporosis.
Philip, S., Standen, E. C., Schueler, J., Fields, S. A., & Phelan, S. M. (2025). Weight bias in mental health settings: a scoping review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, 1596625.
This review addressed existing weight biases in mental health professionals. This weight bias creates a significant barrier in providing equitable treatment for mental health, and increases larger-bodied patients’ mistrust in providers.
Biggs, B. K., Borkar, S. R., Standen, E. C., Kumar, S., & Menser, T. (2025). Assessing Alignment of Referrals with Guidelines for the Treatment of Children with Obesity. Childhood Obesity (Print), 10.1177/21532176251370126. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/21532176251370126
This study examined health inequities in treatment access and referrals administered to higher-weight children.
Phelan, S. M., Burkhartzmeyer, H. L., Standen, E. C., Arcand, L., Kiker, K., Simiele, K., Proulx, A., Storsveen, A., Deng, Y., Foote, J., Kumbamu, A., Prakaashana, A., & Nelson, D. E. (2025). A virtual reality intervention to increase interracial empathy and upstander behaviors in nursing leaders. Social Science and Medicine.
This study utilized Virtual Reality (VR) devices to administer Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) trainings for nursing professionals. The trainings included strategies of behavior rehearsal and embodiment to address stigmatizing interactions in healthcare.
Tolvanen, L., Mossberg, K., Standen, E. C., Grace, L. M., Lebow, J. R., Phelan, S. M., Andersson, D.P., & Koball, A. M. (2025). Integrative Strategies in Primary Care: Addressing Recurrent Weight Gain Post‐Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Science & Practice, 11(4), e70087.
This review addressed the role of primary care providers in mitigating weight stigma and recurrent weight gain post-metabolic and bariatric surgery procedures.
2024
Standen, E. C., Philip, S. R., Dovidio, J. F., van Ryn, M., & Phelan, S. M. (2024). Weight bias and preparedness to treat higher-weight patients: Understanding the role of motivation to respond without weight-based prejudice among resident physicians. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication.
This study examined the relationship between internal and external motivation to reduce weight-based prejudice on their preparedness to treat higher-weight patients.
Standen, E. C., Ward, A., & Mann, T. (2024). The role of social norms, intergroup contact, and ingroup favoritism in weight stigma. PLOS One. 19(6), e0305080. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305080
This study examined the relationship between one’s perception of social norms regarding higher-weight people and levels of explicit weight bias. We found that both injunctive and descriptive norms about weight were related to levels of weight bias, and we describe how these findings are related to broader findings in the field (i.e., contact theory, ingroup favoritism).
Standen, E. C., Rothman, A.J., & Mann, T. (2024). Consequences of receiving weight-related advice from a healthcare provider: Understanding the varied experiences of people with higher weight. Social Science and Medicine. 347, 116784. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116784
This study addresses the many experiences overweight patients have when receiving weight-loss advice from their primary care providers. The study addresses psychological and emotional differences in patient responses, and provides considerations on how healthcare providers can approach weight counseling.
Standen, E. C., & Mann, T. (2024). The science of weight controllability: Implications and future directions for weight at work research. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. 17(1), 106-110. DOI: 10.1017/iop.2023.78
This paper is a commentary on how to approach efforts to decrease weight stigma in the workplace.
Philip, S. R., Phelan, S. M., Standen, E. C., Salinas, M., Eggington, J. S., Kumbamu, A., Karuppana, S., & White, R. O. (2024). Lessons learned from patients’ weight-related medical encounters: Results from 34 interviews. Patient Education and Counseling. 127, 108336. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108336
The goal of this interview study was to understand various perspectives on weight counseling (both positive and negative). This paper provides recommendations of how providers can reframe weight-related advice to improve quality of care.
2023
Standen, E. C., & Rothman, A. J. (2023). Capitalizing on the potential of mobile health applications as behavioral interventions: A research agenda for calorie-tracking and activity- tracking applications. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 17(3). DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12731
This paper evaluates the links between key features of mobile health (mHealth) applications and behavior change. This study explains how mHealth app features align with established behavior change techniques, and assesses the feasibility of using this technology in behavioral studies.
2022
Standen, E. C., Finch, L. E., Tiongco-Hofschneider, L., *Schopp, E., Lee, K. M., Parker, J. E., Bamishigbin, O. N., & Tomiyama, A. J. (2022). Healthy versus unhealthy comfort eating for psychophysiological stress recovery in low-income Black and Latinx adults. Appetite. 176, DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106140
This study tested the efficacy of healthy versus unhealthy comfort eating on improving psychophysiological stress recovery. The results from this study challenge the notion that comfort eating does indeed reduce stress.
Huelsnitz, C. O., Jones, R. E., Simpson, J. A., Joyal-Desmarais, K., Standen, E. C., Auster- Gussman, L., Rothman, A. J. (2022). The Dyadic Health Influence Model. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 26(1), 3-34. DOI: 10.1177/10888683211054897
This study proposes a new model that explains how an individual can influence health behaviors and beliefs in their partner in one of three different ways: 1) Modeling health behaviors and shaping the environment; 2) Enacting behaviors that promote the relationship; and finally 3) Employing strategies to change partner’s health behaviors.
2021
Standen, E. C., & Mann, T. (2021). Calorie deprivation impairs the self-control of eating, but not of other behaviors. Psychology & Health. 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2021.1934469
This experiment assessed how calorie deprivation can reduce food-related self-control, resulting in increased indulging behaviors such as eating more sweets. This study found however, that calorie depravation does not lead to depleted self-control beyond food-related tasks.
2019
Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C., White, M.L, Standen, E. C., Mann, T., Wells, C., & Tomiyama, A. J. (2019). Body mass index and educational inequality: An update of Crandall (1995). Stigma and Health. 4(3), 357-363. DOI: 10.1037/sah0000149
This study was a replication of Crandall (1995) to analyze whether weight could undermine education in today’s society. Results found that heavier young adults were less likely to be in college, and the heavier individuals that did attend higher education were less likely to receive support from their parents.
2018
*Standen, E. C., Furman, C. R., & Mann, T. (2018). Teaching the self-regulation of eating. Teaching of Psychology. 45(3), 284-290. DOI: 10.1177/0098628318779279. *First two authors made equal contributions.
This paper overviews the background of preconceptions of eating and how to effectively and accurately teach topics on eating and related behaviors.
2015
Incollingo Rodriguez, A. C., Epel, E. S., White, M. L., Standen, E. C., Seckl, J. R., & Tomiyama, A. J. (2015). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation and cortisol activity in obesity: A systematic review. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 62, 301-318. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.08.014
This review examined the inconsistencies and gaps in literature regarding HPA-axis dysregulation and cortisol activity in cases of both generalized and abdominal obesity.
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