April R Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3804780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | April R Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | April R |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auburn University |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-8758-7685 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Connecting the dots between interoceptive sensibility, anxiety sensitivity, and eating disorder symptoms among individuals who engage in exercise for weight or shape purposes
Individuals who engage in maladaptive exercise for weight/shape reasons are at high risk for eating disorders (EDs). Disrupted interoceptive sensibility and anxiety sensitivity (AS) are factors that are known to increase risk for EDs and may have particular relevance to exercise. The current study used network analysis to identify central symptoms and bridge symptoms among interoceptive sensibility, AS, and ED symptoms within individuals who exer…
Employing a cohort-sequential design spanning 30 years to understand trajectories of maturity fears
2,482, 69.8% female) completed self-report surveys in college and at 10-year and 20-year follow-up. At baseline, female in the 2002 cohort showed the highest maturity fears, followed by 1992 and then 1982, with all cohorts having decreases in maturity fears over time. There was a significant Cohort × Time interaction, such that compared to the 1982 cohort, both the 1992 and 2002 cohorts demonstrated significantly greater declines in maturity fear…
Transdiagnostic Prevalence and Characteristics of Suicidality across the Spectrum of Restrictive Eating Pathology
Personalized models of eating disorder symptoms and suicide risk in anorexia nervosa spectrum disorders
Ultimately, findings from this project will facilitate the development of highly personalized intervention strategies that prevent suicidal behaviors before they occur, as well as personalized treatments that effectively treat ANSD symptoms in real-time
Testing interoceptive dysfunction as a mediator of the relation between weight stigma and disordered eating
Interoceptive dysfunction could be one mechanism that facilitates the weight stigma-disordered eating association. Hence, the aim of this study was to experimentally test whether interoceptive dysfunction mediates the relation between weight stigma and disordered eating. Participants (n = 135; 80.7 % White; 72.6 % women) were college students aged 18 to 25 who reported binge eating symptoms. Participants (n = 66) were randomly assigned to interac…
Body Dissatisfaction Is Central to Military Eating Disorder Pathology
Military membership may put individuals at risk for eating disorders (EDs) due to military specific risk factors such as strict physical fitness requirements, increased salience of weight, and exposure to trauma. Current ED assessments and treatments do not account for these military-specific risk factors. Empirically identifying maintaining factors for EDs can clarify which specific ED symptoms may be efficacious treatment targets for service me…
Examining the impact of ethnoracial status on drive for thinness and bulimic symptoms in women
Fear of Fat Moderates the Association between Contamination Disgust and Eating Concerns
Introduction: Certain forms of disgust, specifically contamination disgust, may represent risk factors for eating psychopathology such as eating concerns (e.g., cognitive distress/worries surrounding eating). Furthermore, anti-fat attitudes, specifically fear of fat, may increase risk for eating concerns. However, research has yet to investigate these risk factors together despite notable associations between these constructs and eating concerns.…
Adapted to Fear
Objective: Capability for suicide, which refers to an individual's ability to enact potentially lethal harm to oneself and overcome the fear of dying, is an empirically supported component of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide. Although an abundance of research has examined capability for suicide through the use of self-report data, little research has assessed specific psychophysiological mechanisms that may contribute to capabili…
Social reward and social punishment sensitivity in relation to dietary restraint and binge/purge symptoms
Identity, Relationship Satisfaction, and Disclosure
We tested the usefulness of combining the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide and minority stress models in studying suicidality among sexual minority women. According to the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide, perceptions of being a burden on others and feelings of failed belongingness predict suicidal ideation. In a sample of sexual minority women ( n = 51), we tested first, if the interaction of perceived burdensomeness an…
It's Not Me, It's You
This study explored perceptions of partner body image preferences and symptoms of disordered eating in gay and heterosexual men. Participants were male college students (n = 201; M age = 20.46), and over one third identified as gay. We compared discrepancies between participants' current and ideal body type and participants' current body type and the body type they believed they should have to attract a dating partner. For gay men, the discrepanc…
Intrasexual competition and eating restriction in heterosexual and homosexual individuals☆
It's Not Me, It's You
This study explored perceptions of partner body image preferences and symptoms of disordered eating in gay and heterosexual men. Participants were male college students (n = 201; M age = 20.46), and over one third identified as gay. We compared discrepancies between participants' current and ideal body type and participants' current body type and the body type they believed they should have to attract a dating partner. For gay men, the discrepanc…
Body Dissatisfaction Is Central to Military Eating Disorder Pathology
Military membership may put individuals at risk for eating disorders (EDs) due to military specific risk factors such as strict physical fitness requirements, increased salience of weight, and exposure to trauma. Current ED assessments and treatments do not account for these military-specific risk factors. Empirically identifying maintaining factors for EDs can clarify which specific ED symptoms may be efficacious treatment targets for service me…
Identity, Relationship Satisfaction, and Disclosure
We tested the usefulness of combining the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide and minority stress models in studying suicidality among sexual minority women. According to the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide, perceptions of being a burden on others and feelings of failed belongingness predict suicidal ideation. In a sample of sexual minority women ( n = 51), we tested first, if the interaction of perceived burdensomeness an…
Intrasexual competition and eating restriction in heterosexual and homosexual individuals☆
Identity, Relationship Satisfaction, and Disclosure
We tested the usefulness of combining the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide and minority stress models in studying suicidality among sexual minority women. According to the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide, perceptions of being a burden on others and feelings of failed belongingness predict suicidal ideation. In a sample of sexual minority women ( n = 51), we tested first, if the interaction of perceived burdensomeness an…
It's Not Me, It's You
This study explored perceptions of partner body image preferences and symptoms of disordered eating in gay and heterosexual men. Participants were male college students (n = 201; M age = 20.46), and over one third identified as gay. We compared discrepancies between participants' current and ideal body type and participants' current body type and the body type they believed they should have to attract a dating partner. For gay men, the discrepanc…
Social reward and social punishment sensitivity in relation to dietary restraint and binge/purge symptoms
Adapted to Fear
Objective: Capability for suicide, which refers to an individual's ability to enact potentially lethal harm to oneself and overcome the fear of dying, is an empirically supported component of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide. Although an abundance of research has examined capability for suicide through the use of self-report data, little research has assessed specific psychophysiological mechanisms that may contribute to capabili…
Fear of Fat Moderates the Association between Contamination Disgust and Eating Concerns
Introduction: Certain forms of disgust, specifically contamination disgust, may represent risk factors for eating psychopathology such as eating concerns (e.g., cognitive distress/worries surrounding eating). Furthermore, anti-fat attitudes, specifically fear of fat, may increase risk for eating concerns. However, research has yet to investigate these risk factors together despite notable associations between these constructs and eating concerns.…
Personalized models of eating disorder symptoms and suicide risk in anorexia nervosa spectrum disorders
Ultimately, findings from this project will facilitate the development of highly personalized intervention strategies that prevent suicidal behaviors before they occur, as well as personalized treatments that effectively treat ANSD symptoms in real-time
Testing interoceptive dysfunction as a mediator of the relation between weight stigma and disordered eating
Interoceptive dysfunction could be one mechanism that facilitates the weight stigma-disordered eating association. Hence, the aim of this study was to experimentally test whether interoceptive dysfunction mediates the relation between weight stigma and disordered eating. Participants (n = 135; 80.7 % White; 72.6 % women) were college students aged 18 to 25 who reported binge eating symptoms. Participants (n = 66) were randomly assigned to interac…
Body Dissatisfaction Is Central to Military Eating Disorder Pathology
Military membership may put individuals at risk for eating disorders (EDs) due to military specific risk factors such as strict physical fitness requirements, increased salience of weight, and exposure to trauma. Current ED assessments and treatments do not account for these military-specific risk factors. Empirically identifying maintaining factors for EDs can clarify which specific ED symptoms may be efficacious treatment targets for service me…
Examining the impact of ethnoracial status on drive for thinness and bulimic symptoms in women
Connecting the dots between interoceptive sensibility, anxiety sensitivity, and eating disorder symptoms among individuals who engage in exercise for weight or shape purposes
Individuals who engage in maladaptive exercise for weight/shape reasons are at high risk for eating disorders (EDs). Disrupted interoceptive sensibility and anxiety sensitivity (AS) are factors that are known to increase risk for EDs and may have particular relevance to exercise. The current study used network analysis to identify central symptoms and bridge symptoms among interoceptive sensibility, AS, and ED symptoms within individuals who exer…
Employing a cohort-sequential design spanning 30 years to understand trajectories of maturity fears
2,482, 69.8% female) completed self-report surveys in college and at 10-year and 20-year follow-up. At baseline, female in the 2002 cohort showed the highest maturity fears, followed by 1992 and then 1982, with all cohorts having decreases in maturity fears over time. There was a significant Cohort × Time interaction, such that compared to the 1982 cohort, both the 1992 and 2002 cohorts demonstrated significantly greater declines in maturity fear…
Transdiagnostic Prevalence and Characteristics of Suicidality across the Spectrum of Restrictive Eating Pathology
Eating Disorders and Behaviors (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Eating disorders (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Disordered eating (3 works) · Lesbian (3 works)