N Craddock
Biographic Data
| ID | 54265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N Craddock |
| GIVEN NAMES | N |
| FAMILY NAME | Craddock |
| SIGNATURE | CRADDOCK N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of England |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1403-9550 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Existing and future use cases, and safety and ethical considerations for AI in body image, and eating disorder prevention
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming digital, clinical, and cultural landscapes in ways that hold significant implications for body image and eating disorder (ED) prevention. This article outlines how traditional and generative AI technologies influence societal appearance ideals as well as digital environments, including online mental health tools. While AI offers opportunities for early detection, personalized and scalable preve…
Prevalence and correlates of body appreciation in U.S. children aged 9–13 years: A cross-sectional analysis
Body appreciation is a central component of positive body image, yet little is known about its prevalence in pre- and early adolescence. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of body appreciation among U.S. children aged 9-13 years. This preregistered secondary cross-sectional analysis used baseline data from a large intervention trial (N = 1359). Children completed self-report measures of body appreciation, internalisation of appeara…
Body image in the age of GLP-1s: Emerging questions for research and practice
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s), including semaglutide and tirzepatide, are rapidly transforming weight management practices and public discourse surrounding bodies, health, and responsibility. Although biomedical outcomes of GLP-1 use are being actively studied, their psychological and sociocultural implications remain comparatively underexamined. In particular, body image has received little systematic attention despite its c…
Racial discrimination and body appreciation: Testing direct, and, via coping strategies, indirect links in racialised minority adults from the United Kingdom
Racial discrimination is associated with adverse health outcomes, including negative body image, but less is known about the extent to which racial discrimination is associated with positive body image. The aim of this preregistered study was to test the association between racial discrimination and body appreciation (i.e., a facet of positive body image) and to explore whether different coping strategies mediated any direct relationship. An onli…
‘It’s not really that funny’: Young people’s experiences of colourist humour
Colourism is prejudice that penalises people the darker their skin is and the further their features are from those associated with whiteness. This article explores how adolescents in the UK use humour in ways that perpetuate colourism, particularly targeting those with dark skin. Drawing on reflexive thematic analysis of 130 interviews with minoritised ethnic students aged 13–18 years in London and Bristol, we argue that while colourist humour i…
Weight bias and body appreciation in a diverse sample of 4- to 6-year-old children in the United Kingdom
Emerging evidence suggests that weight-biased attitudes are present in early childhood, yet research examining these biases and their association with positive body image in young, diverse populations remains limited. The present study aimed to examine the prevalence of weight-biased attitudes and their relationship with body appreciation among children aged 4–6 years in the United Kingdom and to explore differences by school year, gender, ethnic…
Examining colorism, body image, and self-esteem in UK Black and South Asian adolescents
Experiencing colourism was associated with worse wellbeing. The relationship between colorism and wellbeing may be explained by different mechanisms based on whether colorism is experienced by one's own racialized group or not. There is a need for carefully designed culturally responsive interventions
Adapting and validating the Everyday Colourism Scale with Black and South Asian adolescents living in the UK
Colourism is a form of prejudice and discrimination based on skin shade and phenotypical features that can be experienced from people belonging to the same racialised group (ingroup) as well as from those from different racialised groups (outgroup). This paper presents the Everyday Colourism Scale-Adolescents (ECS-A), an adaptation of the Everyday Colourism Scale which was developed for adults in the UK. Following pilot and consultancy phases, we…
Tracing weight stigma in mental health professionals: A critical discursive psychology analysis of conversations among UK trainee clinical psychologists
Dark skin penalty, shame and resistance: Negotiating colourism in UK families
Colourism - prejudice and discrimination penalising people with dark skin - canoccur in many social settings, including within families. Drawing on qualitativeresearch with women and men from different minoritized ethnic backgrounds in the UK, we argue that while families can be an important buffer against racism, children are often exposed to colourism by family members. Our findings, based on reflexive thematic analysis on data from 33 semi-str…
“Like putting on an old pair of gloves” or “realising i am actually over it”: A qualitative study exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions on eating disorder recovery in the…
The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions posed unique challenges for people living with eating disorders (EDs), particularly relating to social isolation and changes in treatment access. However, less is known about the experience of lockdown for people ‘in recovery’ from EDs or disordered eating (DE) (i.e., with an ED/DE history). This study explored: (i) how people with a self-reported ED/DE history responded to and managed the experience of…
Cultural adaptation and validation of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (Panas-C) among Indonesian adolescents
The adapted PANAS-C was found to be a reliable and valid measure of positive and negative affect that can be used with Indonesian adolescent girls and boys. This is the first validated measure of positive and negative affect for young people in Indonesia, which fills a need in mental health research and practice
Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of two positive body image media micro-interventions among children aged 4–6 years old – a study protocol
The trial is registered with Clinical Trial.gov, Ref number: NCT06146647
Skin shade and relationships: How colourism pits Black and mixed Black-White women against each other
Findings highlight how colourism shapes desirability in gendered ways and how this affects the lives of Black and mixed Black-White women, influencing within-group social dynamics and relationships
Tackling colourism through storytelling in an online course for public health professionals
Objective: Strategic storytelling can be used to reframe dominant cultural narratives and improve community health outcomes. This pilot study assessed the impact of an original, online 3-week e-course, delivered from November to December 2021, in increasing learners’ knowledge of and concern for the seriousness of skin-shade discrimination and the use of skin-lightening products in India, increasing learners’ understanding of storytelling-based c…
Understanding colourism in the UK: Development and assessment of the everyday colourism scale
This paper details the development and psychometric validation of the Everyday Colourism Scale (ECS), a measure designed to capture perceived skin shade prejudice from the ingroup (ethnic peers) and the outgroup (White people). The ECS was adapted from the Everyday Discrimination Scale using existing research, expert reviews, and acceptability interviews. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability and validity analyses were con…
Body Image among Girls in Indonesia: Associations with Disordered Eating Behaviors, Life Engagement, Desire for Cosmetic Surgery and Psychosocial Influences
Body image is an important risk factor for mental and physical health during adolescence. Nonetheless, few studies have empirically investigated body image among girls in Southeast Asia. This cross-sectional study examined the prevalence of body esteem (a holistic measure of body image assessing the degree of satisfaction with one's appearance, weight, and shape), associated behavioral outcomes, and potential psychosocial influences on body image…
Black Men's Experiences of Colourism in the UK
Colourism - skin shade prejudice - is a social justice issue for People of Colour globally. Yet, there has been no major sociological study that explores colourism in the UK. Addressing this gap, we draw on nine in-depth qualitative interviews with Black and Mixed-Race heterosexual men living in England that formed part of a larger study of colourism. Using reflexive thematic analysis through an intersectional feminist lens, we argue that colouri…
Dove Confident Me Indonesia: Single Session’: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate a school-based body image intervention among Indonesian adolescents
NCT04665557 . Registered 11th December 2020
Black Men's Experiences of Colourism in the UK
Colourism - skin shade prejudice - is a social justice issue for People of Colour globally. Yet, there has been no major sociological study that explores colourism in the UK. Addressing this gap, we draw on nine in-depth qualitative interviews with Black and Mixed-Race heterosexual men living in England that formed part of a larger study of colourism. Using reflexive thematic analysis through an intersectional feminist lens, we argue that colouri…
Dark skin penalty, shame and resistance: Negotiating colourism in UK families
Colourism - prejudice and discrimination penalising people with dark skin - canoccur in many social settings, including within families. Drawing on qualitativeresearch with women and men from different minoritized ethnic backgrounds in the UK, we argue that while families can be an important buffer against racism, children are often exposed to colourism by family members. Our findings, based on reflexive thematic analysis on data from 33 semi-str…
Skin shade and relationships: How colourism pits Black and mixed Black-White women against each other
Findings highlight how colourism shapes desirability in gendered ways and how this affects the lives of Black and mixed Black-White women, influencing within-group social dynamics and relationships
Dove Confident Me Indonesia: Single Session’: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate a school-based body image intervention among Indonesian adolescents
NCT04665557 . Registered 11th December 2020
Black Men's Experiences of Colourism in the UK
Colourism - skin shade prejudice - is a social justice issue for People of Colour globally. Yet, there has been no major sociological study that explores colourism in the UK. Addressing this gap, we draw on nine in-depth qualitative interviews with Black and Mixed-Race heterosexual men living in England that formed part of a larger study of colourism. Using reflexive thematic analysis through an intersectional feminist lens, we argue that colouri…
Tackling colourism through storytelling in an online course for public health professionals
Objective: Strategic storytelling can be used to reframe dominant cultural narratives and improve community health outcomes. This pilot study assessed the impact of an original, online 3-week e-course, delivered from November to December 2021, in increasing learners’ knowledge of and concern for the seriousness of skin-shade discrimination and the use of skin-lightening products in India, increasing learners’ understanding of storytelling-based c…
Understanding colourism in the UK: Development and assessment of the everyday colourism scale
This paper details the development and psychometric validation of the Everyday Colourism Scale (ECS), a measure designed to capture perceived skin shade prejudice from the ingroup (ethnic peers) and the outgroup (White people). The ECS was adapted from the Everyday Discrimination Scale using existing research, expert reviews, and acceptability interviews. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability and validity analyses were con…
Body Image among Girls in Indonesia: Associations with Disordered Eating Behaviors, Life Engagement, Desire for Cosmetic Surgery and Psychosocial Influences
Body image is an important risk factor for mental and physical health during adolescence. Nonetheless, few studies have empirically investigated body image among girls in Southeast Asia. This cross-sectional study examined the prevalence of body esteem (a holistic measure of body image assessing the degree of satisfaction with one's appearance, weight, and shape), associated behavioral outcomes, and potential psychosocial influences on body image…
“Like putting on an old pair of gloves” or “realising i am actually over it”: A qualitative study exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions on eating disorder recovery in the…
The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions posed unique challenges for people living with eating disorders (EDs), particularly relating to social isolation and changes in treatment access. However, less is known about the experience of lockdown for people ‘in recovery’ from EDs or disordered eating (DE) (i.e., with an ED/DE history). This study explored: (i) how people with a self-reported ED/DE history responded to and managed the experience of…
Cultural adaptation and validation of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children (Panas-C) among Indonesian adolescents
The adapted PANAS-C was found to be a reliable and valid measure of positive and negative affect that can be used with Indonesian adolescent girls and boys. This is the first validated measure of positive and negative affect for young people in Indonesia, which fills a need in mental health research and practice
Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of two positive body image media micro-interventions among children aged 4–6 years old – a study protocol
The trial is registered with Clinical Trial.gov, Ref number: NCT06146647
Skin shade and relationships: How colourism pits Black and mixed Black-White women against each other
Findings highlight how colourism shapes desirability in gendered ways and how this affects the lives of Black and mixed Black-White women, influencing within-group social dynamics and relationships
Examining colorism, body image, and self-esteem in UK Black and South Asian adolescents
Experiencing colourism was associated with worse wellbeing. The relationship between colorism and wellbeing may be explained by different mechanisms based on whether colorism is experienced by one's own racialized group or not. There is a need for carefully designed culturally responsive interventions
Adapting and validating the Everyday Colourism Scale with Black and South Asian adolescents living in the UK
Colourism is a form of prejudice and discrimination based on skin shade and phenotypical features that can be experienced from people belonging to the same racialised group (ingroup) as well as from those from different racialised groups (outgroup). This paper presents the Everyday Colourism Scale-Adolescents (ECS-A), an adaptation of the Everyday Colourism Scale which was developed for adults in the UK. Following pilot and consultancy phases, we…
Tracing weight stigma in mental health professionals: A critical discursive psychology analysis of conversations among UK trainee clinical psychologists
Dark skin penalty, shame and resistance: Negotiating colourism in UK families
Colourism - prejudice and discrimination penalising people with dark skin - canoccur in many social settings, including within families. Drawing on qualitativeresearch with women and men from different minoritized ethnic backgrounds in the UK, we argue that while families can be an important buffer against racism, children are often exposed to colourism by family members. Our findings, based on reflexive thematic analysis on data from 33 semi-str…
Existing and future use cases, and safety and ethical considerations for AI in body image, and eating disorder prevention
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming digital, clinical, and cultural landscapes in ways that hold significant implications for body image and eating disorder (ED) prevention. This article outlines how traditional and generative AI technologies influence societal appearance ideals as well as digital environments, including online mental health tools. While AI offers opportunities for early detection, personalized and scalable preve…
Prevalence and correlates of body appreciation in U.S. children aged 9–13 years: A cross-sectional analysis
Body appreciation is a central component of positive body image, yet little is known about its prevalence in pre- and early adolescence. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of body appreciation among U.S. children aged 9-13 years. This preregistered secondary cross-sectional analysis used baseline data from a large intervention trial (N = 1359). Children completed self-report measures of body appreciation, internalisation of appeara…
Body image in the age of GLP-1s: Emerging questions for research and practice
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s), including semaglutide and tirzepatide, are rapidly transforming weight management practices and public discourse surrounding bodies, health, and responsibility. Although biomedical outcomes of GLP-1 use are being actively studied, their psychological and sociocultural implications remain comparatively underexamined. In particular, body image has received little systematic attention despite its c…
Racial discrimination and body appreciation: Testing direct, and, via coping strategies, indirect links in racialised minority adults from the United Kingdom
Racial discrimination is associated with adverse health outcomes, including negative body image, but less is known about the extent to which racial discrimination is associated with positive body image. The aim of this preregistered study was to test the association between racial discrimination and body appreciation (i.e., a facet of positive body image) and to explore whether different coping strategies mediated any direct relationship. An onli…
‘It’s not really that funny’: Young people’s experiences of colourist humour
Colourism is prejudice that penalises people the darker their skin is and the further their features are from those associated with whiteness. This article explores how adolescents in the UK use humour in ways that perpetuate colourism, particularly targeting those with dark skin. Drawing on reflexive thematic analysis of 130 interviews with minoritised ethnic students aged 13–18 years in London and Bristol, we argue that while colourist humour i…
Weight bias and body appreciation in a diverse sample of 4- to 6-year-old children in the United Kingdom
Emerging evidence suggests that weight-biased attitudes are present in early childhood, yet research examining these biases and their association with positive body image in young, diverse populations remains limited. The present study aimed to examine the prevalence of weight-biased attitudes and their relationship with body appreciation among children aged 4–6 years in the United Kingdom and to explore differences by school year, gender, ethnic…
Eating Disorders and Behaviors (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (6 works) · Psychological intervention (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Thematic analysis (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)