Jaine Strauss is a clinical psychologist whose research focuses on gender. Her
recent work has focused on women's "body talk" conversations, self-control
styles in eating disorders, developmental trends in body objectification, and the impact
of diet commercials on snack food consumption. She teaches courses on clinical and
counseling psychology, psychological disorders, and community psychology. 

She has been teaching at Macalester since 1993. 

EDUCATION: B.A., Swarthmore College, 1980; M.A., University of Rochester, 1983; Ph.D.,
University of Rochester, 1985

Journal Articles

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Correlates of Psychosocial Well-Being Among Overweight Adolescents: The Role of the Family (with Jayne A. Fulkerson, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Mary Story, and Kerri Boutelle), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2007)
 

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Love Thyself Before Loving Others? A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Gender Differences in Body Image and Romantic Love (with Suman Ambwani), Sex Roles (2007)
 

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Inspiring or Dispiriting? The Effect of Diet Commercials on Snack Food Consumption in High School and College Aged Women (with Cortney S. Warren, Juliette L. Taska, and Stephen J. Sullivan), International Journal of Eating Disorders (2005)
 

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Developing the body: a smorgasbord of research (Review of: J. Kevin Thompson and Linda Smolak’s Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth), Psychology of Women Quarterly (2003)
 

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Male Body Image: Satisfaction and its Relationship to Well-Being Using the Somatomorphic Matrix (with Guy Cafri and Kevin J. Thompson), International Journal of Men's Health (2002)
 

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Books (edited)

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The Self: Interdisciplinary Approaches (with G. Goethals) (1991)