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Women continue to be economically disadvantaged and under-represented in positions of power and leadership. A discursive disjunction between cultural and media representations of women and leadership has been implicated in these continuing inequalities. We address this issue through an analysis of the ways in which prominent women leaders were portrayed in a UK radio series, BBC Radio 4’s “Profile” broadcast between July 2011 and July 2013. Verbatim transcripts of 12 broadcasts featuring women were analysed within a critical feminist framework, to explore the ways in which these women leaders were discursively constructed. Our analysis explicates three constructions of “women leaders”: as “traditionally” feminine; as having to balance “masculine” and “feminine” attributes; and as exceptional women who may nevertheless fail. We conclude that the impact of equality legislation continues to be limited while androcentric norms prevail and that we therefore need more gynocentric ways of imagining women leaders.

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Irmgard Tischner, N. Moller

Young people’s perceptions of fat counsellors: “How can THAT help me?”

Qualitative Research in Psychology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 34-53

2019

DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2018.153638

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Being fat is widely recognised as a stigmatised identity which disproportionately impacts women, both personally and professionally. Women are numerically dominant as therapy practitioners, and we use this group to explore the ways a “fat counsellor” is imagined in the context of counselling. A qualitative story completion task, about a woman starting therapy, was presented to 203 British young people ages 15–24. Participants were 75% female, 88% white, 93% heterosexual, and 98% able-bodied. The story stem did not specify the sex of the counsellor, who was identified as fat; the vast majority of stories assumed the counsellor was female. Overall, fatness was perceived as negatively affecting therapy and the counsellor’s professional credibility because fatness was equated with a lack of psychological health, which rendered fat counsellors professionally “unfit.” This finding extends the literature on “weight bias” in professional settings and has implications for counsellors of all body sizes.

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DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2018.1536385

Tomorrow is the start of the rest of their life – so who cares about health? Exploring constructions of weight-loss motivations and health using story completion

Qualitative Research in Psychology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 54-73

2019

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In Western societies, health is closely associated with body weight and weight loss, achieved through individual health behaviour. I examined such associations in constructions of weight-loss motivations and health in stories generated using the novel method of story completion. The story stem featured either a female or male protagonist deciding to lose weight; 148 women and 22 men (ages 18–24) provided stories in response. A social constructionist thematic analysis identified five themes: health as clothing size and means to an end; weight-loss activity as good for every woman; tomorrow is going to be the start of the rest of their life; tell me when I’m okay — it’s not about wellbeing; and weight loss as signifier of the “true self.” Considering the adverse social and psychological consequences reflected in the stories and the longstanding elusiveness of successful weight-loss methods, I support calls to review the dominant weight-focused approach to public health.

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V. Clarke, Irmgard Tischner, N. Hayfield, V. Braun, N. Moller

Qualitative story completion: A method with exciting promise

Innovative Research Methods in Health Social Sciences, Singapore

2018

ISBN: 9789811042935

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V. Clarke, Irmgard Tischner, N. Hayfield, N. Moller, The Story Completion Research Group

Once upon a time...: Qualitative story completion methods

Collecting qualitative data. A practical guide to textual, media and virtual techniques, Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY

2017

ISBN: 9781107054974

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This chapter introduces the story completion (SC) method of collecting qualitative data, a novel technique that offers intriguing potential to the qualitative researcher. Since the method is new to qualitative research, it has fewer published research studies than some of the other methods covered in this book. For this reason, the chapter aims not only to provide a description of the method and recommendations for how best to use it, but also to explore some of the unresolved theoretical and practical questions about SC. These questions have been identified by the chapter authors, who comprise the Story Completion Research Group. We are a group of researchers who have come together to share our experience of using and further developing the method (see Box 3.1). Our view is that SC has the potential to ‘reach the parts that other methods cannot reach’ (Pope & Mays, 1995); it therefore has advantages over and above being enticingly resource-lite in terms of data collection, although that in itself is a sizeable benefit.

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K. Beale, Irmgard Tischner, H. Malson

Deconstructing ‘real’ women: Young women’s readings of advertising images of ‘plus-size’ models in the UK

Brief Report

Feminism & Psychology, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 378-386

2016

DOI: 10.1177/0959353516639616

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Obesity. Overview.

Encyclopedia of critical psychology, New York

2014

ISBN: 9781461455820

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Fat lives. A feminist psychological exploration

Women and psychology, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY

2013

ISBN: 978-0415680936

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A. Rudolfsdottir, E. Halliwell, Irmgard Tischner, H. Malson

Post-feminist Advertising Laid Bare: Women’s Talk About The Sexually Agentic Woman Of Contemporary Advertising

Reprinted from Feminism & Psychology 21 (1), S. 74–99

New Directions in Critical Marketing Studies

2013

ISBN: 9781446273265

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Understanding the ‘too fat’ body and the ‘too thin’ body: A Critical Psychological Perspective

Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance

2012

ISBN: 978-0198723226

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Irmgard Tischner, N. Hayfield

Appearance Psychology

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Chicester

2012

ISBN: 978-1405196949

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Gesund Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften Europan Campus Rottal-Inn

Deconstructing health and the un/healthy ‘fat’ woman

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 50-62

2012

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"You can't be supersized?" - Exploring Femininities, Body Size and Control within the Obesity Terrain

Debating obesity: Critical perspectives, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York

2011

ISBN: 978-0-230-22267-0

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E. Halliwell, Irmgard Tischner, H. Malson

Are Contemporary Media Images Which Seem to Display Women as Sexually Empowered Actually harmful to Women?

Psychology of Women Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 38-45

2011

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Gesund Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften Europan Campus Rottal-Inn

QMiP Section Conference 2010 - A Change of Tongue: A reflection

QMiP Bulletin, vol. 11, pp. 29-31

2011

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A. Rudolfsdottir, E. Halliwell, Irmgard Tischner, H. Malson

Post-Feminist Advertising Laid Bare: Young Women’s Talk About The Sexually Agentic Woman Of "Midriff" Advertising

Feminism & Psychology, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 74-99

2011

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The experience of 'being large': A critical psychological exploration of 'fat' embodiment

Body Image Dissertation Abstracts and Summaries, vol. 7, no. 4

2010

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Exploring the Politics of Women’s In/Visible ‘Large’ Bodies

Feminism & Psychology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 260-267

2008

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C. Philipps, Irmgard Tischner, S. Norweg, J. Moon, H. Malson, R. Oldham-Cooper, H. Herzig, D. Kitney

How can we improve primary care services for young people with an eating disorder?

BNSSG Conference on Prevention and Early Intervention for Eating Disorders in Children and Young People, Bristol, GB

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