APPEARANCEMATTERS 09:00 – 09:45 09:45 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:40 10:40 – 11:00 11:00 – 11:30 11:30 – 12:10 12:10 – 12:30 12:30 – 12:50 12:50 – 14:10 14:10 – 14:50 14:50 – 15:10 15:10 – 15:30 15:30 – 16:30 09:00 – 09:20 09:20 – 09:40 Venue: Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden st Tuesday 9 of December, 2014 Registration Welcome Speech -‐ Chair Action, Chancellor of Kristianstad University, Director of Folkuniversitetet Building effective body image interventions using a risk factor framework Prof Susan Paxton, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Digital era -‐ a new era for appearance research concerning adolescents Prof Jacek Pyżalski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland Coffee & Networking How we work with individuals with visible differences – A perspective from Seattle. Ms Cassy Aspinall, Craniofacial Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, USA A Novel Approach for Pragmatic Evaluations of Psychological Interventions: the Cohort Multiple Randomized Controlled Trial (cmRCT) Design Dr Linda Kwakkenbos, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands & McGill University, Montreal, Canada Appearance and Values in the modern Bulgarian society seen by a plastic surgeon and an orthodontist Prof Youri Anastassov & Dr Radost Velikova, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria Lunch & Networking Appearance Matters – from research to practice via European projects Dr Martin Persson, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK & Mr Thomas Nilsen, Godalen Vocational College, Norway The development and acceptability of YP-‐Face IT: an online psychosocial support programme for young people with a visible difference Dr Heidi Williamson, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK Appearance issues, physical activity, sport and health from a salutogenic youth perspective -‐ Lessons learned from research and action in the south of Sweden Dr Åsa Bringsén, & Dr Ann-‐Christin Sollerhed, Kristianstad University, Sweden Coffee & Networking Wednesday 10th of December, 2014 The never ending story of bullied girls’ body image problems Prof Ann Frisén, University of Gothenburg, Sweden It's who I am not what I do that best predicts the relationship between body dissatisfaction and depression. Dr Barbara Dooley, University College Dublin, Ireland APPEARANCEMATTERS 09:40 – 10:20 10:20 – 11:00 11:00 – 11:20 11:20 – 11:40 11:40 – 12:00 12:00 – 12:20 12:20 – 13:50 13:50 – 14:30 14:30 – 15:00 15:00 – 15:30 15:30 – 16:00 Appearance and Public Health – an innovative approach Dr Austin Bryn, Harvard Medical School, USA Coffee & Networking Appearance and body esteem as related to cyberbullying, gender, age differences, and perceived social support Dr Tali Heiman & Dr Dorit Olenik Shemesh, The Open University, Israel Social Activism – How can we influence? Mr Darryl Roberts, Chicago, USA The role of adaptive and non-‐adaptive competitiveness in attitudes towards appearance: potential future research directions Prof Márta Fülöp, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary Moving from research to practice: Delivering evidence-‐based body image interventions in community settings. Dr Phillippa Diedrichs, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK Lunch & Networking Psychosocial Interventions for Anxiety due to Visible Difference Prof Alex Clarke, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK Panel Discussion Summary Coffee & Networking