Body Image

Author : Thomas F. Cash
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1609181840
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Image written by Thomas F. Cash and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The standard reference for practitioners, researchers, and students, this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental health, medical, and allied health care disciplines. Contributors review established and emerging theories and findings; probe questions of culture, gender, health, and disorder; and present evidence-based assessment, treatment, and prevention approaches for the full range of body image concerns. Capturing the richness and complexity of the field in a readily accessible format, each of the 53 concise chapters concludes with an informative annotated bibliography. New to This Edition *Addresses the most urgent current questions in the field.*Reflects significant advances in key areas: assessment, body image in boys and men, obesity, illness-related body image issues, and cross-cultural research. *Conceptual Foundations section now incorporates evolutionary, genetic, and positive psychology perspectives. *Increased coverage of prevention.

Author : Sarah Grogan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317400437
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Image written by Sarah Grogan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body Image provides a comprehensive summary of research on body image in men, women, and children drawing together research findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, clothing, and gender studies. This third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the significant increase in research on body image since the previous edition, as well as the significant cultural changes in how men’s and women’s bodies are viewed. Data are also included from interviews and focus groups with men, women, and children who have spoken about their experiences of body image and body dissatisfaction, producing a comprehensive understanding of how men and women construct and understand their bodies in the twenty-first century. The only sole-authored text to provide a comprehensive view of body image research, focusing on men, women, and children, Body Image will be invaluable to students and researchers, as well as practitioners with an interest in body image and how to reduce body dissatisfaction.

Author : Lesley De Meza
Publisher : Me-and-Us
ISBN 13 : 190580105X
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Image written by Lesley De Meza and published by Me-and-Us. This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald D. Lankford, Jr.
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1420503553
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Image written by Ronald D. Lankford, Jr. and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body image is the mental picture you have of your body that influences factors like confidence, weight control, and self-esteem. This expansive volume delves into the complex topic of body image. The book discusses what body image is, how society and culture affect body image, and if advertising distorts body image. Readers are provided with discussion questions, a list of organizations to contact, and a comprehensive index.

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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123849268
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly work is the most comprehensive existing resource on human physical appearance—how people’s outer physical characteristics and their inner perceptions and attitudes about their own appearance (body image) affect their lives. The encyclopedia’s 117 full-length chapters are composed and edited by the world’s experts from a range of disciplines—social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences. The extensive topical coverage in this valuable reference work includes: (1) Important theories, perspectives, and concepts for understanding body image and appearance; (2) Scientific measurement of body image and physical attributes (anthropometry); (3) The development and determinants of human appearance and body image over the lifespan: (4) How culture and society influences the meanings of human appearance; (5) The psychosocial effects of appearance-altering disease, damage, and visible differences; (6) Appearance self-change and self-management; (7) The prevention and treatment of body image problems, including psychosocial and medical interventions. Chapters are written in a manner that is accessible and informative to a wide audience, including the educated public, college and graduate students, and scientists and clinical practitioners. Each well-organized chapter provides a glossary of definitions of any technical terms and a Further Reading section of recommended sources for continued learning about the topic. Available online via ScienceDirect or in a limited-release print version. The Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance is a unique reference for a growing area of scientific inquiry It brings together in one source the research from experts in a variety of fields examining this psychological and sociological phenomenon The breadth of topics covered, and the current fascination with this subject area ensure this reference will be of interest to researchers and a lay audience alike

Author : Barbara Moe
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823928651
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Negative Body Image written by Barbara Moe and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 1999-12-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses positive and negative body image, with an emphasis on body size and weight, and suggests ways to improve self-esteem and develop a healthy body image.

Author : Lina A Ricciardelli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317909674
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adolescence and Body Image written by Lina A Ricciardelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body image is a significant issue for the majority of adolescents. Anxieties relating to body image can be crippling across both genders, their debilitating effects sometimes leading to mental health problems. This important book is the first of its kind to focus specifically on adolescents, providing a comprehensive overview of the biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors relating to the development of body image. It also provides a detailed review of the measures which can be taken to address body dissatisfaction. Discussing the role of culture, family, peers, schools, sport and media in stimulating a negative body image, the book also examines the different challenges faced by girls and boys as they grow. Eating disorders and body change strategies are also addressed, as well as the challenges faced by youngsters affected by conditions causing visible differences, such as hair loss in cancer patients.The book also presents original research, including the results from a large Australian study of the body image and associated health behaviours of adolescent boys, and the results of a study of current teaching practices relating to body image. Adolescence and Body Image will be ideal reading for students and researchers from a variety of fields, including developmental, health, and social psychology, sociology, and cultural and health studies. Professionals working with young people, whether in education, health promotion or any other allied discipline will also find this book an invaluable resource.

Author : Robert Newell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135126283
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Image and Disfigurement Care written by Robert Newell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for health care professionals working with patients who have suffered a threat to body image, whether from trauma, injury, disease, or the developmental process, Body Image and Disfigurement Care: *offers practical advice about care *critically appraises the existing knowledge-base *describes the different theoretical approaches to body image disturbance *puts forward a new model of what happens to people with disturbed body image. While written in an accessible style, this is not a superficial text; it presents practical skills which can be used in clinical settings and these skills are based on appropriate research evidence, Interactive exercises enable the student to consolidate their learning and improve their understanding of the patient's experience of a threat to body image. Body Image and Disfigurement Care provides a sound source of help and advice about an issue of growing importance in modern health.

Author : Lorraine Bell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134099150
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overcoming Body Image Disturbance written by Lorraine Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People with eating disorders often exhibit serious misconceptions about their own body image. Overcoming Body Image Disturbance provides a treatment programme (piloted by the authors) for people with eating disorders who have a negative body image. The manual offers advice for therapists, enabling them to deliver the programme, as well as practical guidance for the sufferer, encouraging them to learn the appropriate skills to change their attitude towards their body. Alongside the programme, this treatment manual provides: an introduction to the concept of body image and body image disturbance worksheets and homework assignments for the client recommendations of psychometric measures to aid assessment and evaluation coverage on innovative techniques and approaches such as mindfulness. This manual – intended to be used with close guidance from a therapist – will be essential for all therapists, mental health workers and counsellors working with clients who have negative body images. "Workbook resources can be downloaded free of charge by purchasers of the print version."

Author : Yochai Ataria
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192592599
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Schema and Body Image written by Yochai Ataria and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body schema is a system of sensory-motor capacities that function without awareness or the necessity of perceptual monitoring. Body image consists of a system of perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs pertaining to one's own body. In 2005 Shaun Gallagher published an influential book entitled How the Body Shapes the Mind (OUP). That book not only defined both body schema and body image, but explored the complicated relationship between the two. It also established the idea that there is a double dissociation, whereby body schema and body image refer to two different but closely related systems. Given that many kinds of pathological cases can be described in terms of body schema and body image (phantom limbs, asomatognosia, apraxia, schizophrenia, anorexia, depersonalization, and body dysmorphic disorder, among others), we might expect to find a growing consensus about these concepts and the relevant neural activities connected to these systems. Instead, an examination of the scientific literature reveals continued ambiguity and disagreement. This volume brings together leading experts from the fields of philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry in a lively and productive dialogue. It explores fundamental questions about the relationship between body schema and body image, and addresses ongoing debates about the role of the brain and the role of social and cultural factors in our understanding of embodiment.