Title
Body image [electronic resource] : a handbook of science, practice, and prevention / edited by Thomas F. Cash, Linda Smolak.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9781609181833 (electronic book)
9781609181826
Imprint
New York : Guilford Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 490 p.) : ill.
Call Number
BF697.5.B63 B617 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.4/613
Summary
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.
Note
Rev. ed. of: Body image : a handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice / edited by Thomas F. Cash, Thomas Pruzinsky. c2002.
Description based on print version record.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
pt. 1. Conceptual foundations
pt. 2. Developmental perspectives and influences
pt. 3. Body image assessment
pt. 4. Individual and cultural differences
pt. 5. Body image dysfunctions and disorders
pt. 6. Body image issues in medical contexts
pt. 7. Changing the body : medical, surgical, and other approaches
pt. 8. Changing body images : psychosocial interventions for treatment and prevention
pt. 9. Conclusions and directions.
