Body image [electronic resource] : a handbook of science, practice, and prevention / edited by Thomas F. Cash, Linda Smolak.

Body image [electronic resource] : a handbook of science, practice, and prevention / edited by Thomas F. Cash, Linda Smolak.

Second edition.

9781609181833 (electronic book)
9781609181826

New York : Guilford Press, [2011]

©2011

English

1 online resource (xxi, 490 pages) : illustrations

BF697.5.B63 B617 2011eb

306.4/613

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.

Rev. ed. of: Body image : a handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice / edited by Thomas F. Cash, Thomas Pruzinsky. c2002.
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