Body Image

Body Image
Author :
Publisher : Guilford Press
Total Pages : 514
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781462509584
ISBN-13 : 1462509584
Rating : 4/5 (584 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Body Image by : Thomas F. Cash

Download or read book Body Image written by Thomas F. Cash and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 514 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.


Body Image Related Books

Body Image
Language: en
Pages: 514
Authors: Thomas F. Cash
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-09 - Publisher: Guilford Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The standard reference for practitioners, researchers, and students, this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental
Body Image
Language: en
Pages: 342
Authors: Marlene V. Kindes
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Nova Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Western culture has increasingly valued physical appearance and in particular slenderness in the last 20 years. Unrealistic targets of thinness and excessive we
Body Image
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: Sarah Grogan
Categories: Body image
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Psychology Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Sarah Grogan presents original data from interviews with men, women and children to complement existing research, and provides a comprehensive investigation of
Body Image
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Sophia B. Greene
Categories: Body image
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Body image is considered a multi-dimensional concept that includes perceptual, attitudinal, affective, and behavioural dimensions. The definition of body image
The Media and Body Image
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Maggie Wykes
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-01-13 - Publisher: SAGE

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Media and Body Image draws together literature from sociology, gender studies, and psychology; brings together new empirical work on both media representati