Introduction: becoming positive: our growing understanding of positive body image Meghan M. Gillen, Charlotte H. Markey and Elizabeth A. Daniels; 1. Overview of the field of positive body image Tracy L. Tylka; 2. Positive body image by gender and across the lifespan Lina A. Ricciardelli, Marie L. Caltabiano and Laura D. D'Antuono; 3. Considering positive body image through the lens of culture and minority social identities Viren Swami; 4. Moving beyond body dissatisfaction and risky sexual behavior: a critical review of positive body image and sexual health scholarship Virginia Ramseyer Winter; 5. Appearance related practices: can they be part of a positive body image? Kristina H. Gattario and Carolina Lunde; 6. Mindful self-care and positive body image: mindfulness, yoga, and actionable tools for positive embodiment Catherine Cook-Cottone; 7. The Health at Every Size® paradigm: promoting body positivity for all bodies Patti Lou Watkins, Dawn Clifford and Brian Souza; 8. Better than before: individual strategies for body image improvement Jamie Dunaev and Charlotte H. Markey; 9. Programmatic approaches to cultivating positive body image in youth Elizabeth A. Daniels and Tomi-Ann Roberts; 10. Clinical applications of positive body image Nichole L. Wood-Barcalow and Casey L. Augustus-Horvath.
Explains what makes people love and appreciate their bodies, and offers advice on how we can all do the same.
Elizabeth A. Daniels, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is a developmental psychologist and has been conducting research on body image, media, and gender for fifteen years. Her work has been featured in the national and international press, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Time, New York Magazine, BBC News, The Telegraph, and International Business Times. Meghan M. Gillen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University, Abington. She has been conducting research on body image, gender, and physical appearance issues for fifteen years. She has won a college-wide teaching award and was a featured convocation speaker at her college. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Self Magazine, and US News and World Report. Charlotte H. Markey, Ph.D., is a Psychology Professor and Director of the Health Sciences program at Rutgers University, New Jersey. She has been conducting research on eating, dieting, body image and obesity risk for twenty years. Her book, Smart People Don't Diet (2014), was described by Scientific American as 'possibly the best book on weight loss ever written', and she regularly blogs for US News and World Report, Psychology Today, and Science of Relationships. Her research has also been discussed in outlets including the New York Times, The Today Show, and WHYY radio.
'Body Positive provides a novel, refreshing way of conceptualizing
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play in our lives.' Marita McCabe, Australian Catholic
University
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recommended for both professionals and graduate students.' Joan C.
Chrisler, Connecticut College
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treatment of a range of body-based disruptions, including eating
disorders.' Niva Piran, University of Toronto
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Flinders University, Adelaide
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Cummings II Professor of Psychology, Kenyon College, Ohio, and
associate editor of Body Image
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for others and ourselves in day-to-day life. This book will serve
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practitioners on the concept of positive body image and how to
apply it.' Rachel M. Calogero, University of Western Ontario,
Senior Editor of Self-Objectification in Women: Causes,
Consequences, and Counteractions
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