Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance

Editor-in-Chief:

Thomas Cash, Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

This scholarly work is the most comprehensive existing resource on human physical appearance-how peoples outer physical characteristics and their inner perceptions and attitudes about their own appearance (body image) affect their lives. The encyclopedias 117 full-length chapters are composed and edited by the worlds 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.

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Published: April 2012

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-384925-0

Amputations and Prosthetic Devices
Anorexia Nervosa
Anthropological Perspectives (Physical Appearance)
Anthropometry
Anti-dieting Approaches to Change and Prevention
Appearance Discrimination and the Law
Bariatric Surgery for Weight Loss
Beauty over the Centuries-Female
Beauty over the Centuries-Male
Body Art: Tattooing and Piercing
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Height
Body Image among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexuals
Body Image among the Elderly
Body Image and "Fat Talk"
Body Image and Athleticism (Sports)
Body Image and Gender-Role Attitudes/Identity
Body Image and Personality
Body Image and Self-Esteem
Body Image and Sexual Functioning
Body Image and Social Functioning
Body Image and Socioeconomic Class
Body Image Behaviors: Checking, Fixing, and Avoiding
Body Image Change and Prevention, Dissonance-based Approaches to
Body Image Change, Self-Help Approaches to
Body Image Development-Adolescent Boys
Body Image Development-Adolescent Girls
Body Image Development-Adult Men
Body Image Development-Adult Women
Body Image Development-Boy Children
Body Image Development-Girl Children
Body Image of Dance and Aesthetic Sports
Body Image in Mood and Psychotic Disorders
Body Image in Non-Western Cultures
Body Image, African American
Body Image, Asian American
Body Image, Familial Influences on
Body Image, Hispanic/Latino
Body Image, Peer Influences on
Body Mutilation, cultural practices
Body Weight and Body Image in Adults
Body Weight and Body Image in Children and Adolescents
Bodybuilding
Breast Size
Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder
Burn Injuries
Cancers
Children's Media Influences (e.g. Animation Films)
Clothing and Adornment, Social Psychology of
Cognitive-Behavioral Body Image Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives (Body Image)
Congenital Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Malformations
Cosmetic Surgeries for the Face
Cosmetic Surgeries of the Body
Cosmetics Use, Psychology of
Dental and Orthodontic Treatments
Dieting, Compulsive
Dolls and Action Figures
Drug Use, Appearance and Performance-Enhancing
Endocrine Conditions
Evolutionary Perspectives (Physical Appearance)
Exercise, Effects on Body Image
Experiential and Somatopsychic Approaches to Body Image Change
Face and Body in Motion: Nonverbal Communication
Facial Transplants
Feminist Perspectives (Body Image)
Gender Identity Disorder, Transgender and Transsexualism
Genetics and Human Appearance
Genitalia
Gynecologic Conditions
Hair Loss, Effects and Surgical/Drug Treatments for the Alopecias
Hair Styling and Coloring
Hair, Body and Facial
History of the Science of Physical Appearance and Body Image
Internalization of Thin-ideal and Muscular-ideal
Measurement and Stability of Physical Attractiveness
Measurement of Body Image in Adolescence and Adulthood
Measurement of Body Image in Childhood
Measurement of Perceptual Body Image
Measurement of Physical Self-Confidence/Competence
Media Influences on Female Body Image
Media Influences on Male Body Image
Medically Induced (Iatrogenic) Adverse Changes in Appearance
Muscularity and Body Image
Neuroscientific Perspectives (Body Image)
Objectification and Self-Objectification Theory (Body Image)
Occupational and Economic Consequences of Physical Attractiveness
Physical Appearance and Stigma
Physical Appearance Changes across Adulthood-Men
Physical Appearance Changes across Adulthood-Women
Physical Appearance Changes in Childhood and Adolescence-Boys
Physical Appearance Changes in Childhood and Adolescence-Girls
Physical Attractiveness and Personality
Physical Attractiveness Stereotyping
Physical Attractiveness: Dating, Mating, and Social Interaction
Physical Disability and Body Image in Adults
Physical Disability and Body Image in Children
Plastic Surgery: Breast Reconstruction and Breast Reduction
Positive Psychology Perspectives (Body Image)
Pregnancy, Physical and Body Image Changes during
Preventing Body Image Problems, Computer/Web-based Approaches to
Preventing Body Image Problems, Ecological and Activism Approaches to
Preventing Body Image Problems, Public Policy Approaches to
Preventing Body Image Problems, School-based Approaches to
Psychodynamic Perspectives (Body Image)
Race, Ethnicity, and Human Appearance
Self-Discrepancy Theory (Body Image)
Self-Guided Weight Loss
Self-Mutilation and excoriation
Sexual Abuse and Body Image
Skin Color/Tone
Skin Diseases
Smoking and Body Image
Social Comparison Theory (Body Image)
Sociocultural Perspectives on Body Image
Surveys and the Epidemiology of Body Image
Tanning, Natural and Artificial
Teasing, Appearance-Related
Traumatic Injuries and Body Image
Weight-Loss Programs, Commercial and Popular Diets

Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance

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