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Exacting Beauty Kevin J. Thompson

Exacting Beauty By Kevin J. Thompson

Exacting Beauty by Kevin J. Thompson


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Provides coverage of how psychology grapples with the troubling relationship between appearance and identity. This work integrates explanations from social, interpersonal, feminist and behavioural cognitive psychology, and includes research, assessment and treatment guidance.

Exacting Beauty Summary

Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance by Kevin J. Thompson

Tennis star Andre Agassi has been quoted as saying Image is everything. This may seem like an exaggeration, but it is true that, for many people, how they feel about their appearance means everything. Body image is a powerful factor in how we feel about ourselves, and those who suffer from a body image disturbance are vulnerable to a host of difficulties ranging from low self-esteem to bulimia and anorexia nervosa. Body Image Disturbance: Integrating Theory, Assessment, and Treatment is a provocative analysis that integrates explanations from social, interpersonal, feminist and behavioural cognitive psychology. This book is packed with research, assessment and treatment guidance. Clinicians, practitioners and researchers should value this book for its coverage of how psychology grapples with the troubling relationship between appearance and identity.

Table of Contents

The Scope of Body Image Disturbance - the Big Picture; An Overview of Assessment and Treatment Strategies; Sociocultural Theory - the Media and Society; Social Comparison Processes; Appearance-Related Feedback; Interpersonal Factors; Peers, Parents and Perfect Strangers; Feminist Perspectives; Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment; Behavioural Aspects of Disturbance - Conditioning, Context and Avoidance; Cognitive Processing Models; Future Directions - Integrative Theories, Multidimensional Assessment and Multicomponent Interventions.

Additional information

GOR007248907
9781557985415
1557985413
Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance by Kevin J. Thompson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
American Psychological Association
19981130
416
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