Body Image: Perceptions, Interpretations And Attitudes (psychology Of Emotions, Motivations And Actions)
by Sophia B. Greene /
2012 / English / PDF
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Body image is considered a multi-dimensional concept that includes
perceptual, attitudinal, affective, and behavioural dimensions. The
definition of body image is the mental picture we have in our minds
of the size, shape and form of our bodies and our feelings
concerning these characteristics and one's body parts. This book
presents topical research data from across the globe in the study
of body image, including understanding body image instability and
distortion; body image and cancer patients; the advertising media
and its contribution to body image problems and dysfunctional
eating; alexithymia, body image and eating disorders; sociocultural
influences on male body image; body image research in people of
African descent; and' body image measurement in exercise research,
in women with physical disabilities, and in patients undergoing
plastic surgery.
Body image is considered a multi-dimensional concept that includes
perceptual, attitudinal, affective, and behavioural dimensions. The
definition of body image is the mental picture we have in our minds
of the size, shape and form of our bodies and our feelings
concerning these characteristics and one's body parts. This book
presents topical research data from across the globe in the study
of body image, including understanding body image instability and
distortion; body image and cancer patients; the advertising media
and its contribution to body image problems and dysfunctional
eating; alexithymia, body image and eating disorders; sociocultural
influences on male body image; body image research in people of
African descent; and' body image measurement in exercise research,
in women with physical disabilities, and in patients undergoing
plastic surgery.