Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions : Body Image: Perceptions, Interpretations and Attitudes

Body image is considered a multi-dimensional concept that includes perceptual, attitudinal, affective, and behavioral 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. Chapter 1. A historical perspective of body image and body image concerns among male and female adolescents in Japan / Naomi Chisuwa and Jennifer A.O. Dea -- Chapter 2. Body image among aboriginal children and adolescents in Australia / Renata L. Cinelli and Jennifer A. O'Dea -- Chapter 3. The psychology of body image: understanding body image instability and distortion / Jennifer S. Mills, Kaley Roosen, and Rachel Vella-Zarb -- Chapter 4. Measurement of the perceptual aspects of body image / Rick M. Gardner and Dana L. Brown -- Chapter 5. Body image and cancer / Ozen Onen Sertoz -- Chapter 6. Beyond the media: a look at other socialization processes that contribute to body image problems and dysfunctional eating / Marion Kostanski -- Chapter 7. Alexithymia, body image and eating disorders / Domenico De Berardis, Viviana Marasco, Daniela Campanella, Nicola Serroni, Mario Caltabiano, Luigi Olivieri, Carla Ranalli, Alessandro Carano, Tiziano Acciavatti, Giuseppe Di Iorio, Marilde Cavuto, Francesco Saverio Moschetta and Massimo Di Giannantonio -- Chapter 8. A meta-analytic review of sociocultural influences on male body image / Bryan T. Karazsia and Kathryn Pieper -- Chapter 9. Touch and body: a role for the somatosensory cortex in establishing an early form of identity (review article) / Michael Schaefer -- Chapter 10. Nothing compares to you: the influence of body size of models in print advertising and body comparison processes on women's body image / Doeschka J. Anschutz, Tatjana Van Strien, Eni S. Becker and Rutger C.M.E. Engels -- Chapter 11. Body image in people of African descent: a systematic review / D. Catherine Walker -- Chapter 12. Low SES children's BMI scores and their perceived and ideal body images: intervention implications / Simone Pettigrew, Melanie Pescud, Robert J. Donovan -- Chapter 13. Theoretical & methodological considerations in assessing body image among children and adolescents / Margaret Lawler and Elizabeth Nixon -- Chapter 14. Issues pertaining to body image measurement in exercise research / Rebecca L. Bassett and Kathleen A. Martin Ginis -- Chapter 15. Negative body image perception and associated attitudes in females / Tamara Y. Mousa and Rima H. Mashal -- Chapter 16. Body image in young and adult women with physical disabilities / Nancy Xenakis and Judith Goldberg -- Chapter 17. The non-satisfied patient in aesthetic surgery -- medical attitude / Alberto Rancati, Maurizio Nava, Marcelo Irigo, Braulio Peralta.