Body images : development, deviance, and change / edited by Thomas F. Cash, Thomas Pruzinsky.

Other author Cash, Thomas F.
Other author Pruzinsky, Thomas.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Guilford Press, ©1990.
Descriptionxxi, 361 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents The evolution of psychological concepts about the body / Seymour Fisher -- Procedures, problems, and progress in the assessment of body images / J. Kevin Thompson, Louis A. Penner, Madeline N. Altabe -- The psychology of physical appearance : aesthetics, attributes, and images / Thomas F. Cash -- Culture in the mirror : sociocultural determinants of body image / April Fallon -- The role of body image in psychosocial development across the life span : a developmental contextual perspective / Richard M. Lerner, Jasna Jovanovic -- Objective bodily damage : disfigurement and dignity / Norman R. Bernstein -- Body image and physical disability / Franklin C. Shontz -- Psychopathology of body experience : expanded perspectives / Thomas Pruzinsky -- Body-image disturbance in eating disorders / James C. Rosen -- Body-image change in cosmetic plastic surgery / Thomas Pruzinsky, Milton T. Edgerton -- Reconstructive surgery : objective change of objective deformity / Michael J. Pertschuk -- Developmental and psychodynamic perspectives on body-image change / David W. Krueger --
Contents Cognitive-behavioral perspectives on body-image change / Rita Freedman -- Somatopsychic approaches to psychotherapy and personal growth / Thomas Pruzinsky -- Psychotherapy and the body in the mind / Michael J. Mahoney -- Integrative themes in body-image development, deviance, and change / Thomas Pruzinsky, Thomas F. Cash.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 90003405
ISBN089862438X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780898624380 (alk. paper)