Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment: Constructs, Protective Factors, and Interventions

by Niva Piran

For five decades, negative body image has been a major focus of study due to its association with psychological and social morbidity, including eating disorders. However, more recently the body image construct has broadened to include positive ways of living in the body, enabling greater understanding of embodied well-being, as well as protective factors and interventions to guide the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.

Handbook of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190841877
• ISBN13: 9780190841874
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"