Handbook of positive body image and embodiment : constructs, protective factors, and interventions / edited by Tracy L. Tylka and Niva Piran.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Focusing on the positive: an introduction to the volume / Tracy L. Tylka and Niva Piran -- Section I Identifying positive ways of living in the body: intraindividual constructs -- The experience of embodiment construct: reflecting the quality of embodied lives / Niva Piran -- Body appreciation / Tracy L. Tylka -- Body functionality / Jessica M. Alleva and Carolien Martijn -- Body image flexibility / Emily K. Sandoz, Jennifer B. Webb, Courtney B. Rogers, and Emily Squyres -- Broad conceptualization of beauty / Tracy L. Tylka -- Mindful attunement / Catherine P. Cook-Cottone -- Intuitive eating / Elyse Resch and Tracy L. Tylka -- Attunement with exercise (AWE) / Rachel M. Calogero, Tracy L. Tylka, Beth Hartman McGilley, and Kelly N. Pedrotty-Stump / Section II Cultivating positive body image and embodiment: protective relational, social, and other environmental factors -- The developmental theory of embodiment: protective social factors that enhance positive embodiment / Niva Piran -- Environments that cultivate positive embodiment through mindful movement / Christy Greenleaf and Caitlyn Hauff -- Adolescent female desire: influences on the construction of agency and desire / Sharon Lamb and Julie Koven -- Personal safety as bedrock and safeguard for positive embodiment / Rachel M. Calogero, Tracy L. Tylka, and Jaclyn A. Siegel -- Promoting a resistant stance toward objectification / Tracy L. Tylka and Rachel M. Calogero -- Negotiating gender roles to enact body appreciation and positive embodiment / Sarah K. Murnen and Linda Smolak -- Resisting restrictive feminine molds and promoting embodied well-being among breast cancer survivors / Lianne Trachtenberg and Niva Piran -- Promoting a resistant stance toward weight stigma / Brooke L. Bennett, Emily C. Stefano, and Janet D. Latner -- Black women's positive embodiment in the face of race x gender oppression / NiCole T. Buchanan, Isis H. Settles, and Krystle C. Woods -- Promoting a resistant stance toward media images / Janet M. Liechty -- Relationships that cultivate positive body image through body acceptance / Marika Tiggemann -- Cultivating positive embodiment through peer connections / Nina Mafrici and Niva Piran -- Cultivating positive embodiment through the family environments / Tracy L. Tylka -- Acceptance, activism, and freedom from bullying: the online context / Ann Frisén, Kristina Holmqvist Gattario, and Sofia Berne -- Positive body image in people living with visible differences / Diana Harcourt and Heidi Williamson -- Section III Enhancing positive body image and embodiment: interventions -- Compassion-based interventions to facilitate positive body image and embodiment / Allison C. Kelly, Kathryn E. Miller, Kiruthiha Vimalakanthan, Jessica R. Dupasquier, and Sydney Waring -- Emotion-focused therapy to facilitate positive body image and embodiment / Iryna Ivanova -- Acceptance and commitment therapy to facilitate positive body image and embodiment / Jennifer B. Webb -- Health at every size: a social justice-informed approach to positive embodiment / Andrea LaMarre and Sigrún Daníelsdóttir -- Mindfulness training to facilitate positive body image and embodiment / Melissa J. Atkinson and Tracey D. Wade -- The practice of yoga: can it help in addressing body image concerns and eating disorders? / Dianne Neumark-Sztainer -- Brain integration, embodied mindfulness, and movement-based approaches to facilitate positive body image and embodiment / Catherine P. Cook-Cottone -- Promoting positive body image and embodiment in schools: past, present, and future / Zali Yager -- Cognitive dissonance-based interventions to facilitate positive body image and embodiment / Emma Halliwell and Phillippa C. Diedrichs -- Media literacy interventions to facilitate positive body image and embodiment / Simon Wilksch -- Feminist and social justice-informed approaches toward the enhancement of positive embodiment / Niva Piran -- Public health interventions to facilitate positive embodiment: implementation and future directions / Rachel F. Rodgers, Debra L. Franko, and Alice S. Lowy -- Policy initiatives to promote positive embodiment and reduce weight stigma / Rebecca M. Puhl and Mary S. Himmelstein -- The Handbook of positive body image and embodiment: from the present to the future / Niva Piran and Tracy L. Tylka.

Positive body image entails appreciating, loving, respecting, nurturing, protecting, and seeing beauty in the body regardless of its consistency with media appearance ideals. Embodiment reflects a connection between the mind and the body, which have a continual dialectical relationship with the world, and includes positive body connection, body agency and functionality, attuned self-care, positive experiences with body desires, and living in the body as a subjective rather than objectified site. This 37-chapter handbook reviews current knowledge on positive body image and embodiment, as well as future directions for work in these areas, which will be useful for mental health researchers, practitioners, advocates, and activists.