Thomas F. Cash, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. His research focuses on influences of physical appearance and body image on psychosocial functioning, including such topics as body image development, assessment, and treatment; obesity; eating disorders; cosmetic surgery; appearance-altering conditions; and appearance stereotyping and discrimination. He has authored or edited eight books and over 200 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Cash has developed an empirically supported cognitive-behavioral program for body image improvement, as well as over a dozen validated assessments of dimensions of body image. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Body Image: An International Journal of Research and an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Cash resides in Naples, Florida. Linda Smolak, PhD, is Professor Emerita at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Her research focuses on the development of body image and disordered eating, including such topics as media and familial influences on children's body image; child sexual abuse and body image; muscle building among adolescent boys; eating disorder prevention programs; athletic participation and body image; and gender roles and body image. She has been involved in the development of several body image-related scales. Dr. Smolak is author or editor of seven books and dozens of journal articles and book chapters. She is an Associate Editor of Body Image: An International Journal of Research and serves on the editorial board for Eating Disorders: A Journal of Treatment and Prevention.
I. Conceptual Foundations
1. Understanding Body Images: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives,
Thomas F. Cash and Linda Smolak
2. Sociocultural Perspectives on Human Appearance and Body Image, Marika
Tiggemann
3. Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Appearance and Body Image, Viren
Swami
4. Genetic and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Body Image, Jessica L.
Suisman and Kelly L. Klump
5. Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives on Body Image, Thomas F. Cash
6. Feminist Perspectives on Body Image, Nita Mary McKinley
7. Positive Psychology Perspectives on Body Image, Tracy L. Tylka
II. Developmental Perspectives and Influences
8. Body Image Development in Childhood, Linda Smolak
9. Body Image Development in Adolescent Girls, Eleanor H. Wertheim and
Susan J. Paxton
10. Body Image Development in Adolescent Boys, Lina A. Ricciardelli and
Marita P. McCabe
11. Body Image Development in Adulthood, Sarah Grogan
12. Media Influences on Body Image, Michael P. Levine and Kelsey Chapman
13. Interpersonal and Familial Influences on the Development of Body Image,
Diane Carlson Jones
14. Sexual Abuse and Body Image, Linda Smolak
III. Body Image Assessment
15. Crucial Considerations in the Assessment of Body Image, Thomas F. Cash
16. Body Image Assessment of Children, Andrew J. Hill
17. Perceptual Measures of Body Image for Adolescents and Adults, Rick M.
Gardner
18. Attitudinal Assessment of Body Image for Adolescents and Adults, Jessie
E. Menzel, Ross Krawczyk, and J. Kevin Thompson
IV. Individual and Cultural Differences
19. Gender and Body Images, Sarah K. Murnen
20. Obesity and Body Image in Youth, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
21. Obesity and Body Image in Adulthood, Janet D. Latner and Rebecca E.
Wilson
22. Body Image and Muscularity, Donald R. McCreary
23. Body Image and Athleticism, Trent A. Petrie and Christy Greenleaf
24. Gay and Lesbian Body Images, Todd G. Morrison and Jessica M. McCutcheon
25. African American Body Images, Debra L. Franko and James P. Roehrig
26. Asian American Body Images, Kathleen Y. Kawamura
27. Hispanic/Latino Body Images, Deborah Schooler and Lynda S. Lowry
28. Body Images in Non-Western Cultures, Eileen P. Anderson-Fye
29. Body Image and Congenital Conditions Resulting in Visible Difference,
Nichola Rumsey and Diana Harcourt
V. Body Image Dysfunctions and Disorders
30. Body Image and Social Functioning, Stacey Tantleff-Dunn and Danielle M.
Lindner
31. Body Image and Sexual Functioning, Michael W. Wiederman
32. Body Image and Anorexia Nervosa, Sherrie Selwyn Delinsky
33. Body Image and Bulimia Nervosa, Janis H. Crowther and Nicole M.
Williams
34. Body Image and Binge-Eating Disorder, Joshua I. Hrabosky
35. Body Image and Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Katharine A. Phillips
36. Body Image and Appearance- and Performance-Enhancing Drug Use, Tom
Hildebrandt and Justine Lai
VI. Body Image Issues in Medical Contexts
37. Body Image Issues in Dermatology, Andrew R. Thompson
38. Body Image Issues in Oncology, Craig A. White and Caroline Hood
39. Body Image Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helen Skouteris
40. Body Image Issues in Rheumatology, Meenakshi Jolly
41. Body Image Issues Associated with Burn Injuries, John W. Lawrence and
James A. Fauerbach
VII. Changing the Body: Medical, Surgical, and Other Approaches
42. Weight Loss and Changes in Body Image, David B. Sarwer, Rebecca J.
Dilks, and Jacqueline C. Spitzer
43. Exercise and Changes in Body Image, Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, and
Rebecca L. Bassett
44. Body Art and Body Image, Leeana Kent
45. Cosmetic Surgery and Changes in Body Image, David B. Sarwer, Canice E.
Crerand, and Leanne Magee
46. Body Image and Biomedical Interventions for Disfiguring Conditions,
Diana Harcourt and Nichola Rumsey
VIII. Changing Body Images: Psychosocial Interventions for Treatment and
Prevention
47. Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Body Image Change, Josée L. Jarry
and Thomas F. Cash
48. Experiential Approaches to Body Image Change, Judith Ruskay Rabinor and
Marion Bilich
49. School-Based Psychoeducational Approaches to Prevention, Jennifer A.
O'Dea and Zali Yager
50. Computer-Based Approaches to Prevention, Hannah Weisman, Jakki Bailey,
Andrew Winzelberg, and C. Barr Taylor
51. Ecological and Activism Approaches to Prevention, Niva Piran and Nina
Mafrici
52. Public Policy Approaches to Prevention, Susan J. Paxton
IX. Conclusions and Directions
53. Future Challenges for Body Image Science, Practice, and Prevention,
Linda Smolak and Thomas F. Cash
