Although the study of body image has been dominated by a focus on negative aspects,
recent research interest has turned towards positive body image. The purpose of the present …

The emergence of positive body image research during the last 10 years represents an
important shift in the body image literature. The existing evidence provides a strong …

Positive body image refers to individuals' ability to conceptualize their bodies with love,
respect, and appreciation. The study of positive body image is relatively new, and …

Body image is a multidimensional construct with positive and negative features. Yet, theory,
research, and practice have focused on understanding, preventing, and heating its negative …

A decade ago, research on positive body image as a unique construct was relatively
nonexistent, and now this area is flourishing. How and why did positive body image …

Extant body image research has provided a rich understanding of negative body image but
a rather underdeveloped depiction of positive body image. Thus, this study used Grounded …

This study examined a range of predictors, based on previous theoretical models, of positive
body image in young adult women. Participants were 266 women who completed an online …

In the present study, 101 women and 106 men from a community sample of British adults
completed the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS), along with a battery of individual difference …

Studies examining associations between positive body image and well-being have used a
limited array of measures of each construct. To rectify this, we asked an online sample of …

Research presented in this special issue focuses on a number of key contemporary themes
relating to gendered body image. This paper considers what these studies tell us about the …