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Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance
Edited by Nichola Rumsey and Diana Harcourt
736 pages
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246x171mm
978-0-19-958052-1
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Hardback
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31 May 2012
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- Explores a topic that is much neglected in the scientific literature, providing valuable information and profound insights into the problems facing those with visible differences, as well as those with general appearance related concerns
- Includes user/patient voices illustrating the relevance of the issues being discussed for those personally affected
- Covers both research and practice in detail thereby demonstrating how research evidence can inform clinical practice and policy, and vice versa
- Written by experts in the field and therefore gives readers an insight into the most current thinking and research in this area
We live in a society in which messages associating physical attractiveness with success and happiness are pervasive. There is an epidemic of appearance concerns amongst teenagers and adults in westernised countries and body image dissatisfaction is now considered normative. Large numbers of people experience negative impacts on wellbeing and, for many adolescents, adults, and even children, appearance concerns are influential in choices about a range of health behaviours. The challenges facing them include difficulties with social encounters and the problem of having to cope with negative
self perceptions.
The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance is a comprehensive reference text written by experts in the field. It examines how people feel about the way they look, and why it is that some people are happy with their appearance whilst increasing numbers are troubled by the way they look - reporting that these appearance-related concerns affect many aspects of their lives including relationships, health and well-being. It considers the influence of other people and how the media affects thoughts and behaviours related to appearance. It explores the experiences of people living with a disfigurement in a society that seems to be increasingly focussed on appearance and the pursuit of an idealised image of beauty, size and weight.
Exploring a topic that has been often neglected in the psychological literature, this book will be invaluable for health, clinical, and social psychologists, health professionals working with patients with visible differences, and those in the field of public health and education.
Readership: Psychologists (health, clinical, social, and educational), health professionals working with patients with visible differences, for example burns, plastic surgery, cleft lip and palate (nurses, surgeons, therapists etc), policy makers, public health specialists, and education specialists.
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Edited by Nichola Rumsey, VTCT Professor of Appearance Psychology and Co-Director of the Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, and Diana Harcourt, Reader in Health Psychology and Co-Director of the Centre for Appearance Research, University West England, Bristol, UK Professor Rumsey is VTCT Professor of Appearance Research at UWE and is Co-Director of the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR). Following the completion of her PhD <"Psychological Problems Associated with Facial Disfigurement>" in 1983, Nichola has built an international reputation for her research in this field and has attracted funding from a variety of bodies to support research
on appearance. Nichola was awarded a personal Chair by UWE in 2002. She was elected President of the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain & Ireland in 2003-4 (the first psychologist to be elected to this position), and Chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology from 2005-6. She was awarded honorary membership of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons in 2009.
Dr Harcourt was appointed Reader in Health Psychology at UWE in 2006, and is Co-Director of the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR). Her interest in the psychological consequences of changes to appearance led her to conduct her PhD research into women's experiences of mastectomy and breast reconstruction after a diagnosis of cancer. Her PhD was supervised by Professor Nichola Rumsey, with whom she has worked closely since the inception of the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) in 1998. She was Chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology from 2009-10.
Contributors:
Lucie Baker, Edith Cowan University School of Psychology & Social Science, Australia
Amanda Bates, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Rebecca Bellew, Centre for Appearance Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
Alyson Bessell, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Kristin Billaud, Feragen Bredtvet Resource Centre, Norway
Sue Brown, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK
Christine Bundy, University of Manchester, UK
Peter Butler, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
James Byron- Daniel, Centre for Appearance Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
Julia Cadogan, South West
Cleft Unit Frenchay Hospital, UK
Tom Cash, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA
Alex Clarke, Royal Free Hospital, UK
Associate Professor Neil Coulson, University of Nottingham, UK
Canice Crerand, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Deirdre Desmond, Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Ireland
Phillippa Diedrichs, Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, UK
Emma Dures, Academic Rheumatology, University West of England, Bristol, UK
Hannah Falvey, The Royal London Hospital, UK
Helen Fawkner, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Hannah Frith, University of Brighton, UK
Sarah Gaskell, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Pamela Gallagher, School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Ireland
Eyal Gringart, Edith Cowan University School of Psychology & Social Science, Australia
Sarah Grogan, Staffordshire University, UK
Barrie Gunter, University of Leicester, UK
Emma Halliwell, Centre for Appearance Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
Esther Hansen, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Diana Harcourt, Centre for Appearance Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
Nikki Hayfield, Centre for Appearance Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
Caroline Huxley, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK
Elizabeth
Jenkinson, Centre for Appearance Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
Professor Julie Kent, Department of Health & Applied Social Sciences Faculty of Health & Life Sciences University of the West of England, UK
Victoria Lawson, University College London, UK
Assistant Professor Valerie Lemaine, Division of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Leanne Magee, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Professor Malcolm MacLachlan, Centre for Global Health & School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Helen Malson, Centre for Appearance Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
Daniel Masterson, Staffordshire University, UK
Professor David Mellor, School of Psychology
Faculty of Health Deakin University, Australia
Grainne Ni Mháille, Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Ireland
Tim Moss, Centre for Appearance Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
Habib Naqvi NHS Bristol, Bristol, UK
James Partridge, Changing Faces, London, UK
Martin Persson, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Tom Potokar, Welsh Centre for Burns & Plastic Surgery Morriston Hospital, Swansea Wales
Professor Patricia Price, School of Healthcare Studies Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Andrea Pusic, Memorial Sloane Kettering, New York, USA
Associate Professor Lina Ricciardelli, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia
Ben
Rosser, Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, UK
Nichola Rumsey, Centre for Appearance Research, Department of Psychology, UWE Bristol, UK
David Sarwer, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Krysia Saul, Warwick University,UK
Julie Helen Slevec Flinders University, Australia
Linda Smolak, Department of Psychology Kenyon College, USA
Andrew Thompson, University of Sheffield, UK
Kevin Thompson, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Marika Tiggemann, Flinders Univeristy, Australia
Irmgard Tischner, University of Worcester, UK
Melissa Wallace, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
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"Nichola Rumsey and Diana Harcourt have done a necessary and excellent job in the creation of The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance, and one hopes for sequels. Yes, the psychology of appearance should have a place in the sun." - PsycCRITIQUES, May 2013
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Nichola Rumsey and Diana Harcourt: Introduction
Setting the Scene
1: Overview
2: Hannah Frith: Appearance and Society
3: Malcolm MacLachlan, Grainne Ni Mháille, Pamela Gallagher and Deirdre Desmond: Embodiment and Appearance
4: Hannah Falvey: Cross-cultural Differences
5: Esther L.E. Hansen and Peter E.M. Butler: Challenges in Health Care Provision in the UK
6: Valerie Lamaine and Andrea Pusic: Challenges in Health Care Provision in the USA
7: Tom Potokar and Patricia Price: Challenges in Health Care Provision in Resource-Poor Countries
8: Julie Kent: A Sociological Perspective in Biomedical Technologies and Appearance
9: Andrew R. Thompson: Researching Appearance: Models, Theories, and Frameworks
10 Summary and Synthesis: Nichola Rumsey and Diana Harcourt:
Who is affected by appearance concerns, in what way, and why?
11: Overview
Across the lifespan
12: Linda Smolak: Appearance in Childhood and Adolescence
13: Marika Tiggemann and Julie Slevec: Appearance in Adulthood
14: Lucie Baker and Eyal Gringart: Appearance in Later Life
Individual differences in adjustment and distress
15: Helen Falkner: Gender
16: Caroline Huxley and Nikki Hayfield: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexualities, Appearance and Body Image
17: Habib Naqvi and Krysia Saul: Culture and Ethnicity
18: Emma Halliwell and Phillippa Diedrichs: Influence of the Media
19 The Role of the Family: Rebecca Bellew:
20: Lina Ricciardelli and David Mellor: Influence of Peers
21: Timothy P. Moss and Ben Rosser: Adult Psychosocial Adjustment to Visible Differences: Physical and Psychological Predictors of Variation
Consequences of Appearance Concerns
22 Appearance and Exercise: James Byron-Daniel:
23: Irmgard Tischner and Helen Malson: Understanding the Too Fat Body and the Too Thin Body: A Critical Psychological Perspective
24: Victoria Lawson: Appearance Concerns, Dietary Restriction and Disordered Eating
25: Canice E. Crerand, Leanne Magee and David B. Sarwer: Cosmetic Procedures
Experiences of people who have a visible difference
26: Kristin Billaud-Feragen: Congenital Conditions
27: Julie Wisely and Sarah Gaskell: Trauma - with special reference to burn injury
28: Christine Bundy: Visible Difference Associated with Disease: Skin conditions
29: Heidi Williamson and Melissa Wallace: When Treatment Affects Appearance
30: Summary and Synthesis
What needs to change and how can change be achieved
31: Section Overview
Societal Interventions
32: Barry Gunter: Role of the Media
33: James Partridge: Persuading the Public: New face values for the 21st Century
34: Julia Cadogan: Changing Provision of Healthcare Settings in the United Kingdom
35: Susan Brown: Interventions for Families and Healthcare Professionals
36: Alexandra Clarke: Regulation of Cosmetic Surgery
Interventions at an individual or group level
37: Phillippa Diedrichs and Emma Halliwell: School Based Interventions to Promote Positive Body Image and the Acceptance of Diversity in Appearance
38: Elizabeth Jenkinson: Therapeutic Interventions: Evidence of effectiveness
39: Alyson Bessell: Computer Based Psychosocial Interventions
40: Sarah Grogan and Daniel Masterson: Using Appearance Concerns to Promote Health
41: Summary and Synthesis
Research Issues
42: Overview
43: Ross Krawczyk, Jessie Menzel and J. Kevin Thompson: Methodological Issues in the Study of Body Image and Appearance
44: Martin Persson: Using Retrospective Approaches in the Study of Disfigurement
45: Emma Dures: Mixed Methods: The best of both worlds?
46: Neil S. Coulson: Methodological Choices (Online research)
47: Diana Harcourt: Using Novel Methods in Appearance Research
48: Amanda Bates: Promoting Participant Voices in Research
49: Summary and Synthesis
The Psychology of Appearance
50: Nichola Rumsey and Diana Harcourt: The Future
Index
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