HANDBOOK OF DIVERSITY IN BODY IMAGE

Viren Swami is Professor of Social Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, where he is co-Director of the Centre for Groups and Societies, and Adjunct Professor at Perdana University, where he is Director of the Centre for Psychological Medicine. His research is focused on body image, mental health, and the benefits of being in nature. He is ranked in the top 2% of the most-cited scientists in the world and is the author of over three hundred academic papers and three books, including Attraction Explained (now in its second edition) and The Psychology of Physical Attraction. Tracy Tylka is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at the Ohio State University. She is Editor-in-Chief of Body Image: An International Journal of Research. Her research focuses on body image and eating behavior, with a particular emphasis on positive body image, intuitive eating, and psychometric instrument development. She is ranked in the top 2% of most-cited scientists in the world and is the author of over a hundred academic papers and five books, including Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment: Constructs, Protective Factors, and Interventions and Positive Body Image Workbook: A Clinical and Self-Improvement Guide.

• Section 1: Introduction1. Body image research and practice: Where we were and where we are nowViren Swami and Tracy TylkaSection 2: Diversities in Culture and Geography2. Body image in East AsiaTodd Jackson, Yusu Yue and Amy Shaw3. Body image in South and Southeast AsiaViren Swami4. Body image in South America and the CaribbeanEmilio Juan Compte and Pedro Carvalho5. Body image in Sub-Saharan AfricaOyenike Balogun6. Body image in the Middle East and North AfricaMaria Kalantzis and Ayah Aldebyan7. Body image in Eastern Europe and Central AsiaMona Vintila and Gianina LazarescuSection 3: Diversities in Social Identity8. Body image in racially minoritised womenJioni A. Lewis, Brianna Ladd and Laurel B. Watson9.Body image in Indigenous populationsTara-Leigh McHugh and Leah Ferguson10. Body image in minoritized sexual identitiesZachary A. Soulliard, Connor I. Elbe, Robert B. Manning, IIIand Katherine Laveway11. Body image in transgender and gender-diverse populationsSophia Choukas-Bradley, Savannah Roberts, Scout Silverstein, Tess Carroll and Allegra Gordon12. Body image in menStuart B. Murray, Artha J. Gillis and Tracy L. Tylka13. Body image in the food insecure and economicallymarginalisedHeather Davis and Jacqueline KosmasSection 4: Diversities in Life Experiences14. Body image in religious diversitiesMarika Tiggemann15. Body image in childhood and adolescenceElla Guest and Mahira Budhraja16. Body image in midlife and older individualsRachel F. Rodgers, Genevieve P. Nowicki and Ruthann C. Hewett17. Body image in people with visible differencesMaia Thornton and Diana Harcourt18. Body image in people with disabilitiesAly Bailey19. Body image and illnessKerry A. Sherman and Melissa Pehlivan20. Body image in neurodiverse communitiesPhaedra Longhurst21. Body image in larger-bodied individualsAngela MeadowsSection 5: Diversities in Body Image Practice22. Understanding diversity in body image practiceJennifer B. Webb23. The importance of intersectionality in body image research and practiceMike Parent and Yaritza CarmonaSection 6: Conclusion24. Body image research and practice: Where we go from hereTracy L. Tylka and Viren Swami