Development and Structure of the Body Image

First published in 1986. This is volume 2 of Development and Structure o f the Body Image. Volume 1 presents a thorough review and analysis of the body image literature from 1969. The present volume details, in the main, research concerned with testing and evaluating a number of major theoretical concepts relating to body image which I have developed. The following major topics are considered: organization of the body image boundary; assignment of meaning to specific body areas; general body awareness; and distortions in body perception. The bibliography for all the work described in the two volumes is contained in this second volume.

Seymour Fisher Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York

Part II The Body Boundary: Modulating Contact with the World; Chapter 8 Experiential and Filtering Aspects of the Body Boundary; Chapter 9 Communication and Intimacy; Chapter 10 Life Goals and Preferences; Chapter 11 Coping with Change, Threat, and Stress; Chapter 12 The Boundary and Somatic Response Patterns; Chapter 13 Deviant Behaviors; Chapter 14 Negative Findings; Chapter 15 New Perspectives and Ideas Concerning Boundary Functioning; Part III Patterns of Body Awareness; Chapter 16 New Findings Concerning the Body Landmark Signal System; Chapter 17 Body Prominence; Chapter 18 Speculations and Constructions;