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Chapter 12 - Embodiment

from Section II - The Journey Toward Positive Body Image

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2021

Nichole Wood-Barcalow ,
Tracy Tylka  and
Casey Judge
Nichole Wood-Barcalow
Affiliation:
Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center, Columbus, Ohio
Tracy Tylka
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Casey Judge
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
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Summary

Up to this point in the workbook, we have focused on body image, which is our feelings and thoughts about our bodies [1]. This chapter discusses a closely related, but broader, term: embodiment. Like body image, embodiment includes our feelings and thoughts about our bodies but also considers how we experience and engage our bodies in the world [1–5]. When we view our bodies as influential in the world, we have positive embodiment [3]. However, when we view our bodies as problematic within the world, we have disrupted embodiment [3].

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Positive Body Image Workbook
A Clinical and Self-Improvement Guide
 , pp. 175 - 182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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