Body image and sexual satisfaction implications for couple therapy

Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 45-68

  Holt, Andrea ^a   Lyness, Kevin P ^b  

^a Antioch University New England ^*

^b ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Gender differences; Reflected appraisal; Sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949017262     PISSN: 15332691     EISSN: 15332683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J398v06n03_03     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Anderson, A., Cohn, L., & Holbrook, T. (2000). Making weight: Men's conflicts with food, weight, shape, and appearance. Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books.
2. Basson, R. (2002). Women's sexual desire: disordered or misunderstood? Journal of Sex & Marital therapy, 28, 17-28.
3. Befort, C., Kuipius, S., Hull-Blanks, E., Nicpon, M., Huser, L., & Sollenberger, S. (2001). Body image, self-esteem, and weight-related criticism from romantic partners. Journal of College Student Development, 42, 407-419.
4. Bordo, S. (1993). Unbearable weight: Feminism, western culture, and the body. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
5. Cash, T. (2000). The multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire users' manual. Norfolk: Old Dominion University.
6. Cash, T. (2002). A "Negative body image": Evaluating epidemiological evidence. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 269-276). New York: Guilford Press.
7. Cash, T., Ancis, J., & Strachan, M. (1997). Gender attitudes, feminist identity, and body images among college women. Sex Roles, 36, 433-445.
8. Cash, T., & Fleming, E. (2002). The impact of body image experiences: Development of the body image quality of life inventory. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 31, 455-460.
9. Chafee, S., & McLeod, J. (1968). Sensitization in panel design: A coorientational experiment. Journalism Quarterly, 45, 661-669.
10. Chaiken, S., & Pliner, P. (1987). Women, but not men, are what they eat: The effect of meal size and gender on perceived femininity and masculinity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 13, 166-176.
11. Corson P., & Andersen, A. (2002). Body image issues among boys and men. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 192-199). New York: Guilford Press.
12. de Silva, P. (1993). Sexual problems in women with eating disorders. In J. Jssher & C. Baker (Eds.), Psychological perspectives on sexual problems: New directions in theory and practice (pp.79-109). New York: Routledge.
13. Faith, M., & Schare, M. (1993). The role of body image in sexually avoidant behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 22, 345-356.
14. Fallon, A. (1990). Culture in the mirror: Socioculturel determinants of body image. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body images: Development, deviance, and change (pp.80-109). New York: Guilford Press
15. Felson, R. (1985). Reflected appraisal and the development of self. Social Psychology Quarterly, 48, 71-78.
16. Garner, D. (2002). Body image and anorexia nervosa. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 295-303). New York: Guilford Press.
17. Goffman, E. (1959). The presentation of self in everyday life. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
18. Griffiths, J., & McCabe, M. (2000). The influence of significant others on disordered eating and body dissatisfaction among early adolescent girls. European Eating Disorders Review, 8, 301-314.
19. Grogan, S. (1999). Body image: Understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women and children. New York: Routledge.
20. Habke, M., Hewitt, P., & Flett, G. (1999). Perfectionism, and sexual satisfaction in intimate relationships. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 21, 307-322.
21. Harrison, K. (2000). Television viewing, fat stereotyping, body shape standards, and eating disorder symptomatology in grade school children. Communication Research, 27, 617-640.
22. Kaplan, H.S. (1995). The sexual desire disorders: Dysfunctional regulation of sexual motivation. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
23. Leiblum, S. & Rosen, R. (1988). Introduction: Changing perspective on sexual desire. In S. Leiblum & R. Rosen (Eds.), Sexual Desire Disorders (pp. 1-20). New York: Guilford Press.
24. Lerner, R. & Jovanovic, J. (1990). The role of body image in psychosocial development across the lifespan: A developmental contextual perspective. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body images: Development, deviance, and change (pp. 110-127). New York: Guilford Press
25. Levine, M., & Smolak, L. (2002). Body image development in adolescence. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 74-82). New York: Guilford.
26. Masters, W., & Johnson, V. (1970). Human sexual inadequacy. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
27. McKinley, N.M. (1999). Women and objectified body consciousness: Mothers' daughters' body experience in cultural, developmental, and familial context. Developmental Psychology, 35, 760-769.
28. Muth, J., & Cash, T. (1997). Body image attitudes: What difference does gender make? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27,1438-1452.
29. Myers, P. & Biocca, F. (1992). The elastic body image: The effect of television advertising and programming on body image distortions in young women. Journal of Communication, 42, 108-133.
30. Nichter, M. (2000). Fat talk: What girls and their parents say about dieting. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
31. Nichter, M., & Vuckovic, N. (1994). Fat talk: Body image among adolescent girls. In N. Sault (Ed.), Many mirrors: Body image andsocial relations (pp.109-131). New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
32. Olivardia, R. (2002). Body image and muscularity. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 210-218). New York: Guilford Press.
33. Pinney, E., Gerrard, M., & Denney, N. (1987). The Pinney Sexual Satisfaction Inventory. Journal of Sex Research, 23, 233-251.
34. Pliner, P., Chaiken, S., & Flett, G. (1990). Gender differences in concern with body weight and physical appearance over the life span. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 16, 263-273.
35. Pope, H., Phillips, K., & Olivardia, R. (2000). The Adonis complex: The secret crisis of male body obsession. New York: Free Press.
36. Pope, H., Olivardia, R., Gruber, A., & Borowiecki, J. (1999). Evolving ideals of male body image as seen through action toys. Eating Disorders, 26, 65-72.
37. Raciti, M., & Hendrick, S. (1992). Relationships between eating disorder characteristics and love and sex attitudes. Sex Roles, 27, 553-563.
38. Shilling, C. (1993). The body and social theory. Newbury Park: SAGE.
39. Smolak, L. (2002). Body image development in children. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 65-73). New York: Guilford Press.
40. Stice, E. (2002). Body image and bulimia nervosa. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A. handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 304-311). New York: Guilford Press.
41. Stornier, S., & Thompson, J.K. (1996). Explanations of body image disturbance: A test of maturational status, negative verbal commentary, social comparison, and sociocultural hypotheses. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 19, 193-202.
42. Striegel-Moore, R., & Franko, D. (2002). Body image issues among girls and women. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 183-191). New York: Guilford Press.
43. Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Gokee, J. (2002). Interpersonal influences on body image development. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 108-116). New York: Guilford Press.
44. Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Thompson. (1995). Romantic partners and body image disturbance: Further evidence for the role of perceived-actual disparities. Sex Roles, 33, 589-605.
45. Wiederman, M. (1996). Women, sex, and food: A review of research on eating disorders and sexuality. Journal of Sex Research, 33, 301-311.
46. Wiederman, M. (2000). Women's body image self-consciousness during physical intimacy with a partner. The Journal of Sex Research, 37, 60-68.
47. Wiederman, M. (2002). Body image and sexual functioning. In T. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (pp. 287-294). New York: Guilford Press.
48. Wincze, J. & Carey, M. (1991). Sexual, dysfunction: A guide for assessments and treatment. New York: Guilford Press.