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Using the positive psychology framework, this article directs the spotlight on positive body image, an understudied area that has tremendous clinical importance. The core features of positive body image include body appreciation, body acceptance and love, broadly conceptualizing beauty, inner positivity, and protective filtering information in a body-protective manner. Unconditional acceptance, media literacy, and spirituality promote and maintain positive body image. Confident and prosocial behavior, self-care, and befriending others who like their body emerge from positive body image. Cultural, gender, and age considerations are discussed. The best methods to measure and promote positive body image are revealed, ending with recommendations for researchers. |
