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Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Body Image: Integrating Positive Body Image, Embodiment and Self-Compassion

Psychologica Belgica
Volume 61 (2021): Issue 1
By: Diana Burychka,  Marta Miragall and  Rosa M. Baños  
Open Access
|Jul 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1057 | Journal eISSN: 0033-2879
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 12, 2021
Accepted on: Jul 12, 2021
Published on: Jul 27, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
body image,
positive embodiment,
body shame,
self-compassion

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