Altered body image: a fear‐avoidance model of psycho‐social difficulties following disfigurement
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Altered body image is a potential and actual source of considerable distress, particularly following facial disfigurement, and social functioning is reported as a major area of difficulty by sufferers. However, the area of facial disfigurement has received comparatively little attention from researchers in health care. Two current models of disturbed body image are examined, and it is contended that both require development in order to be of use in responding to the difficulties experienced by disfigured people. A fear-avoidance model of exaggerated pain perception, which has clear treatment implications, is described, and it is shown how this model may be modified to offer a framework for the understanding and treatment of the psycho-social difficulties of disfigured people. In particular, it is suggested that the avoidance present following disfigurement is phobic in nature, and special attention is given to the roles of avoidance and confrontation in mediating these difficulties. Implications for intervention and the shortcomings of the model are described.
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- Authors
- Newell, R. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1999-11
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1230-1238
- ISSN
- 0309-2402 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2648
- OpenAlex
- W2001582105
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2025: 9 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 0.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques
- Keywords
- altered body image, facial disfigurement, fear-avoidance model, social functioning, phobic avoidance, confrontation, psychological intervention
- MeSH terms
- Avoidance Learning, Body Image, Face, Fear, Humans, Models, Psychological, Pain, Psychology, Social, Somatoform Disorders
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