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About the Author: Kevin Thompson, Ph.D.
 J. Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., received his
doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Georgia in 1982. He
has been on the faculty of the University of
South Florida since 1985, and was promoted to Full Professor in 1995. He
has published three books on eating disorders, body image and obesity,
including "Exacting
beauty: Theory, assessment and treatment of body image disturbance"
(1999, American Psychological Association, with co-authors Leslie J.
Heinberg, Madeline Altabe, and Stacey Tantleff-Dunn). He is co-editor (with
Linda Smolak) of the forthcoming (2000) "Body image, eating disorders and
obesity in adolescence and childhood." He has also published over 60 journal
articles and 10 chapters on body image, eating disorders, and obesity.
His current research interests revolve around the measurement of risk for
body image problems and eating disturbances with a focus on sociocultural
factors and interpersonal experiences (primarily teasing). He recently
received a $139,000 grant from the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to develop a
measure of media-related influences on body image.
He is married and the father of two children (a 3 ½ year old boy and a 10
month old girl). He is an avid runner and part-time weightlifter, but
luckily his own body image is distorted and he "sees" his pecs and triceps
as essentially unchanged from his days as a high school fullback and
defensive end.
J.
Kevin Thompson
Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
University of South Florida, Tampa
Articles by J. Kevin Thompson
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