The state of body image research in clinical and social psychology

Body image has become an increasingly important area of research, adopting concepts and using methodologies from a number of fields of psychology, but with particular implications for social and clinical psychology. The present paper will provide a brief commentary on the papers included in this Special Issue: To clarify how they inform us and what remains to be investigated. As a set, the papers well exemplify current trends in body image research and contribute to an increasingly complex and sophisticated understanding of the phenomenon of body image.