Publications

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
 
Polivy, J. (1974).  Psychological reactions to hysterectomy: A critical review. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 118, 417-426.
 
Polivy, J. (1975).  Psychological effects of radical mastectomy. Public Health Reviews, 4, 279-295.
 
Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (1975).  Anxiety, restraint, and eating behavior.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 84, 666-672.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1976).  The effects of alcohol on eating behavior: Disinhibition or sedation? Addictive Behaviors, 1, 121-125.
 
Polivy, J. (1976).  Perception of calories and regulation of intake in restrained and unrestrained subjects. Addictive Behaviors, 1, 237-243.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1976).  Clinical depression and weight change: A complex relation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 338-340.
 
Atkinson, C. & Polivy, J. (1976).  The effect of delay, attack and retaliation on state depression and hostility.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 570-576.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1976).  The effects of alcohol on eating behavior: II. Influences of mood and perceived intoxication. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 601-606.
 
Polivy, J., Schueneman, A.L., & Carlson, K. (1976).  Alcohol and tension reduction: Cognitive and pharmacological effects. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 595-600. (Abstracted in Human Behavior, August 1977).
 
Polivy, J. (1977).  Psychological effects of mastectomy on a woman's feminine self-concept.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 164, 77-87. (Abstracted in Psychiatry Digest, June 1977; Modern Medicine, June 1977; Human Behavior, August 1977; Social Work in Health Care; and Institute for Documentation and Information on Social Medicine and Public Health.)
 
Herman, C.P., Polivy, J., Pliner, P., Threlkeld, J., & Munic, D. (1978).  Distractibility in dieters and nondieters: An alternative view of "externality".  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 536-548.
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., & Warsh, S. (1978).  Internal and external components of emotionality in restrained and unrestrained eaters.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87, 497-504.
 
Herman, C.P., Polivy, J., & Silver, R. (1979), Effects of an observer on eating behavior: The induction of "sensible" eating.  Journal of Personality, 47, 85-99.
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., Younger, J., & Erskine, B. (1979).  Effects of a model on eating behavior: The induction of a restrained eating style.   Journal of Personality, 47, 100-117.
 
Polivy. J., Hackett, R., & Bycio, P. (1979).  Effects of smoking status on perceived attractiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5, 401-404.
 
Polivy, J. & Doyle, C. (1980).  Laboratory induction of mood states through the reading of self-referent mood statements: Affective changes or demand characteristics? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 89, 286-290.
 
Pliner, P., Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., & Zakalusny, I. (1980).  Short-term intake of overweight individuals and normal weight dieters and non-dieters with and without choice among a variety of foods. Appetite, 1, 203-213.
 
Polivy, J. (1981).  Group therapy as an adjunctive treatment for anorexia nervosa. Journal of Psychiatric Treatment and Evaluation, 3, 279-283.
 
Klajner, F., Herman, C.P., Polivy, J., & Chhabra, R. (1981).  Dieting rather than obesity predicts the anticipatory salivary response to palatable food. Physiology and Behavior, 27, 195-198.
 
Polivy, J. (1981).  On the induction of emotion in the laboratory: Discrete moods or multiple affect states?  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 41, 803-817.
 
Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1982).  Weight change and dietary concern in the overweight: Are they really independent? Appetite, 3, 280-281.
 
Garner, D.M., Olmsted, M.P., & Polivy, J. (1983).  Development and validation of a multi-dimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia nervosa and bulimia. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2, 15-34.
 
Daly, E.M., Polivy, J., & Lancee, W. (1983).  A conical model for the taxonomy of emotional experience.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 443-457.
 
Herman, C.P., Olmsted, M.P., & Polivy, J. (1983).  Obesity, externality, and susceptibility to social influence: An integrated analysis.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 926-934.
 
Garner, D.M., Olmsted, M.P., Polivy, J., & Garfinkel, P. (1984).  Comparison between weight preoccupied women and anorexia nervosa. Psychosomatic Medicine, 46, 255-266.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1985).  Dieting and Bingeing: A causal analysis. American Psychologist, 40, 193-201.
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., Hackett, R., & Kuleshnyk, I. (1986).  The effects of monitoring by self and others on consumption in dieters and nondieters. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 1253-1260.
 
King, G., Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1987).  Food perception in dieters and non-dieters. Appetite, 8, 147-158.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1987).  The diagnosis and treatment of normal eating. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 635-644.
 
Herman, C.P., Polivy, J., Lank, C., & Heatherton, T.F. (1987).  Anxiety, hunger, and eating behavior: A boundary model analysis.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 96, 264-269.
 
Herman, C.P., Polivy, J., & Esses, V.M. (1987).  The illusion of counter-regulation.  Appetite, 9, 161 -169.
 
Heatherton, T., Herman, C.P., Polivy, J., King, G.A. & McGree, T. (1988).  The (Mis)measurement of Restraint: An Analysis of Conceptual and Psychometric Issues. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 19-28.
 
Polivy, J., Heatherton, T., & Herman, C.P. (1988).  Self-esteem, restraint, and eating behavior, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 354-356.
 
Heatherton, T.F., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1989).  Restraint and internal awareness: The effects of placebo manipulations of hunger state on eating.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 98, 89-92.
 
Wintre, M.G., Polivy, J., & Murray, M.A. (1990).  Self-predictions of emotional response patterns:  Age, sex, and situational determinants.  Child Development, 61, 1124-1133.
 
Heatherton, T.F, Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1990).  Dietary restraint: Some current findings and speculations.  Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 4, 100-106.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1991).  Good and bad dieters: Self-perception and reaction to a dietary challenge.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 10, 91-99.
 
Heatherton, T.F., Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1991).  Effects of physical threat and ego threat on eating behavior.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 138-143.
 
Heatherton, T.F., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1991).  Restraint weight loss and variability of body weight. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100, 78-83.
 
Heatherton, T.F., & Polivy, J. (1991). Development and Validation of a Scale for Measuring State Self-Esteem.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 895-910.
 
King, G.A., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1991).  Cognitive aspects of dietary restraint: Effects on person memory.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 10, 313-321.
 
Goldman, S., Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1991). Is the effect of social influence on eating attenuated by hunger?  Appetite, 17, 129-140.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1992).  Undieting: A program to help people stop dieting. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 11, 261-268.
 
Heatherton, T.F., Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1992).  Effects of distress on eating: The importance of ego-involvement.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 101-103.
 
Heatherton, T.F., Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., & Baumeister, R.F. (1993).  Self-awareness, task failure and disinhibition: How attentional focus affects eating. Journal of Personality, 61, 49-61.
 
Persad, S. & Polivy, J. (1993).  Differences between depressed and nondepressed individuals in the recognition of and response to facial emotional cues.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 358-368.
 
Polivy, J., Zeitlin, S.B., Herman, C.P. & Beal, A.L. (1994).  Food restriction and binge eating: A study of former prisoners of war.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 409-411.
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., & McFarlane, T. (1994). Effects of anxiety on eating: Does palatability moderate distress-induced overeating in dieters? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 505-510.
 
Clendenen, V.l., Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (1994). Social facilitation of eating. An experimental study. Appetite, 23, 1-13. 
 
Kauffman, N., Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1995). Hunger induced finickiness in humans. Appetite, 24, 203-218.
 
Polivy, J. (1996).  Self-regulation failure:  Can failure be successful?  Psychological Inquiry, 7, 74-76. 
 
Polivy, J. (1996).  Psychological consequences of food restriction.  Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 96, 589-594.   
 
Green, K., Cameron, R., Polivy, J., Cooper, K., Liu, L., Leiter, L., & Heatherton, T.F.  (1997).  Weight dissatisfaction and weight loss attempts among Canadian adults.  Canadian Medical Association Journal, 157, (supplement), S17-S25.  
 
Fedoroff, I., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1997).  The effect of pre-exposure to food cues on the eating behavior of restrained and unrestrained eaters.  Appetite, 28, 33-47. 
 
Jarry, J., Coombs, R., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1998). Weight gain after smoking cessation in women:  The impact of dieting status.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 24, 53-64. 
 
McFarlane, T., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P.  (1998).  The effects of false feedback about weight on restrained and unrestrained eaters.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 107, 312-318. 
 
Polivy, J.  (1998).  The effects of behavioral inhibition:  Integrating internal cues, cognitive behavior, and affect.  Psychological Inquiry, 9, 181-203. 
 
Polivy, J.  (1998).  Behavioral inhibition:  Where are we and where should we be heading?  Psychological Inquiry, 9, 237-240. 
 
McFarlane, T., Polivy, J., & McCabe, R. (1999).  Help, not harm:  Psychological foundation for a nondieting approach toward health. Journal of Social Issues, 55, 261-276.
 
Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1999).  Distress and eating:  Why do dieters overeat? International Journal of Eating Disorders, 26, 153-164. 
 
Herman, C.P., Ostovich, J.M., & Polivy, J. (1999).  Effects of attentional focus on subjective hunger ratings.  Appetite, 33, 181-193.
 
Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1999). The effects of resolving to diet on restrained and unrestrained eaters:  The “False Hope Syndrome.” International Journal of Eating Disorders, 26, 434-447.
 
Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (2000). The False Hope Syndrome:  Unfulfilled expectations of self-change.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 9, 128-131. 
 
McCabe, R., McFarlane, T., Polivy, J., & Olmsted, M.P. (2001). Eating disorders, dieting, and the accuracy of self-reported weight. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 59-64.
 
McFarlane, T., McCabe, R., Jarry, J., Olmsted, M.P., & Polivy, J. (2001). Weight- and shape-related self-evaluation in women with eating disorders, dieters, and non-dieters.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 328-335.
 
Roth, D., Herman, C.P., Polivy, J., & Pliner, P. (In press). Self-presentational conflict in social eating situations: A normative perspective. Appetite.
 
Mills, J., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (under review). Effects of media-portrayed idealized body images on restrained and unrestrained eaters.
 
Kahan, D., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (under review) Conformity and ego depletion in restrained and unrestrained eaters. 
 
Jarry, J., McFarlane, R., McCabe, R., Olmsted, M.P., & Polivy, J. (in preparation) Excuses for failure: Do women with eating disorders self-handicap? 
 
Wheeler, H.B., Wintre, M.G., & Polivy, J. (in preparation) Eating disorder pathology in a multicultural population: Perceived parental reciprocity, autonomy, and identity.
 
Fedoroff, I., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P.   The specificity of restrained eaters’ response to food cues. (in prep)
 
Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. Physique and emotional well-being.  (in prep)
 
 
 
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
 
Journal Articles
 
Herman, C.P.,  Polivy, J.  (1980).  Stress-induced eating and eating induced stress (reduction?):  A response to Robbins and Fray.  Appetite, 1, 135-139. 
 
Herman, C.P., Polivy, J., Klajner, F., & Esses, V.M. (1981), Salivation in dieters and non-dieters. In B.J. Sahakian (Ed.) Forum on conditioned salivation. Appetite, 2, 356-361.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1986), Why diet? Modern Medicine of Canada, 41, 573-576.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1986), Dieting and binging re-examined: Response to Lowe. American Psychologist, 41, 327-328.
 
Polivy, J. (1989). Is dieting itself an eating disorder? BASH Magazine, 8, 186-190.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1989). Dietary restraint and binge eating: Response to Charnock, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 28, 341-343.
 
Polivy, J. (1990). Self-report, cognitions and eating behavior. Appetite, 14, 72-74.
 
Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (1990). From Dietary Restraint to Binge Eating: Attaching Causes to Effects.  Appetite, 14, 123-125.
 
Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1991). Fat is a psychological issue. New Scientist, 16 Nov (1795), 41-45. [reprinted in B. Slife (Ed.) (1994) Taking sides:  Clashing sides on controversial psychological issues.  Dushkin Publishing, pp. 34-42.]
 
Polivy, J. (1999). Editorial--The mythology of dieting.  Healthy Weight Journal, 13, 1.
 
McCabe, R., Mills, J., & Polivy, J. (1999). The myth that dieting makes you eat less. Healthy Weight Journal, 13, 11-13.
 
Mills, J., McCabes, R., & Polivy, J. (1999). The myth that dieting makes you happier. Healthy Weight Journal, 13, 9-11.
 
McCabe, R.E., Mills, J.S., & Polivy, J. (2000).  Ditch your diet.  Diabetes Forecast, 53, 48-52.
 
McCabe, R.E., Mills, J.S., & Polivy, J. (1999).  The myth of dieting: Confronting weight gain in the menopausal years.  A Friend Indeed, 16, 1-4.
 
Polivy, J. (2001). The False Hope Syndrome:  Unrealistic self-change goals and outcome expectancies. International Journal of Obesity. 
 
 
 
Books and Book Chapters
 
Books
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1983). Breaking the diet habit: The natural weight alternative. New York: Basic Books Inc., (Awarded Honorable Mention in American Psychological Association Media Awards, 1984).
 
Roediger lll, H.L., Capaldi, E., Paris, S.G., & Polivy, J. (1991). Psychology, 3rd edition. HarperCollins, New York, NY.
 
Roediger lll, H.L., Capaldi, E., Paris, S.G., & Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1996). Psychology, 4th edition. West Publishing Company, Minneapolis/St Paul. 
 
Book Chapters
 
Polivy, J. (1980). Measuring and modifying moods: An introduction. In K. Blankstein, P. Pliner, and J. Polivy (Eds.),  Advances in the study of communication and affect: Assessment and modification of emotional behavior, Volume 6. New York: Plenum Press, pp. 1-7.
 
Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (1980). Experimental and clinical aspects of restrained eating. In A. Stunkard (Ed.),  Obesity: Basic mechanisms and treatment. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 208-225.
 
Blankstein, K.R. & Polivy, J. (1982). Emotions, Self-Control, and Self-Modification: An Introduction. In K. Blankstein and J. Polivy (Eds.), Advances in the study of communication and affect, Vol. 7: Self-modification of emotional behaviour. New York and London Plenum Press, pp.1-12. 
 
Garner, D.M., Olmsted, M.P., & Polivy, J. (1983). The Eating Disorder Inventory: A measure of cognitive/behavioral dimensions of anorexia nervosa and bulimia. In P.L. Darby, P.E. Garfinkel, and D.M. Garner (Eds.),  Anorexia Nervosa: Recent developments. New York: Allan R. Liss, Inc, pp. 173-184.
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., Olmsted, M., & Jazwinski, C.M. (1984). Restraint and bingeing: From laboratory models to clinical practice. In R.C. Hawkins, W. Fremouw and P.F. Clement (Eds.),  Binge Eating: Theory, research and treatment. New York: Wiley, pp. 104-122.
 
Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (1984). A boundary model for the regulation of eating. In Stunkard, A.J. and Stellar, E. (Eds.), Eating and its disorders. Raven Press, New York, 1984, pp.141-156. (Reprinted in Psychiatric Annals, 13, 918-927.)
 
Polivy, J., & Garfinkel, P.E. (1984). Anorexia nervosa. In H. Roback (Ed.), Group interventions with medical-surgical patients and their families. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, pp. 60-78.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1985). Dieting as a problem in behavioral medicine. In E.S. Katkin and S.B. Manuck (Eds.), Advances in behavioral medicine, New York: SAI, pp. 1-37.
 
Polivy, J., Garner, D.M., & Garfinkel, P. (1986). Causes and consequences of the current preference for thin female physiques. In C.P. Herman, M.P. Zanna and E.T. Higgins (Eds.), Physical appearance, stigma. and social behavior: Proceedings of the third Ontario Symposium in Personality and Social Psychology, Hillsdale: N.J., Erlbaum Associates, pp. 89-112.
 
Polivy, J., and Thomsen, L. (1988). Eating disorders. In E.A. Blechman and K. Brownell (Eds.),  Behavioral medicine for women, New York: Pergamon Press.
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., & Garner, D.M. (1988). Cognitive assessment of eating disorders.  In G.A. Marlatt and S. Donnelley (Eds.),  The addictions: Cognition. emotion and behavior, New York:  Guilford Press, pp. 274-295.
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., & Howard, K.l. (1988).  The Restraint Scale:   Assessment of dieting.  In M. Hersen and A.S. Bellack (Eds.),  Dictionary of behavioral assessment techniques. New York: Pergamon Press, pp. 377-380.
 
Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (1988). Restraint and excess and in dieters and bulimics.  In K.M. Pirke, D. Ploog, and W. Vandereycken (Eds.), Psychobiology of bulimia, Berlin: Springer, pp. 33-41.
 
Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (1988). Psychological factors in the control of appetite. In M. Winick (Ed.),  Current concepts in nutrition: Control of appetite.  New York: John Wiley and Company, pp. 41-51.
 
Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1988). Studies of eating in normal dieters.  In B.T. Walsh (Ed.), Eating behavior in eating disorders. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Press, pp. 95-111.
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., & Pliner, P. (1990). Perception and evaluation of body image: The meaning of body shape and size.  In J.M. Olson and M.P. Zanna (Eds.), Self-inference processes.  The Ontario Symposium, Volume 6, Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, pp. 87-114.
 
Polivy, J. (1990). Inhibition of internally cued behavior.  In E.T. Higgins and R. Sorrentino (Eds.), Handbook of motivation and cognition, Vol. 2,  New York: Guilford Publications, Inc., pp. 131-147.
 
Pliner, P., Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1990).  Palatability as a determinant of eating:  Finickiness as a function of taste, hunger, and the prospect of good food.  In E. Capaldi and T. Powley (Eds.), The role of experience in modifying taste and its effects on feeding.  American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., pp. 210-226.
 
Heatherton, T.F., & Polivy, J. (1992).  Chronic dieting and eating disorders; a spiral model.  In J.H. Crowther, S.E. Hobfall, M.A.P. Stephens & D.L. Tennenbaum (Eds.), The etiology of bulimia: the individual and familial context.  Washington, D.C.: Hemisphere Publishers, pp.133-155.
 
Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1993).  Mental control of eating: Excitatory and inhibitory food thoughts. In D. M. Wegner & J.W. Pennebaker (Eds.), Handbook of mental control.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, pp. 491-505.
 
Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1993). Etiology of binge eating: Psychological mechanisms. In C. Fairburn (Ed.), Binge eating.  London: Guilford Press, pp. 173-205.
 
Polivy, J. (1994). Physical activity, fitness, and compulsive behavior. In C. Bouchard, R.J. Shephard & T. Stephens (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1992 International Consensus Symposium on Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health. Champaign/Urbana, IL: Human Kinetics, pp. 883-897. 
 
Polivy, J. (1995)  Treating obesity does more harm than good:  Debate--Pro position.  In A.Angel (Ed.) Progress in obesity research 1994.  London:  John Libbey & Company Limited. 
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C. P. (1995).  Dieting and Its Relation to Eating Disorders.  In K.D. Brownell & C.G. Fairburn (Eds.), Comprehensive textbook of eating disorders and obesity. New York: Guilford Press, pp. 83-86. 
 
Herman, C.P., & Polivy, J. (1996).  What does abnormal eating tell us about normal eating?  In H. MacFie, & H. Meiselman (Eds.), Food choice, acceptance, and consumption.  Glasgow: Blackie Academic & Professional, pp. 207-238.
 
Polivy, J., & Fedoroff, I. (1997).  Group psychotherapy.  In D.M. Garner & P.E. Garfinkel (Eds.), Handbook of treatment for eating disorders, Second edition.  New York: Guilford Press, pp. 462-475. 
 
Polivy, J., & McFarlane, T. (1998).  Dieting, exercise, and body weight.  In E. Blechman, K.D. Brownell, & A. Helstrom (Eds.), Behavioral medicine for women:  A comprehensive handbook.  New York: Guilford Press, pp. 369-373. 
 
McFarlane, T., Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1998).  Dieting.  In H. S. Friedman  (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health.  San Diego,CA:  Academic Press, pp. 743-754. 
 
Polivy, J., Herman, C.P., Mills, J., & Brock, H. (in press).  Eating disorders in adolescence.  In G. Adams & M. Berzonsky (Eds.) The Blackwell handbook of adolescence.  Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (in press). Experimental studies of dieting. In K.D. Brownell & C. Fairburn (Eds.) Eating disorders and obesity: A comprehensive handbook, Second edition. New York: Guilford Press.
 
Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (in press). Eating disorders.  Annual Review of Psychology.
 
Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (in press). Temporal aspects of dieting. In G. Loewenstein, R. Baumeister, & D. Read (Eds). The economics and psychology of intertemporal choice.  New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 
 
 
 
BOOKS EDITED
 
Blankstein, K., Pliner, P., & Polivy, J. (Eds.) (1980). Advances in the study of communication and affect:  Assessment and modification of emotional behavior, Volume 6. New York: Plenum Press.
 
Blankstein, K. & Polivy, J. (Eds.) (1982). Advances in the study of communication and affect: Self-control and self-modification of emotional behavior, Volume 7. New York: Plenum Press.
 
 
Book Reviews
 
Polivy, J. (1975). (Masked Depression and the Depressive Spectrum) Contemporary Psychology, 20, 806-807. 
 
Herman, C.P. & Polivy, J. (1977). Patient, Heal Thyself! (7 books). Contemporary Psychology, 22, 889-893.
 
Polivy, J. & Herman, C.P. (1979). Functions of Fat (review of Beller, A.S., Fat and Thin: A Naturalistic History of Obesity; Orbach, S., Fat is a Feminine Issue; Abramson, E.D. Behavioral Approaches to Obesity), Contemporary Psychology, 24, 321-322.
 
Polivy, J., (1984).  The psychobiology of human food selection.  Appetite, 5 
 
Polivy, J., & Herman, C.P. (1984).  The dieter's dilemma.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 3, 117-118. 
 
Polivy, J. (1985). Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Contemporary Psychology, 30, 410-411.
 
Polivy, J. (1988). Pathology of Eating: Psychology and Treatment. Contemporary Psychology, 33, 777-778.
 
Polivy, J. (1990). Adult obesity therapy. Contemporary Psychology, 35, 1173.