Overestimation of body size in eating disorders and its association to body-related avoidance behavior
Autor(en): | Vossbeck-Elsebusch, Anna N. Waldorf, Manuel Legenbauer, Tanja Bauer, Anika Cordes, Martin Vocks, Silja |
Stichwörter: | ANOREXIA-NERVOSA; Avoidance; Body image; Body-size overestimation; Bulimia nervosa; BULIMIA-NERVOSA; CHECKING; DIMENSIONS; Eating disorders; EXPOSURE; GERMAN VERSION; IMAGE; MIRROR CONFRONTATION; Psychiatry; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN | Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 | Herausgeber: | SPRINGER | Journal: | EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY | Volumen: | 20 | Ausgabe: | 2 | Startseite: | 173 | Seitenende: | 178 | Zusammenfassung: | Body-related avoidance behavior, e.g., not looking in the mirror, is a common feature of eating disorders. It is assumed that it leads to insufficient feedback concerning one's own real body form and might thus contribute to distorted mental representation of one's own body. However, this assumption still lacks empirical foundation. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between misperception of one's own body and body-related avoidance behavior in N = 78 female patients with Bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not otherwise specified. Body-size misperception was assessed using a digital photo distortion technique based on an individual picture of each participant which was taken in a standardized suit. In a regression analysis with body-related avoidance behavior, body mass index and weight and shape concerns as predictors, only body-related avoidance behavior significantly contributed to the explanation of body-size overestimation. This result supports the theoretical assumption that body-related avoidance behavior makes body-size overestimation more likely. |
ISSN: | 11244909 | DOI: | 10.1007/s40519-014-0144-1 |
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