Amputation, body image, and perceptual distortion: A preliminary study

Three chronic psychiatric patients in a halfway house were enrolled in a program of regular supervised jogging. In comparison with three other chronic patients from the same setting who received the same amount of attention but no jogging, the jogging group showed significantly less posttest trait anxiety. No significant posttest differences in body image were found between groups. The role of multi-process relaxation is discussed.

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Perceptual distortion of body image in adolescent girls: distortion of body image in adolescence

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291700029330 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 253-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

Katherine A. Halmi ◽

Solomon C. Goldberg ◽

Sheila Cunningham

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Body Length ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Normative Data ◽

Normal Weight ◽

Significant Decline ◽

Body Width ◽

Perceptual Distortion ◽

Sharp Drop

synopsisBody image estimations in 86 normal-weight adolescent girls showed (a) a tendency to overestimate body width and underestimate body length and (b) an association between the younger ages and the extent of overestimation of body width. In particular there is a sharp drop in overestimation between ages 10 and 11 and thereafter a more gradual and non-significant decline. These age-specific normative data are useful in assessing body image distortions in a variety of medical and psychiatric disorders.

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Effect of Teaching with Mirrors on Body Image and Locus of Control in Women College Ballet Dancers

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.2002.95.3f.1239 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 95 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1239-1247 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Sally A. Radell ◽

Daniel D. Adame ◽

Steven P. Cole

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Locus Of Control ◽

Control Scale ◽

Ballet Dancers ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

Dance Instruction ◽

Body Self ◽

Larger Sample ◽

Externality Analysis

This preliminary study assessed the effect of mirrors in dance instruction on body image and locus of control of women college ballet dancers. With the same instructor in two beginning ballet classes 8 women were taught using mirrors and 13 women were taught without mirrors. Subjects completed the Cash 69-item Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire, and the 40 item Adult Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale during the first and last classes of a 14-wk. semester. Body-areas Satisfaction increased for the nonmirror class yet decreased for the class taught with mirrors. For the nonmirror class, there were significant increases in Appearance Orientation and Externality. Analysis suggested that the use of a mirror in the teaching of ballet may be an element which contributes to the low body-image scores of the 21 women ballet dancers. Replication with a much larger sample is required to draw conclusions.

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