scholarly journals Over or Under? Mental Representations and the Paradox of Body Size Estimation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin R. Brooks ◽  
Richard J. Stevenson ◽  
Ian D. Stephen
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Size Estimation ◽  
Body Size Estimation

Accuracy of body size estimation: Role of biopsychosocial variables

Body Image ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marita P. McCabe ◽  
Lina A. Ricciardelli ◽  
Geeta Sitaram ◽  
Katherine Mikhail
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Size Estimation ◽  
Body Size Estimation

scholarly journals An Assessment of Computer-Generated Stimuli for Use in Studies of Body Size Estimation and Bias

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Alexi ◽  
Kendra Dommisse ◽  
Dominique Cleary ◽  
Romina Palermo ◽  
Nadine Kloth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Size Estimation ◽  
Body Size Estimation

Body-Size Estimation in Anorexia Nervosa

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Molinari
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Size ◽  
The Body ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Size Estimation ◽  
Image Perception ◽  
Pelvic Area ◽  
Body Size Estimation ◽  
Different Parts

The aim was to explore the body-image perception of a group of 20 hospitalised anorexic patients, aged 18 to 21 years, undergoing a period of treatment. The instrument used was the Askevold nonverbal perception test as modified by Allamani and colleagues in 1978 to assess perception of the dimensions of different parts of the body by exploiting the capacity to project them into space. The four parts were the head, the thoracic area, the abdominal area, and the pelvic area. Analysis of responses indicated that anorexic patients overestimated the abdominal and the pelvic areas much more than the 20 members of the control group (50% vs 30%). The areas of the head and thorax were perceived almost in their real dimensions by the anorexic patients but were underestimated by the control group.

A Psychophysiologically Controlled Exposure Treatment of Severe Body Image Distortion in Eating Disorders

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pau Pérez Sales ◽  
Rosa Calvo Sagardoy ◽  
Teresa Ferrer Gila
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Size Estimation ◽  
Exposure Treatment ◽  
Body Image Disorders ◽  
Controlled Exposure ◽  
Body Size Estimation ◽  
Image Problems

Although body image problems are a major prognostic factor in the course of eating disorders, its treatment has received little attention in the research literature. We present two psychophysiologically controlled cases of intensive exposure treatment with conflicting outcomes. Pre-post treatment assessments included measurements of body size estimation, body related avoidant attitudes and body dissatisfaction. In case 1, although dissatisfaction and avoidant attitudes decreased, body size overestimation remained basically unchanged. Case 2 did not improve. Psychophysiological recordings showed a covert avoidance of treatment stimuli. We discuss the pros and the cons of the treatment, and the implications for the use of exposure therapy in body image disorders.

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