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Gadsby S, Zopf R, Brooks KR, Schumann A, de la Cruz F, Rieger K, Murr J, Wutzler U, Bär KJ. Testing visual self-misperception in anorexia nervosa using a symmetrical body size estimation paradigm. Int J Eat Disord 2023; 56:2149-2154. [PMID: 37578207 DOI: 10.1002/eat.24030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Individuals diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN) often report seeing themselves as overweight. While body size estimation tasks suggest that such individuals overestimate their body size, these tasks have failed to establish whether this misestimation stems from visual misperception. Misestimation might, instead, be due to response bias. We designed a paradigm to distinguish between visual and response bias contributions to body size misestimation: the symmetrical body size estimation (s-BSE) paradigm. METHOD The s-BSE paradigm involves two tasks. In the conventional task, participants estimate the width of their photographed body by adjusting the size of a rectangle to match. In the transposed task, participants adjust the size of a photograph of their body to match the rectangle. If overestimation stems exclusively from visual misperception, then errors in each task would be equal and opposite. Using this paradigm, we compared the performance of women diagnosed with AN (n = 14) against women without any eating disorder (n = 40). RESULTS In the conventional task, we replicated previous findings indicating that both women with AN and women without any eating disorder overestimate their body size. In the transposed task, neither group adjusted the bodies to be narrower than the rectangle. Participants with AN set their photographs to be significantly wider. DISCUSSION While we replicated previous findings of body size overestimation amongst women with AN and those without any eating disorder, our results are inconsistent with the hypothesis that such overestimation stems exclusively from visual misperception and instead suggest a substantial response bias effect. PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE Women with anorexia nervosa overestimate their own body size. Research has not yet determined whether this overestimation stems from them seeing themselves as larger or other, non-visual factors. We employ a new method for distinguishing these possibilities and find that non-visual factors influence size estimates for women with and without anorexia nervosa. This method can help future research control for non-perceptual influences on participant responses.
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- Stephen Gadsby
- Centre for Philosophical Psychology, Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health & Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Lifespan Health & Wellbeing Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Asklepios Fachklinikum Stadtroda, Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Stadtroda, Germany
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- Asklepios Fachklinikum Stadtroda, Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Stadtroda, Germany
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- Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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Kwon M, Li M, Chang OD. Examining the Role of Body Image Instability in Young Adult Women: Conceptualization, Development, and Psychometric Evaluation of the Vacillating Body Image Scale (VBIS). J Pers Assess 2023; 105:266-282. [PMID: 35377772 DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2051532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
The current study conceptualized body image instability as a maladaptive tendency to vacillate between different self-perceptions of one's overall body image and developed a corresponding measure to assess body image instability. Results from a series of studies of young adult women demonstrated the validity, reliability, and utility of the Vacillating Body Image Scale (VBIS) as a meaningful measure of body image instability. In Study 1, we found that body image instability, as assessed by the VBIS, represents a unidimensional and reliable construct. In Study 2, we found evidence for both the convergent and discriminant validity of the VBIS in relation to other individual differences measures (i.e., self-concept schema, broad personality factors). In Study 3, the concurrent criterion validity of the VBIS was supported for young adult women in relation to a range of adjustment measures. Finally, in Study 4, we found consistent evidence for the incremental validity of the VBIS in predicting subsequent variations in eating disturbances, even after controlling for global self-esteem and self-concept instability. Overall, our findings offer promising support for our contention that body image instability, as measured by the VBIS, represents an important construct for understanding eating-related disturbances and other health outcomes in young adult women.
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- Misu Kwon
- Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seodaemun-gu, Korea (the Republic of)
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- Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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Mora L, Gonzalez Alted C, Cocchini G. The flubbed body: Pathological body size representation in personal neglect. Neuropsychologia 2023; 183:108522. [PMID: 36863608 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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Personal Neglect (PN) is a disorder in which patients fail to attend or explore the contralateral side of their body. An increasing number of studies have considered PN as a form of body representation disorder frequently observed following damage to parietal areas. The extent and the direction of the body misrepresentation is still unclear with recent studies suggesting a general reduction of contralesional hand size. However, little is known about the specificity of this representation and whether the misrepresentation also generalises to other body parts. We explored the features of the representation of the hands and face in a group of 9 right brain damaged patients with (PN+) and without PN (PN-), when compared to a healthy control group. For this, we used a body size estimation task with pictures, in which patients were required to choose the one that most closely matched the perceived size of their body part. We found that PN + patients showed a labile body representation for both hands and face, having a larger distorted representational range. Interestingly, in comparison with PN + patients and healthy controls, PN- patients also showed misrepresentation of the left contralesional hand which could be related to impaired motor performance of their upper limb. Our findings are discussed within a theoretical framework suggesting a reliance on multisensory integration (body representation, ownership, and motor influences) for an ordered representation of the size of the body.
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- Laura Mora
- Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK.
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Diet, Digestion, and the Dietitian: A Survey of Clinicians' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices to Advance the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disturbances in Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11195833. [PMID: 36233700 PMCID: PMC9573322 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11195833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Despite advances in treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN), current therapeutic approaches do not fully consider gastrointestinal disturbances (GID), often present in AN. Addressing GID, both symptoms and disorders, is likely to improve treatment adherence and outcomes in people with AN. GID are complex and are linked to a range of factors related to eating disorder symptomology and can be impacted by nutritional treatment. It is not known which dietetic practices are currently used to address GID in AN. Therefore, this survey aimed to explore the perceived knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of Australian dietitians treating AN and co-occurring GID. Seventy dietitians participated by completing an online survey. Knowledge scores were calculated based on correct responses to knowledge items (total: 12 points); and two groups were generated: higher knowledge (≥10 points, n = 31) and lower knowledge (≤9 points, n = 39). A greater proportion of dietitians with higher knowledge recognized the role of GID in pathogenesis of AN (p = 0.002) and its impact on quality of life (p = 0.013) and screened for GID (p ≤ 0.001), compared with those with lower knowledge. These results suggest that attitudes and practices toward patients presenting with AN and GID differ depending on level of knowledge. This may have important implications for treatment outcomes for individuals with AN and GID.
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Cuteri V, Minori G, Gagliardi G, Tamburini F, Malaspina E, Gualandi P, Rossi F, Moscano M, Francia V, Parmeggiani A. Linguistic feature of anorexia nervosa: a prospective case-control pilot study. Eat Weight Disord 2022; 27:1367-1375. [PMID: 34309776 PMCID: PMC8311399 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-021-01273-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Attention has recently been paid to Clinical Linguistics for the detection and support of clinical conditions. Many works have been published on the "linguistic profile" of various clinical populations, but very few papers have been devoted to linguistic changes in patients with eating disorders. Patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) share similar psychological features such as disturbances in self-perceived body image, inflexible and obsessive thinking and anxious or depressive traits. We hypothesize that these characteristics can result in altered linguistic patterns and be detected using the Natural Language Processing tools. METHODS We enrolled 51 young participants from December 2019 to February 2020 (age range: 14-18): 17 girls with a clinical diagnosis of AN, and 34 normal-weighted peers, matched by gender, age and educational level. Participants in each group were asked to produce three written texts (around 10-15 lines long). A rich set of linguistic features was extracted from the text samples and the statistical significance in pinpointing the pathological process was measured. RESULTS Comparison between the two groups showed several linguistics indexes as statistically significant, with syntactic reduction as the most relevant trait of AN productions. In particular, the following features emerge as statistically significant in distinguishing AN girls and their normal-weighted peers: the length of the sentences, the complexity of the noun phrase, and the global syntactic complexity. This peculiar pattern of linguistic erosion may be due to the severe metabolic impairment also affecting the central nervous system in AN. CONCLUSION These preliminary data showed the existence of linguistic parameters as probable linguistic markers of AN. However, the analysis of a bigger cohort, still ongoing, is needed to consolidate this assumption. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III Evidence obtained from case-control analytic studies.
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- Vittoria Cuteri
- Regional Center of Feeding and Eating Disorders in developmental age, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Regional Center of Feeding and Eating Disorders in developmental age, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Regional Center of Feeding and Eating Disorders in developmental age, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Regional Center of Feeding and Eating Disorders in developmental age, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Regional Center of Feeding and Eating Disorders in developmental age, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Regional Center of Feeding and Eating Disorders in developmental age, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Regional Center of Feeding and Eating Disorders in developmental age, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. .,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Bryant E, Aouad P, Hambleton A, Touyz S, Maguire S. 'In an otherwise limitless world, I was sure of my limit.' † Experiencing Anorexia Nervosa: A phenomenological metasynthesis. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:894178. [PMID: 35978851 PMCID: PMC9376373 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.894178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has the highest mortality rate of the mental disorders, with still less than 50% of affected individuals achieving recovery. Recent calls to bring innovative, empirical research strategies to the understanding of illness and its core psychopathological features highlight the need to address significant paucity of efficacious treatment. The current study brings a phenomenological approach to this challenge, synthesizing lived experience phenomena as described by qualitative literature. Fifty-three studies published between the years 1998 and 2021 comprising a total of 1557 participants aged 12-66 suffering from AN or sub-threshold AN are included. Reciprocal and refutational analysis generated six key third-order constructs: "emotion experienced as overwhelming," "identity," "AN as a tool," "internal conflict relating to Anorexia," "interpersonal communication difficulties" and "corporeality." Twenty-six sub-themes were identified, the most common being fear, avoidance, AN as guardian/protector, and AN as intertwined with identity. Some themes associated with current treatment models such as low self-esteem, need for social approval and feelings of fatness were less common. We highlight the significant role of intense and confusing emotion in AN, which is both rooted in and engenders amplified fear and anxiety. Restrictive eating functions to numb these feelings and withdraw an individual from a chaotic and threatening world whilst providing a sense of self around which to build an illness identity. Results have implications for therapeutic practice and overly protective weight and shape focused medical treatment models, which may serve to reinforce the disease.
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- Emma Bryant
- InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Many who suffer from eating disorders claim that they see themselves as "fat". Despite decades of research into the phenomenon, behavioural evidence has failed to confirm that eating disorders involve visual misperception of own-body size. I illustrate the importance of this phenomenon for our understanding of perceptual processing, outline the challenges involved in experimentally confirming it, and provide solutions to those challenges.
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- Stephen Gadsby
- Department of Philosophy, 445418University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Karlsson S, Friberg W, Rask M, Tuvesson H. Patients' Experiences and Perceptions of Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa While Having Contact with Psychiatric Care: A Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Studies. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2021; 42:709-719. [PMID: 33290125 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1847222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious disease which is difficult to treat. Little is known about the recovery from AN, and therefore, this review's aim was to review and synthesise patients' experiences and perceptions of what is meaningful for recovery from anorexia nervosa while having contact with psychiatric care. Cinahl, PubMed, and PsycINFO were systematically searched, and 24 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Three themes were identified: Being in a trustful and secure care relationship, Finding oneself again, and Being in an engaging and personal treatment. Efforts supporting staff learning and person-centred care should be emphasised and researched further.
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- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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Yorke EL, Evans-Atkinson T, Katzman DK. Shared language and communicating with adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. Paediatr Child Health 2021; 26:8-11. [PMID: 33552319 DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaa047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Elisabeth Lisette Yorke
- Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
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- Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.,The Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
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Irvine KR, Irvine AR, Maalin N, McCarty K, Cornelissen KK, Tovée MJ, Cornelissen PL. Using immersive virtual reality to modify body image. Body Image 2020; 33:232-243. [PMID: 32408166 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
We tested the efficacy of a training programme, delivered in virtual reality (VR), to modify the perceptual boundary between what participants classify as a fat versus a thin body. Three cohorts of 20 female volunteers with high body image concerns were recruited to two intervention groups and one control group. All participants completed a 4-day training programme in VR where they categorised a series of 3D models as either thin or fat; one intervention group was presented with the stimuli briefly, while the other group had no time limits imposed. Both intervention groups were given inflationary feedback to shift their categorisations of the stimulus models towards higher BMIs. Our results show that, compared to controls, both intervention groups shifted their categorical boundaries between Day 1 and follow-up on Day 14. Unlimited stimulus presentation times were associated with a larger training effect. Furthermore, both intervention groups experienced statistically significant reductions in their concerns about their own body shape, weight and eating habits. However, only in the group with longer stimulus presentation times were these reductions consistent with a clinically meaningful effect. These findings suggest that manipulating categorical perception in VR might provide a complementary addition to existing treatments for eating disorders.
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- Kamila R Irvine
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.
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- Virtual Research Innovations Ltd., UK; School of Psychology, College of Social Science, University of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7TS, UK
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- School of Psychology, College of Social Science, University of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7TS, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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Wilson S, Aardema F, O'Connor K. What do I look like? Perceptual confidence in bulimia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord 2020; 25:177-183. [PMID: 30019261 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-018-0542-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Cognitive confidence, a type of metacognition referring to confidence in one's cognitive abilities (e.g., memory, perception, etc.), has been identified as relevant to eating disorders (EDs) using self-report measures. Repeated checking has been found to elicit decreases in perceptual confidence in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The purpose of the present study was to experimentally investigate perceptual confidence, a type of cognitive confidence, in EDs. Specifically, this construct was investigated in the context of body checking, a behaviour with similarities to compulsive checking as observed in OCD. Women with bulimia nervosa (BN; n = 21) and healthy controls (HC; n = 24) participated in the study. There were no group differences with regards to perceptual confidence at baseline F(1, 43) = 0.5, p = 0.48, ηp2 = 0.01, but a significant difference was observed post-checking F(1, 43) = 7.79, p = 0.008, ηp2 = 0.15, which was accounted for by significant decreases in perceptual confidence in the BN group F(1, 43) = 13.31, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.24. Similar to compulsive checking in OCD, body checking may paradoxically decrease confidence regarding one's appearance. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level I, experimental study.
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- Samantha Wilson
- Research Center, Montréal Mental Health University Institute, 7331 Hochelaga, Montreal, QC, H1N 3V2, Canada. .,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 Vincent d'Indy, Montreal, QC, H2V 2S9, Canada.
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- Research Center, Montréal Mental Health University Institute, 7331 Hochelaga, Montreal, QC, H1N 3V2, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, 2900 Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Research Center, Montréal Mental Health University Institute, 7331 Hochelaga, Montreal, QC, H1N 3V2, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, 2900 Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal, QC, H3T 1J4, Canada
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Gadsby S. Manipulating body representations with virtual reality: Clinical implications for anorexia nervosa. PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2019.1632425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Stephen Gadsby
- Cognition and Philosophy Lab, School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Troscianko ET. Fiction-reading for good or ill: eating disorders, interpretation and the case for creative bibliotherapy research. MEDICAL HUMANITIES 2018; 44:201-211. [PMID: 29680807 DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2017-011375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Compared with self-help bibliotherapy, little is known about the efficacy of creative bibliotherapy or the mechanisms of its possible efficacy for eating disorders or any other mental health condition. It is clear, however, that fiction is widely used informally as a therapeutic or antitherapeutic tool and that it has considerable potential in both directions, with a possibly significant distinction between the effects of reading fiction about eating disorders (which may-contrary to theoretical predictions-be broadly negative in effect) or one's preferred genre of other fiction (which may be broadly positive). Research on creative bibliotherapy, especially systematic experimental research, is lacking and requires a medical humanities approach, drawing on knowledge and methods from psychology and cognitive literary studies as well as clinical disciplines to expand our understanding of how the dynamic processes of interpretation mediate between textual structures and characteristics of mental health and illness.
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Preston C, Ehrsson HH. Implicit and explicit changes in body satisfaction evoked by body size illusions: Implications for eating disorder vulnerability in women. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0199426. [PMID: 29928005 PMCID: PMC6013093 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dissatisfaction with one's body is a widespread issue in modern society and has been linked to vulnerability for developing eating disorders. Recent studies have demonstrated a direct relationship between body perception and body satisfaction by manipulating perceived body size using multisensory body illusions. However, how these body size illusions influence implicit affective experience has not previously been examined. The current experiment used an established full-body ownership illusion paradigm to induce feelings of illusory obesity in male and female participants. The effects of illusory obesity on explicit and implicit body satisfaction were measured in naïve participants across two separate experiments. In terms of explicit measures, owning an obese body decreased body satisfaction, and owning a slimmer body increased body satisfaction in females but not in males. However, implicit feelings regarding the body were only influenced by the synchrony of the touch and not the size of the body in the illusion. These results suggest that implicit and explicit affective experiences of the body may be mediated by different factors. In addition, these findings may have clinical implications because both implicit and explicit changes in affective experience of the body were related to behaviours and thoughts associated with disordered eating in a non-clinical sample.
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- Catherine Preston
- Psychology Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Richardson B, Lewis V, Smyth J, Krug I. Do women with greater trait body dissatisfaction experience body dissatisfaction states differently? An experience sampling study. Body Image 2018; 25:1-8. [PMID: 29413880 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2017] [Revised: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The present study evaluated the relation of key features of state body dissatisfaction experiences - inertia, instability from moment-to-moment, and average level across time-points - to trait body dissatisfaction and/or eating disorder risk. Participants included 161 women who completed measures of trait body dissatisfaction and disordered eating pathology, and then completed reported state body dissatisfaction and contextual influences (binge eating, dietary restraint, exercise, and appearance comparison behaviors) 6 times daily for 7 days. Results indicated that individuals with elevated trait body dissatisfaction were reliably different from those with healthier body image in terms of average state body dissatisfaction ratings, but not for inertia or instability. State mean and trait body dissatisfaction uniquely predicted eating pathology, although their predictive accuracy for clinical caseness was comparable. Cost vs. benefit of using state body image data for understanding trait body image and eating pathology is discussed.
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- Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3125, Australia; Center for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia.
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- School of Psychology, Cairnmillar Institute, Camberwell, Victoria, 3124, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, 2617, Australia
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, PA, 16802, USA
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Anderson LM, Reilly EE, Thomas JJ, Eddy KT, Franko DL, Hormes JM, Anderson DA. Associations among fear, disgust, and eating pathology in undergraduate men and women. Appetite 2018; 125:445-453. [PMID: 29481914 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Revised: 01/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fear and disgust are distinct emotions that have been independently linked with EDs and may motivate avoidance behaviors that may be relevant targets for ED interventions (e.g., food rejection). Despite similar motivational function, it is possible that one emotion is more strongly associated with ED symptoms, relative to the other. Given that emerging evidence suggests that disgust-based behavior may be more difficult to change than fear-based behaviors, research is needed to evaluate whether each emotion differentially relates to ED symptoms. Therefore, the current study tested the relative importance of fear and disgust in accounting for variance in ED symptoms. Participants included undergraduate men (n = 127) and women (n = 263) from a university in the northeast US. Participants completed self-report measures assessing demographics, disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, and visual analog scales assessing fear and disgust responses to high-calorie food images, low-calorie food images, and non-food fear and disgust images. Bivariate correlations revealed significant positive associations among fear, disgust, and EDE-Q global symptom scores. Relative weights analysis results yielded relative importance weights that suggested disgust responding to high calorie food images accounts for the greatest total variance in EDE-Q global symptom scores in men, and fear responding to high calorie food images accounts for the greatest total variance in EDE-Q scores in women. Findings provide initial evidence that investigative and clinical efforts should consider fear and disgust as unique facets of negative affect with different patterns of relative importance to ED symptoms in undergraduate men and women.
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- Lisa M Anderson
- Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12222, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, 2450 Riverside Avenue, F227, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12222, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California - San Diego, 4510 Executive Drive, Suite 330, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2 Longfellow Place, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, 2 West, Room 305, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2 Longfellow Place, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, 2 West, Room 305, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2 Longfellow Place, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, 2 West, Room 305, Boston, MA, 02215, USA; Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, 110 Churchill Hall, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12222, USA
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Troscianko ET. Literary reading and eating disorders: survey evidence of therapeutic help and harm. J Eat Disord 2018; 6:8. [PMID: 29692896 PMCID: PMC5902994 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-018-0191-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is growing evidence for the efficacy of self-help bibliotherapy as a treatment for eating disorders, although little understanding of how specific linguistic characteristics may enhance or constrain its effects. Meanwhile, 'creative bibliotherapy' (the therapeutic use of fiction, poetry, or sometimes film, rather than self-help books) is widely practised, but even more poorly understood than the self-help variety: although a range of theoretical models exist, claims of the healing power of literature are far more commonly made than tested. METHODS An online survey including quantitative (forced-choice) and qualitative (free-response) items was designed and administered in collaboration with the charity Beat to investigate the connections between respondents' reading habits and their mental health, with a focus on eating disorders, and attracted 885 respondents. Responses to two sequences of questions, exploring the differential effects of fiction about eating disorders versus respondents' preferred genre of other fiction on the dimensions of mood, self-esteem, feelings about one's body, and diet and exercise habits, were analysed using a 2 × 2 repeat measures factorial ANOVA design for each of the four dependent variables. RESULTS Surprisingly, fiction about eating disorders was perceived by respondents as broadly detrimental to mood, self-esteem, feelings about their bodies, and diet and exercise habits, while respondents' preferred genre of other fiction was experienced as beneficial to mood and broadly neutral on the other three dimensions. The free-response data added detail to these core findings, as well as suggesting numerous other possible effects and mechanisms, drawing attention to the roles of positive and negative feedback structures and of highly selective interpretive filtering, and highlighting the dangers of 'self-triggering': using books to deliberately exacerbate an eating disorder. CONCLUSIONS The findings directly challenge existing theoretical models of creative-bibliotherapeutic mechanisms, which tend to insist on the importance of a close match between the reader's and the protagonist's situations. They point the way forward for a new programme of clinical research and practice by suggesting other ways to conceive of how embodied cognitive acts of textually cued interpretation may intervene in the psychopathology of an eating disorder - for good and for ill.
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- Emily T Troscianko
- 1The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG UK
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INTRODUCTION Cognitive neuropsychiatry has had much success in providing theoretical models for the causal origins of many delusional beliefs. Recently, it has been suggested that some anorexia nervosa patients' beliefs about their own body size should be considered delusions. As such, it seems high time the methods of cognitive neuropsychiatry were turned to modelling the false body size beliefs of anorexics. METHODS In this paper, I adopt an empiricist approach to modelling the causal origins of false body size beliefs in anorexia. Within the background of cognitive neuropsychiatry, empiricist models claim that abnormal beliefs are grounded by abnormal experiences bearing similar content. RESULTS I discuss the kinds of abnormal experiences of body size anorexics suffer from which could ground their false beliefs about body size. These oversized experiences come in three varieties: false self-other body comparisons, spontaneous mental imagery of a fat body and distorted perception of affordances. CONCLUSIONS Further theoretical and empirical research into the oversized experiences which anorexics suffer from presents a promising avenue for understanding and treating the disorder.
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- Stephen Gadsby
- a School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies , Monash University , Melbourne , Australia
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Yamamotova A, Bulant J, Bocek V, Papezova H. Dissatisfaction with own body makes patients with eating disorders more sensitive to pain. J Pain Res 2017; 10:1667-1675. [PMID: 28761371 PMCID: PMC5522677 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s133425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Body image represents a multidimensional concept including body image evaluation and perception of body appearance. Disturbances of body image perception are considered to be one of the central aspects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. There is growing evidence that body image distortion can be associated with changes in pain perception. The aim of our study was to examine the associations between body image perception, body dissatisfaction, and nociception in women with eating disorders and age-matched healthy control women. We measured body dissatisfaction and pain sensitivity in 61 patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition diagnoses of eating disorders (31 anorexia nervosa and 30 bulimia nervosa) and in 30 healthy women. Thermal pain threshold latencies were evaluated using an analgesia meter and body image perception and body dissatisfaction were assessed using Anamorphic Micro software (digital pictures of their own body distorted into larger-body and thinner-body images). Patients with eating disorders overestimated their body size in comparison with healthy controls, but the two groups did not differ in body dissatisfaction. In anorexia and bulimia patient groups, body dissatisfaction (calculated in pixels as desired size/true image size) correlated with pain threshold latencies (r=0.55, p=0.001), while between body image perception (determined as estimation size/true image size) and pain threshold, no correlation was found. Thus, we demonstrated that in patients with eating disorders, pain perception is significantly associated with emotional contrary to sensory (visual) processing of one’s own body image. The more the patients desired to be thin, the more pain-sensitive they were. Our findings based on some shared mechanisms of body dissatisfaction and pain perception support the significance of negative emotions specific for eating disorders and contribute to better understanding of the psychosomatic characteristics of this spectrum of illnesses.
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- Anna Yamamotova
- Department of Normal, Pathological and Clinical Physiology, Third Faculty of Medicine
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine
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- Department of Neurology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Gulliksen KS, Nordbø RHS, Espeset EMS, Skårderud F, Holte A. Four Pathways to Anorexia Nervosa: Patients' Perspective on the Emergence of AN. Clin Psychol Psychother 2016; 24:846-858. [PMID: 27726246 DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 09/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Studies show that patients' perception of their illness has a direct influence both on their utilization of health services and their adherence to treatment plans. This may be particularly relevant to the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Previous studies on AN have typically explored single psycho-social factors that patients with AN relate to the emergence of their illness. There is a need for more coherent systematic descriptions of the complexity of the patients' narratives about how their illness emerged. In this study, we sought to identify common components in the participants' narratives. By identifying different combinations of these components in the narratives, we sought to describe differences in patients' perceived pathways to AN. METHODS Participants were 36 women aged 18-51 years who had been treated for AN within the past 2 years at five clinical institutions in Norway. Semi-open qualitative interviews were conducted, tape-recorded, transcribed and analysed using grounded theory techniques. RESULTS We identified the following four distinct perceived pathways into AN: 'The Avoidant', 'The Achiever', 'The Transformer' and 'The Punisher'. The pathways could be regarded as four different projects for mastering life's challenges. DISCUSSION Our results suggest that there seem to be at least four pathways into AN. This indicates that a common array of symptoms might cover very different psychological dynamics. These might need to be treated therapeutically in different ways and should probably be taken into account during the refinement of diagnostic tools. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. KEY PRACTITIONER MESSAGE Although patients with AN might present similar symptoms, patients' perspectives on the emergence of their problems indicate that a common array of symptoms cover a variety of subjective psychological dynamics. From the experienced patient's stance, there are at least four distinct pathways to the emergence of AN. Attempts to master the challenges of life were found to be a common denominator in the emergence of AN. Recognition and integration of the patient's understanding of her or his problems should be given high priority in treatment of AN.
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- Kjersti S Gulliksen
- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Eating Disorders Gaustad, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Institute for Eating Disorders, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.,Modum Bad Research Institute, Vikersund, Norway.,Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Fogelkvist M, Parling T, Kjellin L, Gustafsson SA. A qualitative analysis of participants' reflections on body image during participation in a randomized controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy. J Eat Disord 2016; 4:29. [PMID: 27999670 PMCID: PMC5151132 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-016-0120-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Negative body image is a risk factor for development and relapse in eating disorders (ED). Many patients continue to be dissatisfied with their body shape or weight after treatment. This study presents a qualitative analysis of written reflections on body image from patients with an ED and a negative body image before and after an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group treatment at a specialized ED-unit. METHOD Before and after the treatment participants (n = 47) answered a questionnaire with open ended questions on their thoughts on body image. Data were analyzed through conventional content analysis. RESULTS Body image meant different things for different participants. For some it had to do with how you evaluate your body, whereas others focused on whether their body image was realistic or not. Some emphasized their relationship with their body, while some described body image as strongly related to global self-esteem. These different views on the concept of body image affected the participants' descriptions of their own body image, and how they wanted it to change. Body image was considered a state that fluctuated from day to day. After treatment the participants described changes in their body image, for instance perceiving oneself as less judgmental towards one's body, and a shift in focus to the important things in life. CONCLUSIONS The participants had different views on body image and how they wished it to change. Thus treatment interventions targeting negative body image needs to address various aspects of this complex construct. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study is part of an RCT registered 02/06/2014 in Clinical Trials, registration number: NCT02058121.
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- Maria Fogelkvist
- University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, S-huset, vån 2, Box 1613, 701 16 Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, S-huset, vån 2, Box 1613, 701 16 Örebro, Sweden
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- University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, S-huset, vån 2, Box 1613, 701 16 Örebro, Sweden
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Bratlien U, Øie M, Haug E, Møller P, Andreassen OA, Lien L, Melle I. Self-reported symptoms and health service use in adolescence in persons who later develop psychotic disorders: a prospective case-control study. Early Interv Psychiatry 2015; 9:221-7. [PMID: 24224904 DOI: 10.1111/eip.12102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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AIM To investigate self-reported psychiatric and somatic symptoms and health service use at age 16 in persons who later developed a psychotic disorder compared with a control group from the same geographical areas. METHOD Responses concerning psychiatric or somatic health and health service use from Norwegian youth studies in a cohort of 15- and 16-year-olds in three Norwegian counties (N = 11 101, 90% response rate) were gathered. The questionnaire responses from persons later identified with a lifetime diagnosis of DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition) psychotic disorders (n = 30) (confirmed psychosis, CP) were compared with responses from the rest of the group (population control, PC) (n = 11 067). Follow-up analyses were made for cases with a confirmed onset of a psychotic disorder after the time of the survey (n = 21). RESULTS The main significant differences between the CP and PC groups were more self-reported anxiety, depression and 'feeling in need of treatment for eating disorders' at age 16 in the CP group. The rate of self-reported eating disorder symptoms alone reached the level of statistical significance in the follow-up analyses. The CP group did not use available health services to a markedly greater extent than the control group. CONCLUSION We found that, in comparison with others, youths who were later identified with a psychotic disorder reported more symptoms at age 16.
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- Unni Bratlien
- Division of Mental Health, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Ottestad, Norway
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The effects of calorie labels on those at high-risk of eating pathologies: a pre-post intervention study in a University cafeteria. Public Health 2015; 129:732-9. [PMID: 25931435 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Revised: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to examine the effect of a public policy (menu labelling) on those at high-risk for eating pathologies. Specifically, the study looked for any adverse effects related to eating disturbance level. STUDY DESIGN The study employed a pre-post intervention design. Baseline collection took place in October 2012. One week prior to follow-up in November 2012, calorie labels were displayed next to virtually all menu items in a University cafeteria. Labels remained throughout the entire duration of follow-up. METHODS Participants were female undergraduates (N = 299). At baseline and follow-up, a survey assessed eating disturbance level (Eating Attitudes Test-26), emotional state, frequency of engaging in unhealthy weight-related behaviours, and calorie consumption. RESULTS Generalized estimating equations were used to test changes in negative outcomes over time in response to calorie labels. Calorie consumption did not significantly decrease from baseline (mean = 660.5 kcal) to follow-up (mean = 600.5 kcal; P = 0.104). There were no changes in emotional states such as body image satisfaction (P = 0.447), anxiety (P = 0.595), positive affect (P = 0.966), negative affect (P = 0.576), and unhealthy weight-related behaviours such as binging (P = 0.268), exercising excessively (P = 0.847), or restricting calories (P = 0.504). Additionally, there were no interactions between eating disturbance level and time. CONCLUSIONS Overall, no adverse outcomes were found for this at-risk population. Calorie labels did not differentially affect those with higher levels of eating disturbance. Future research should focus on examining the impact of calorie labels among those with clinical eating disorders.
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Schaumberg K, Anderson DA. Does short-term fasting promote changes in state body image? Body Image 2014; 11:167-70. [PMID: 24613037 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Revised: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fasting, or going a significant amount of time without food, is a predictor of eating pathology in at-risk samples. The current study examined whether acute changes in body image occur after an episode of fasting in college students. Furthermore, it evaluated whether individual difference variables might inform the relationship between fasting and shifts in body image. Participants (N=186) included male (44.7%) and female college students who completed the Body Image States Scale (BISS) and other eating-related measures before a 24-h fast. Participants completed the BISS again after fasting. While no overall changes in BISS scores emerged during the study, some individuals evidenced body image improvement. Baseline levels of disinhibition and self-reported fasting at least once per week uniquely predicted improvement in body image. Individual difference variables may play a role in how fasting could be reinforced by shifts in body image.
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- Katherine Schaumberg
- Department of Psychology, University at Albany - State University of New York, Albany, NY, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, University at Albany - State University of New York, Albany, NY, United States.
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Preston C, Ehrsson HH. Illusory changes in body size modulate body satisfaction in a way that is related to non-clinical eating disorder psychopathology. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85773. [PMID: 24465698 PMCID: PMC3897512 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Historically, body size overestimation has been linked to abnormal levels of body dissatisfaction found in eating disorders. However, recently this relationship has been called into question. Indeed, despite a link between how we perceive and how we feel about our body seeming intuitive, until now lack of an experimental method to manipulate body size has meant that a causal link, even in healthy participants, has remained elusive. Recent developments in body perception research demonstrate that the perceptual experience of the body can be readily manipulated using multisensory illusions. The current study exploits such illusions to modulate perceived body size in an attempt to influence body satisfaction. Participants were presented with stereoscopic video images of slimmer and wider mannequin bodies viewed through head-mounted displays from first person perspective. Illusory ownership was induced by synchronously stroking the seen mannequin body with the unseen real body. Pre and post-illusion affective and perceptual measures captured changes in perceived body size and body satisfaction. Illusory ownership of a slimmer body resulted in participants perceiving their actual body as slimmer and giving higher ratings of body satisfaction demonstrating a direct link between perceptual and affective body representations. Change in body satisfaction following illusory ownership of a wider body, however, was related to degree of (non-clinical) eating disorder psychopathology, which can be linked to fluctuating body representations found in clinical samples. The results suggest that body perception is linked to body satisfaction and may be of importance for eating disorder symptomology.
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- Catherine Preston
- Brain, Body and Self Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Brain, Body and Self Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gorse P, Nordon C, Rouillon F, Pham-Scottez A, Revah-Levy A. Subjective motives for requesting in-patient treatment in female with anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77757. [PMID: 24204951 PMCID: PMC3808348 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder mainly affecting women. Its treatment is long and accepted with much difficulty, in particular in-patient treatment. Aims To describe the subjective motives of women with anorexia nervosa for requesting in-patient admission, from a qualitative analysis of application letters. Methods Participants were adult women (18 years and older) with anorexia nervosa who were admitted as in-patients in a referral hospital unit in France from January 2008 to December 2010. The application letters, prerequisites to admission, were studied by the interpretative phenomenological method of content analysis. Results 63 letters have been analysed, allowing the identification of six themes related to requests for in-patient care: loss of control of behaviour, and of thoughts, mental exhaustion, isolation, inner struggle and fear of recovery. Conclusions Requests for in-patient admission were motivated by very personal, subjective experiences, unrelated to medical reasons for admission. These results may help improve pre-admission motivational work with individuals, by basing it on their subjective experience.
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- Pauline Gorse
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, CMME, Sainte-Anne University Hospital, Paris, France
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Cowdrey FA, Harmer CJ, Park RJ, McCabe C. Neural responses to emotional faces in women recovered from anorexia nervosa. Psychiatry Res 2012; 201:190-5. [PMID: 22464825 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2011] [Revised: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Impairments in emotional processing have been associated with anorexia nervosa. However, it is unknown whether neural and behavioural differences in the processing of emotional stimuli persist following recovery. The aim of this study was to investigate the neural processing of emotional faces in individuals recovered from anorexia nervosa compared with healthy controls. Thirty-two participants (16 recovered anorexia nervosa, 16 healthy controls) underwent a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan. Participants viewed fearful and happy emotional faces and indicated the gender of the face presented. Whole brain analysis revealed no significant differences between the groups to the contrasts of fear versus happy and vice versa. Region of interest analysis demonstrated no significant differences in the neural response to happy or fearful stimuli between the groups in the amygdala or fusiform gyrus. These results suggest that processing of emotional faces may not be aberrant after recovery from anorexia nervosa.
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