The Role of Cognitive Factors in the Development and Maintenance of Eating Disorders  the Concept of Thought Shape Fusion | Zendy

Jennifer S. Coelho | Zendy

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The Role of Cognitive Factors in the Development and Maintenance of Eating Disorders the Concept of Thought Shape Fusion

Author(s) -

Jennifer S. Coelho

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

verhaltenstherapie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1423-0402

pISSN - 1016-6262

DOI - 10.1159/000312565

Subject(s) - psychology , eating disorders , cognition , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , neuroscience

TSF, like thought-action fusion, occurs when individuals assume that mere thoughts increase the probability of feared events, and are morally equal to real behavior. TSF occurs specifically when thinking about eating high-caloric foods. People who experience TSF report believing that they have gained weight after they merely imagine eating high-caloric or ‘fattening’ foods, report feeling fatter after thinking about eating these foods, and also report feeling as though How did theories about the role of cognitive factors in ED develop since the 2 factors theory of Connors [1996]?

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