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Body image of anorexic, obese, and normal females
Author(s) -
Bell Crystal,
Kirkpatrick Sue W.,
Rinn Roger C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198605)42:3<431::aid-jclp2270420305>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , semantic differential , perception , audiology , developmental psychology , personality , social psychology , medicine , neuroscience
This study investigated disturbances in body image perception with anorexic, obese and control groups ( N = 24). Each group was comprised of 8 female subjects matched for age. An original silhouette chart and chi squares were employed, and a significant difference was found among the groups in the perception of the present‐self body image (χ 2 (8) = 24.19, p < .01), body image at plus 10 pounds (χ 2 (6) = 27.63, p < .01), and body image at minus 10 pounds (χ 2 (8) = 26.05, p < .01). No differences among the groups appeared in perceived ideal‐self body image or in their perception of the body image that was expected from their families. A directional trend was noted in anorexic overestimation and obese underestimation on the total concept of body image. Significant differences among the groups as judged via a semantic differential technique were found for personality descriptions of happy/sad, active/passive, popular/unpopular, effective/ineffective, competent/incompetent, smart/stupid, and cold/warm.