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Distorted body image in normal college women: Possible implications for the development of anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Heilbrun Alfred B.,
Friedberg Lisa
Publication year - 1990
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(199007)46:4<398::aid-jclp2270460404>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - dieting , anorexia nervosa , psychology , personality , eating disorders , developmental psychology , anorexia , distortion (music) , clinical psychology , social psychology , obesity , medicine , endocrinology , weight loss , amplifier , cmos , electronic engineering , engineering
College women ( N = 100) who averaged about 18 years of age were asked to rate the size of their bodies after looking in a mirror, and these ratings were compared to their actual body sizes. Women whose personality characteristics more closely resembled those proposed as basic to anorexic development in Slade's model were more inclined to overestimate body size, but only if they were relatively thin. A motivational role for body‐image overestimation was suggested wherein this distortion serves to maintain dieting behavior even when a thin body is attained.