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Interrelationships among multiple aspects of body image and eating disturbance
Author(s) -
Coovert Dale Lee,
Thompson J. Kevin,
Kinder Bill N.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198807)7:4<495::aid-eat2260070407>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - disturbance (geology) , degree (music) , perception , psychology , statistics , mathematics , biology , physics , neuroscience , acoustics , paleontology
The relationships among several indices of body size estimation and eating disturbance were examined in 72 college females. Measures of absolute size and estimated size had stronger correlations with eating disturbance than degree of perceptual size overestimation. Overestimation of self was highly related to estimates of the size of inanimate objects, suggesting the presence of a general perceptual deficit. Actual size was negatively correlated with degree of overestimation, indicating that small‐sized individuals overestimate to a greater degree than large subjects. The necessity of a multifaceted assessment approach for body image research is discussed.