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Body‐image distortion revisited: Temporal instability of body image distortion in anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Brinded Philip M. J.,
Bushnell John A.,
McKenzie Jan M.,
Wells J. Elisabeth
Publication year - 1990
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(199011)9:6<695::aid-eat2260090612>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - distortion (music) , anorexia nervosa , psychology , image (mathematics) , developmental psychology , eating disorders , artificial intelligence , clinical psychology , physics , computer science , optoelectronics , cmos , amplifier
Results of a study of stability of body‐image distortion in seven inpatient anorexic women over 4 weeks show that although analysis of grouped data reveals no mean change in body‐image distortion over time, significant change did occur for six of the seven subjects. This lack of stability over time has implications for the validity of the state/trait model of body‐image distortion.