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Body Image Self‐evaluation Colouring Lens: comparing the ornamental and instrumental views of adolescent girls with eating disorders
Author(s) -
Gusella Joanne,
Clark Sharon,
van Roosmalen Erica
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.569
Subject(s) - eating disorders , psychology , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , lens (geology) , body mass index , medicine , psychotherapist , pathology , biology , paleontology
A new visual measure of body image, the Body Image Self‐evaluation Colouring Lens (BISCL), was used to examine how 22 girls with diagnosed eating disorders evaluated their bodies. Results revealed that the percent of negative body evaluation was significantly higher when girls evaluated their body form as compared to their body function. Girls expressed new insights when comparing their relatively positive evaluation of their body functioning to their generally negative view of their body appearance. They expressed dissatisfaction with body parts that did not conform to their current cultural ideals. The BISCL was correlated in a predictable manner with standardized measures of body dissatisfaction. The promising applications of the BISCL as a clinical and research tool are discussed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.