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The Computer Body Image Test: a procedure for the assessment of body image perception

Author(s) -

Hennighausen Klaus,

Remschmidt Helmut

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

international journal of methods in psychiatric research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275

H-Index - 73

eISSN - 1557-0657

pISSN - 1049-8931

DOI - 10.1002/mpr.62

Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , distortion (music) , body shape , psychology , anorexia nervosa , perception , image (mathematics) , ideal (ethics) , test (biology) , eating disorders , validity , artificial intelligence , computer vision , computer science , psychometrics , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , amplifier , computer network , power (physics) , physics , philosophy , paleontology , bandwidth (computing) , epistemology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , biology

The aim of our study was to develop a procedure that combines the capabilities of body‐part estimation procedures and image distortion techniques. Distorted computerized images of the subjects are presented on a computer monitor. The whole body and body parts can be manipulated interactively. Reliability, stability and validity of the perceived and ideal body image were obtained in a sample of 36 inpatients suffering from anorexia nervosa. The procedure yielded a very high reliability. Perceived and ideal body images are stable after a mean time interval of 60 days. Significant correlations with the Body Shape Questionnaire and subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory indicate the validity of the procedure. The procedure adds a significant improvement to common image distortion techniques by adding the possibilities of body part distortions. Copyright © 1999 Whurr Publishers Ltd.

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