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Assessing bulimics' dissatisfaction with their body
Author(s) -
Huon G. F.,
Brown L. B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1989.tb01380.x
Subject(s) - psychology , bulimia nervosa , body weight , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , eating disorders , medicine
A Body Mapping Questionnaire and a Colour‐the‐Body Task were devised to assess the dissatisfaction that bulimics feel about their body, beyond their preoccupation with its weight. When 134 women, 67 diagnosed with bulimia nervosa and 67 non‐patient controls were matched for age, weight and height, the bulimics showed greater overall dislike for their body, and for about half of its specified parts.