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

Autor: K. Hennighausen, Helmut Remschmidt
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 8:123-128
ISSN: 1557-0657
1049-8931
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.62
Popis: 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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