Attentional biases in eating disorders: A visual probe detection procedure
✍ Scribed by Rieger, Elizabeth ;Schotte, David E. ;Touyz, Stephen W. ;Beumont, P. J. V. ;Griffiths, Rosalyn ;Russell, Janice
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 31 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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✦ Synopsis
Objective:
To investigate attentional biases for body shape and weight-related stimulus words among subjects with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and control subjects classified using a measure of dietary restraint.
Methods:
A visual probe detection task was used to assess attention toward stimulus words reflecting either a thin or a large physique and positively or negatively valenced emotion words.
Results:
In comparison to controls, subjects with eating disorders detected target probes more slowly when they appeared in the same location as had stimulus words connoting a thin physique. in addition, there was a trend toward faster detection or target probes that appeared in the same location as had stimulus words connoting a large physique. neither of these effects were observed among restrained eaters.
Discussion:
Our results extend prior work suggesting information-processing biases for body shape and weight-related stimuli among persons with eating disorders.