Nonweight-related body image concerns among female eating-disordered patients and nonclinical controls: Some preliminary observations
✍ Scribed by Gupta, Madhulika A. ;Johnson, Andrew M.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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✦ Synopsis
Objective: Eating disorders(ED) have been classically associated with a concern about body shape and size that manifests mainly as an intense fear of weight gain (DSM-IV criteria). To further examine the nature of the body image disturbance in ED, we surveyed the prevalence of nonweight-related body image concerns among ED patients and nonclinical controls. Method: We examined 53 women (M ± SD age: 28.1 ± 6.8 years) with anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia nervosa (DSM-III-R criteria) and 73 randomly selected nonclinical women (M ± SD age: 30.2 ± 6.6 years) from the community. The participants rated (by checking a "Yes" or "No") whether they were satisfied with the appearance of the following body regions: their skin, teeth, jaw, nose, eyes, ears, hair, and height and completed the Drive for Thinness (DT) and Body Dissatisfaction (BD) subscales of the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI). Results: The frequencies of dissatisfaction with the appearance of various physical attributes among the ED patients versus the nonclinical controls were as follows: skin: 79.2% vs. 52.1%, p = .002; teeth: 62.3% vs. 39.7%, p = .