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Assessing body image in anorexia nervosa using biometric self-avatars in virtual reality: Attitudinal components rather than visual body size estimation are distorted

Stephan Streuber
2018
Journal Articles

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Background. Body image disturbance (BID) is a core symptom of anorexia nervosa (AN), but as yet distinctive features of BID are unknown. The present study aimed at disentangling perceptual and attitudinal components of BID in AN.

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Stephan Streuber
2018
Journal Articles

Résumé

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/5a91463d-5fff-4f5e-b8ae-e689cc19e102

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Concepts associés (27)

Body image disturbance

Body image disturbance (BID) is a common symptom in patients with eating disorders and is characterized by an altered . The onset is mainly attributed to patients with anorexia nervosa who persistently tend to subjectively discern themselves as average or overweight despite adequate, clinical grounds for a classification of being considerably or severely underweight. The symptom is an altered perception of one's body and a severe state of bodily dissatisfaction characterizing the body image disturbance.

Masse corporelle

La masse corporelle (ou plus simplement la masse) est la masse du corps d'un individu. Il est exprimé la plupart du temps en kilogrammes (kg) ou en livres dans certains pays anglo-saxons. En médecine et dans la vie courante, l'expression consacrée reste le « poids », même si l'expression peut paraître incorrecte pour des physiciens (le « poids » dépendant de l'accélération de la pesanteur, cette dernière étant variable suivant le lieu), d'autant que c'est ce qui est, en pratique, mesuré par une balance, bien que converti en grammes suivant l’accélération de la pesanteur sur Terre.

Body image

Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. The concept of body image is used in a number of disciplines, including neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural and feminist studies; the media also often uses the term.

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