Computerized assessment of body image in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: comparison with standardized body image assessment tool

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• 作者：Asaf Caspi ; Revital Amiaz ; Noa Davidson…
• 关键词：Anorexia nervosa ; Bulimia nervosa ; Eating disorder ; Body image ; Body image assessment software
• 刊名：Archives of Women's Mental Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：20
• 期：1
• 页码：139-147
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Psychiatry; Psychotherapy;
• 出版者：Springer Vienna
• ISSN：1435-1102
• 卷排序：20

文摘

Body image disturbances are a prominent feature of eating disorders (EDs). Our aim was to test and evaluate a computerized assessment of body image (CABI), to compare the body image disturbances in different ED types, and to assess the factors affecting body image. The body image of 22 individuals undergoing inpatient treatment with restricting anorexia nervosa (AN-R), 22 with binge/purge AN (AN-B/P), 20 with bulimia nervosa (BN), and 41 healthy controls was assessed using the Contour Drawing Rating Scale (CDRS), the CABI, which simulated the participants’ self-image in different levels of weight changes, and the Eating Disorder Inventory-2-Body Dissatisfaction (EDI-2-BD) scale. Severity of depression and anxiety was also assessed. Significant differences were found among the three scales assessing body image, although most of their dimensions differentiated between patients with EDs and controls. Our findings support the use of the CABI in the comparison of body image disturbances in patients with EDs vs. controls. Moreover, the use of different assessment tools allows for a better understanding of the differences in body image disturbances in different ED types.