A comparison of mindfulness, nonjudgmental, and cognitive dissonance-based approaches to mirror exposure

The effect of mindfulness‐based stress reduction on body image concerns of adolescent girls with dysfunctional eating attitudes

“…Moreover, Atkinson and Wade () found that a mindfulness‐based intervention reduced weight and body shape concern, besides eating pathology, compared to a control group. Luethcke, McDaniel, and Becker () reported the results similar to those of Atkinson and Wade; however, their findings revealed no increase in body parts' satisfaction and finally, the findings of the present study might be in some way in line with Levoy et al () who investigated the effect of MBSR intervention on the emotional eating of the individuals enrolled in the MBSR program. The results revealed that MBSR might be an effective intervention for emotional eating.…”

Psychophysiological Changes during Pure vs Guided Mirror Exposure Therapies in Women with High Body Dissatisfaction: What Are They Learning about Their Bodies?

“…In line with our hypothesis, both techniques decreased negative thoughts and increased positive thoughts and feelings of satisfaction throughout the sessions, as found in previous research (Díaz‐Ferrer et al ., ; Trentowska et al ., ; Vocks et al ., ). Self‐reported avoidance behaviours also improved considerably, although treatment was not explicitly directed towards avoidance behaviours, also replicating previous findings (Luethcke et al ., ; Vocks et al ., ). Avoidance behaviours are aimed at decreasing negative emotions and critical assessments of one's body (Shafran, Fairburn, Robinson, & Lask, ; Shafran, Lee, Payne, & Fairburn, ).…”

“…Several studies yield evidence of the effectiveness of different mirror exposure techniques (e.g. cognitive dissonance‐based mirror exposure and mindfulness‐based mirror exposure) to reduce body image disturbances in women with EDs (Delinsky & Wilson, ; Jansen et al ., ) and body‐dissatisfied women (Luethcke, McDaniel, & Becker, ; Moreno‐Domínguez, Rodríguez‐Ruiz, Fernández‐Santaella, Jansen, & Tuschen‐Caffier, ). Despite this evidence, mirror exposure techniques in this field are in continuous development to improve their effectiveness.…”

Mirror exposure to increase body satisfaction: Should we guide the focus of attention towards positively or negatively evaluated body parts?

“…To increase body satisfaction, exposure is more and more used as part of eating disorder treatments. Studies show that mirror exposure increases body satisfaction of patients with anorexia nervosa (Key et al, 2002), normal weight eating disorder patients (Hildebrandt, Loeb, Troupe, & Delinsky, 2012), severely obese adolescents (Jansen et al, 2008), normal weight and overweight binge eaters (Hilbert, Tuschen-Caffier, & V€ ogele, 2002) and body dissatisfied students (Luethcke, McDaniel, & Becker, 2011; Moreno-Domínguez, Rodríguez-Ruiz, Fern andez-Santaella, Jansen, & Tuschen-Caffier, 2012). These studies also show that body exposure can be done in several ways; it is still unclear how a good exposure should be done, and why it should be done that way.…”