Advances in Eating Disorders

Agüera, Zaida; Jiménez‐Murcia, Susana

doi:10.3390/jcm9124047

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“…Previous research showing the effectiveness of exposure therapy for patients with body dissatisfaction generally measures its effectiveness at a subjective level by means of questionnaires [ 18 ] or by recording the discomfort experienced by individuals during treatment [ 32 ]. When other types of measures have been used, unfortunately, either no conclusive results have been obtained [ 33 ] or measures were only recorded in one treatment session, thereby not obtaining real results regarding the effectiveness of the treatment [ 34 ].…”

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“I’m Not Only a Body”: Change in Thoughts about the Body after Mirror Exposure Treatment in Women with Obesity—An Exploratory Study

González-Sánchez,

Jiménez-Cabello,

Rodríguez-Ruíz

et al. 2024

Healthcare

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Nowadays, obesity (OB) is one of the most important health problems in population-wide health. In addition to its physical consequences, it is a risk factor for the development of psychological problems, including body dissatisfaction (BD). This is why the treatment of BD is essential for its prevention. However, this has mostly been studied from a quantitative perspective, without focusing on the discomfort experienced by the person and the accompanying thoughts and emotions. In this study, 26 women with obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) participated, of whom 16 had high BD and 10 had low BD, as measured by the BSQ questionnaire. The women with high BD underwent six sessions of exposure to their own body in front of a mirror, recording the discomfort experienced with this vision during the session. In addition, all participants recorded positive and negative thoughts towards their body before and after these sessions. After the exposure treatment sessions, a reduction in symptomatology (BD, discomfort when visualizing one’s own body) was observed, as well as a change in the thoughts expressed by the participants, both in quantity (fewer negative thoughts) and in quality (a more positive self-perception and/or in more respectful terms used towards themselves). In conclusion, such treatments prove to be effective in reducing subjective discomfort and body-related thoughts in women with obesity.

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