Effect of mood and food cues on body image in women with bulimia and controls

Carter, Frances A.; Bulik, Cynthia M.; Lawson, Rachel; Sullivan, Patrick F.; Wilson, Jenny

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199607)20:1<65::aid-eat8>3.0.co;2-2

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“…Other studies have emphasized the stability of body dissatisfaction in BN patients. 34,95 These results suggest that body-image dissatisfaction acts more like a trait than a state in BN patients, but not in AN participants.…”

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“…Similarly, other studies have found that BN participants estimate their actual body size to be larger after being exposed to high-calorie food, whereas controls do not. 34,35,37,38,95 In view of the evidence of a close relationship between social anxiety and eating disorders, 83,[96][97][98][99][100][101] we expected that the presence or absence of people would also exert a significant effect on body-image disturbances in our ED subjects. Surprisingly, however, neither the people variable nor the interaction between the food and people variables had a significant effect on body-image distortion and body-image dissatisfaction.…”

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Body Image in Eating Disorders: The Influence of Exposure to Virtual-Reality Environments

Gutiérrez-Maldonado

Ferrer-García

Caqueo-Urízar

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Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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The aim of this article was to study the effect of virtual-reality exposure to situations that are emotionally significant for patients with eating disorders (ED) on the stability of body-image distortion and body-image dissatisfaction. A total of 85 ED patients and 108 non-ED students were randomly exposed to four experimental virtual environments: a kitchen with low-calorie food, a kitchen with high-calorie food, a restaurant with lowcalorie food, and a restaurant with high-calorie food. In the interval between the presentation of each situation, body-image distortion and body-image dissatisfaction were assessed. Several 2Â2Â2 repeated measures analyses of variance (high-calorie vs. low-calorie foodÂpresence vs. absence of peopleÂED group vs. control group) showed that ED participants had significantly higher levels of body-image distortion and body dissatisfaction after eating high-calorie food than after eating low-calorie food, while control participants reported a similar body image in all situations. The results suggest that body-image distortion and body-image dissatisfaction show both trait and state features. On the one hand, ED patients show a general predisposition to overestimate their body size and to feel more dissatisfied with their body image than controls. On the other hand, these body-image disturbances fluctuate when participants are exposed to virtual situations that are emotionally relevant for them.

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Body Image in Eating Disorders: The Influence of Exposure to Virtual-Reality Environments

Gutiérrez-Maldonado

Ferrer-García

Caqueo-Urízar

et al. 2010

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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“…Since patients with bulimia nervosa are likely to show high concern with body shape, high body dysphoria and high eating restraint, it is possible that their body width perception¯uctuates depending on their present mood state. To the best of the present authors' knowledge, Carter, Bulik, Lawson, Sullivan & Wilson (1996) conducted the only study on patients with bulimia nervosa compared to controls. They used a musical mood induction procedure where participants chose a piece of music that they found suitable for induction of the intended mood state.…”

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Bulimia nervosa: Mood changes do have an impact on body width estimation

Kulbartz-Klatt

Florin

Pook

1999

British J Clinic Psychol

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“…Similarly, Grubb, Sellers, and Waligroski (1993) found that depression and body size estimation are related in patients with an ED. Various studies have also investigated the impact that exposure to certain objects or situations can have on the stability of body image (Carter, Bulik, Lawson, Sullivan, & Wilson, 1996;Crisp & Kalucy, 1974;Heilbrun & Flodin, 1989;McKenzie, Williamson, & Cubic, 1993). There is also a hypothesis about the influence of the menstrual cycle on body size estimation (Altabe & Thompson, 1990).…”

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Body Image Assessment Software: Psychometric data

Ferrer-García

Gutiérrez-Maldonado

2008

Behavior Research Methods

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The aim of the present study was to analyze the psychometric characteristics of the Body Image Assessment Software (BIAS), an innovative interactive computer program developed to assess body image disturbances. The program was tested on 252 psychology students at the University of Barcelona and 51 patients with an eating disorder (ED). The subjects filled in the Eating Attitudes Test-26, the Body Shape Questionnaire, the body dissatisfaction scale of the Eating Disorders Inventory-2, and the Body Image Assessment-Revised (a test of silhouettes). Results showed good validity and very high reliability. Furthermore, BIAS was able to discriminate between people who were at risk of an ED and those who were not, as well as between people with and without a history of an ED. Those at risk of having an ED and those with a current ED showed more body image distortion (overestimation of body size) and higher levels of body image dissatisfaction.

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Effect of mood and food cues on body image in women with bulimia and controls

Cited by 35 publications

References 18 publications

Body Image in Eating Disorders: The Influence of Exposure to Virtual-Reality Environments

Body Image in Eating Disorders: The Influence of Exposure to Virtual-Reality Environments

Bulimia nervosa: Mood changes do have an impact on body width estimation

Body Image Assessment Software: Psychometric data

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