Measures of body image: Confirmatory factor analysis and association with disordered eating.

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Body checking and body avoidance in eating disorders: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Two studies (respectively) reported a significant positive correlation between body checking and drive for thinness (Alperin et al, ; Chang, ), bulimic behaviours (Chang, ; Dakanalis et al, ), and the total score of the EAT‐26 (De Berardis et al, ; Engle, ). Three studies reported a positive association between body checking and body dissatisfaction (Chang, ; Pellizzer, Tiggemann, Waller, & Wade, ; Vartanian & Grisham, ).…”

“…Conversely, one study (Jansen et al, ) found no significant association between body avoidance and the EDE‐Q. Two studies reported significant positive correlations between body avoidance and body dissatisfaction (Carmona et al, ; Pellizzer et al, ), and two studies reported a significant positive correlation between body avoidance and the total score of the EAT‐26 (Engle, ; Rodgers, Melioli, Laconi, Bui, & Chabrol, ).…”

“…Within nonclinical samples, meta‐analytic summary effects showed that both body checking and body avoidance were significantly and positively correlated with ED symptomatology, with large effect sizes. Because of the lack of subscale data reported for specific ED behaviours in some included studies (e.g., De Berardis et al, ; Pellizzer et al, ), we amalgamated available variables into three categories of ED symptomatology (total ED score, body image, and restraint). Moderation analyses indicated that effect sizes did not differ depending on which of these three variables body checking or body avoidance were correlated against.…”

Body image flexibility: A predictor and moderator of outcome in transdiagnostic outpatient eating disorder treatment

“…Higher scores indicate greater BIF. It has strong psychometric properties (see Pellizzer, Tiggemann, Waller, & Wade, ). Internal consistency in the current study was .92.…”

“…Higher scores indicate greater body checking. Psychometric properties vary across studies (see Pellizzer et al, 2017).…”