"Just looking at food makes me gain weight": Experimental induction of thought-shape fusion in eating-disordered and non-eating-disordered women

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-228

  Coelho, Jennifer S ^a,b   Carter, Jacqueline C ^c   McFarlane, Traci ^c   Polivy, Janet ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortion; Dietary restraint; Eating disorders; Thought shape fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD; GUILT; HUMAN; MORALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; THINKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE REGULATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MORALS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; THINKING;

EID: 38649090081     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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