Mental body distance comparison: A tool for assessing clinical disturbances in visual body image

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-165

  Smeets, Monique A M ^a   Klugkist, Irene G ^a   Rooden, Sanneke van ^a   Anema, Helen A ^a   Postma, Albert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body attitude; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349246854     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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