"What are you thinking when you look at me?" A pilot study of the use of virtual reality in body image

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 93-99

  Mountford, Victoria A ^a,b   Tchanturia, Kate ^a,b   Valmaggia, Lucia ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SATISFACTION; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADULT; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL VALUES; THINKING; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959142832     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0169     Document Type: Article

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