An attentional bias for thin bodies and its relation to body dissatisfaction.
Body Image
; 19: 216-223, 2016 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Research suggests that humans have an attentional bias for the rapid detection of emotionally valenced stimuli, and that such a bias might be shaped by clinical psychological states. The current research extends this work to examine the relation between body dissatisfaction and an attentional bias for thin/idealized body shapes. Across two experiments, undergraduates completed a gender-consistent body dissatisfaction measure, and a dot-probe paradigm to measure attentional biases for thin versus heavy bodies. Results indicated that men (n=21) and women (n=18) show an attentional bias for bodies that correspond to their own gender (Experiment 1), and that high body dissatisfaction among men (n=69) and women (n=89) predicts an attentional bias for thin same-gender bodies after controlling for body mass index (BMI) (Experiment 2). This research provides a new direction for studying the attentional and cognitive underpinnings of the relation between body dissatisfaction and eating disorders.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Satisfação Pessoal
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Imagem Corporal
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Tamanho Corporal
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Viés de Atenção
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Body Image
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article