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An experimental analysis of body checking.

Roz Shafran1, Michelle Lee, Elizabeth Payne

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford University, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. roz.shafran@psych.ox.ac.uk

Behaviour Research and Therapy
|March 18, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Repeatedly scrutinizing one's body increases body dissatisfaction and self-critical thoughts, while neutral examination decreases fatness feelings. These effects are temporary, not impacting body size estimation.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Eating Disorders

Background:

  • Body checking is a behavior of interest in eating disorder maintenance.
  • It is also a target in cognitive-behavioral treatments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of manipulated body checking on body size estimation and body dissatisfaction.
  • To understand the role of body checking in maintaining body dissatisfaction.

Main Methods:

  • Sixty women were randomly assigned to either high body checking (critical scrutiny) or low body checking (neutral examination).
  • Body dissatisfaction, feelings of fatness, and self-critical thoughts were measured.

Main Results:

  • High body checking increased body dissatisfaction, fatness feelings, and self-critical thoughts immediately post-manipulation.

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  • Low body checking decreased feelings of fatness.
  • These changes were short-lived and did not affect body size estimation.

    • Conclusions:

    • Manipulated body checking influences immediate feelings of body dissatisfaction and fatness.
    • Findings have implications for understanding how body checking maintains body dissatisfaction.
    • Cognitive-behavioral interventions may benefit from addressing body checking behaviors.