Social appearance anxiety and bulimia nervosa

TY - JOUR

T1 - Social appearance anxiety and bulimia nervosa

AU - Koskina, A

AU - Van den Eynde, F

AU - Meisel, S

AU - Campbell, I C

AU - Schmidt, U

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - Social appearance anxiety is an unexplored concept in eating disorders (ED). It refers to social anxiety surrounding overall appearance, including body shape, and fear of negative evaluation by others. It is potentially relevant to those with bulimia nervosa (BN) as both social anxiety and body image disturbance are commonly experienced by patients. Thirty women with BN and forty healthy controls (HC) completed the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), a 16-item self-report questionnaire. ED cognitions and behaviours were assessed with the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire. Women with BN have significantly higher SAAS scores than HC (z=-6.79, p

AB - Social appearance anxiety is an unexplored concept in eating disorders (ED). It refers to social anxiety surrounding overall appearance, including body shape, and fear of negative evaluation by others. It is potentially relevant to those with bulimia nervosa (BN) as both social anxiety and body image disturbance are commonly experienced by patients. Thirty women with BN and forty healthy controls (HC) completed the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), a 16-item self-report questionnaire. ED cognitions and behaviours were assessed with the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire. Women with BN have significantly higher SAAS scores than HC (z=-6.79, p

M3 - Article

C2 - 21989100

SN - 1590-1262

VL - 16

SP - e142-5

JO - Eating and weight disorders : EWD

JF - Eating and weight disorders : EWD

IS - 2

ER -