Perceptual distortion of body image in adolescent girls: distortion of body image in adolescence.
Body image estimations in 86 normal-weight adolescent girls showed (a) a tendency to overestimate body width and underestimate body length and (b) an association between the younger ages and the extent of overestimation of body width. In particular there is a sharp drop in overestimation between ages 10 and 11 and thereafter a more gradual and non-significant decline. These age-specific normative data are useful in assessing body image distortions in a variety of medical and psychiatric disorders.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D010469:Perceptual Distortion