title: Clinical correlates of body-size distortion.
abstract: Body-size distortion has been considered a central symptom of eating disorders. We studied 35 female eating-disordered patients and 85 controls using a computer-based body-size estimation technique. We have found almost identical linear relationships between body-size distortion and weight:height ratios in both groups. In the clinical group, distortion scores were not correlated with scores on the Eating Attitudes Test or Beck Depression Inventory but were negatively correlated with body dissatisfaction as measured on the Eating Disorder Inventory. These results raise further questions about the role of body-size distortion both as a diagnostic criterion and as a complicating phenomenon in eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pumariega
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gustavson
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gustavson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gustavson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reinarz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Probe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pappas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001824:Body Constitution; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010469:Perceptual Distortion