title: Evidence for attentional bias in women exhibiting bulimotypic symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  One of the defining features of bulimia is a pervasive tendency to focus on and evaluate one's own body. The extent to which bulimotypic symptoms are associated with biases in attention to other individuals in the social world is less well known. In the current study, we examined the relation between bulimotypic symptoms and biases in attention to other men and women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of undergraduate women performed a visual cueing task designed to assess attention to target faces varying in their gender and level of attractiveness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women with relatively high levels of bulimotypic symptomatology tended to dwell on attractive female faces, but not other faces. This attentional bias was not attributable to perfectionistic ideals, body dissatisfaction, or self-esteem.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings could reflect a link between disordered eating and the perception of competitive threat in other attractive women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1270, USA. maner@psy.fsu.edu
authors.forename: Jon K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Maner
authors.forename: Jill M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holm-Denoma
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Van Orden
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Gailliot
authors.forename: Kathryn H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Joiner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014796:Visual Perception