title: Does habitual body avoidance and checking behavior influence the decrease of negative emotions during body exposure in eating disorders?
abstract: The aim of the present study was to assess whether habitual body avoidance and body-checking behavior influences the decrease of negative emotions during body exposure. Twenty-one eating-disordered female participants completed the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire and the Body Checking Questionnaire. On another day, a 40-min body exposure session was conducted under standardized conditions. Every 10 min, negative emotions were assessed. It was shown that the extent of decrease in negative emotions during the body exposure session could be predicted by a lower degree of body checking. Results indicate that habitual checking behavior seems to negatively influence the effect of body exposure. Therefore, an adaptation of body exposure to patients with a higher degree of body-checking behavior might be promising.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. vocks@kli.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
authors.forename: Silja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vocks
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kosfelder
authors.forename: Maike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wucherer
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wächter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001828:Body Image; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires