title: Using the implicit relational assessment procedure to compare implicit pro-thin/anti-fat attitudes of patients with anorexia nervosa and non-clinical controls.
abstract: Implicit pro-thin/anti-fat attitudes were investigated among a mixed group of patients with full and sub-threshold Anorexia Nervosa (n = 17), and a matched-age control group (n = 17). The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) was employed to measure implicit pro-thin and anti-fat attitudes towards Self and Others in addition to "striving for thinness" and "avoidance of fatness." The clinical group showed an implicit pro-fat attitude towards Others and stronger anti-fat attitudes towards Self and avoidance of fatness compared with controls. The findings are discussed in relation to the over-evaluation of weight and shape in the clinical group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. thomas.parling@psyk.uu.se
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Parling
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cernvall
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Dermot
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barnes-Holmes
authors.forename: Ata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghaderi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003469:Culture; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D013008:Somatotypes; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult