title: Assessment of thought-shape fusion: initial validation of a short version of the trait thought-shape fusion scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Thought-shape fusion (TSF) is a cognitive distortion that has been linked to eating pathology. Two studies were conducted to further explore this phenomenon and to establish the psychometric properties of a French short version of the TSF scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  In Study 1, students (n = 284) completed questionnaires assessing TSF and related psychopathology. In Study 2, the responses of women with eating disorders (n = 22) and women with no history of an eating disorder (n = 23) were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The French short version of the TSF scale has a unifactorial structure, with convergent validity with measures of eating pathology, and good internal consistency. Depression, eating pathology, body dissatisfaction, and thought-action fusion emerged as predictors of TSF. Individuals with eating disorders have higher TSF, and more clinically relevant food-related thoughts than do women with no history of an eating disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This research suggests that the shortened TSF scale can suitably measure this construct, and provides support for the notion that TSF is associated with eating pathology.
authors: Interuniversity Laboratory of Psychology, University of Savoie, Chambéry, France. jennifer.coelho@douglas.mcgill.ca.
authors: Jennifer S
authors: JS
authors: Coelho
authors: Céline
authors: C
authors: Baeyens
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Purdon
authors: Roz
authors: R
authors: Shafran
authors: Jean-Luc
authors: JL
authors: Roulin
authors: Martine
authors: M
authors: Bouvard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking