A model-driven approach to studying dissociations between body size mental representations in anorexia nervosa

Anne-Laure Moscone (1) , Michel-Ange M.-A. Amorim (1) , Christine Le Scanff (1) , Pascale Leconte (1, 2)

1 CIAMS - Complexité, Innovation, Activités Motrices et Sportives
2 COMETE - Mobilités : Vieillissement, Pathologie, Santé

This study compared dissociations between mental representations of current, ideal and normal body sizes (i.e., Current BS, Ideal BS and Normal BS) for women with anorexia nervosa (AN group, n=56) and healthy women (control group, n=56). Along the lines of the single channel model of Cornelissen et al. (2013), the discrepancy between Current BS and BMI for both groups was adequately described along a common linear continuum of Current BS (mis)perception. Body size mental representations were ranked similarly (Ideal BS

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Psychology; Cognitive science; Neuroscience; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Psychiatrics and mental health

Anne-Laure Moscone, Michel-Ange M.-A. Amorim, Christine Le Scanff, Pascale Leconte. A model-driven approach to studying dissociations between body size mental representations in anorexia nervosa. Body Image, 2017, 20, pp.40-48. ⟨10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.11.003⟩. ⟨hal-02135229⟩