Inner Body and Outward Appearance: The Relationships Between Appearance Orientation, Eating Disorder Symptoms, and Internal Body Awareness

Authors: Spoor, Sonja¹; Bekker, Marrie¹; Van Heck, Guus¹; Croon, Marcel¹; Van Strien, Tatjana²

Source: Eating Disorders, Volume 13, Number 5, October-December 2005 , pp. 479-490(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This study investigated the associations of appearance orientation and eating disorder symptoms with internal body awareness in an eating-disordered group of women and a general sample of women. In the eating-disordered group, appearance orientation was positively associated with internal body awareness. Eating disorders symptoms were negatively related to the awareness of bodily signals. No significant associations were found in the general sample of women. The results indicate that in eating-disordered individuals preoccupation with the body and eating-disordered behaviors are not only negatively associated with hunger, but with awareness of other bodily signals as well.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10640260500297267

Affiliations: 1: Department of Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands 2: Department of Psychology, Radboud University, The Netherlands

Publication date: 2005-10-01

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