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Result: A program for assessing body image disturbance using adjustable partial image distortion

Title:
A program for assessing body image disturbance using adjustable partial image distortion
Authors:
LETOSA-PORTA, Alex, FERRER-GARCIA, Marta, GUTIERREZ-MALDONADO, José
Source:
Behavior research methods. 37(4):638-643
Publisher Information:
Austin, TX: Psychonomic Society, 2005.
Publication Year:
2005
Physical Description:
print, 1 p.1/4
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Psychophysiology, Psychophysiologie, Psychology, psychopathology, psychiatry, Psychologie, psychopathologie, psychiatrie, Sciences biologiques et medicales, Biological and medical sciences, Sciences biologiques fondamentales et appliquees. Psychologie, Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology, Psychologie. Psychophysiologie, Psychology. Psychophysiology, Psychométrie. Statistique. Méthodologie, Psychometrics. Statistics. Methodology, Traitement informatique, Computer processing, Psychologie. Psychanalyse. Psychiatrie, Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry, Distorsion, Distortion, Distorsión, Homme, Human, Hombre, Image corporelle, Body image, Imagen corporal, Logiciel, Software, Logicial, Méthode étude, Investigation method, Método estudio, Méthodologie, Methodology, Metodología, Perception corporelle, Body perception, Percepción corporal, Programme ordinateur, Computer program, Programa informático
Document Type:
Academic journal Article
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
ISSN:
1554-351X
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=17646820
Rights:
Copyright 2006 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Psychology. Ethology

FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.17646820
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

Body image disturbance has been one of the most widely studied areas in the literature on eating disorders. Some of the tasks designed to assess it have been used to estimate the sizes of specific parts of the body, whereas others have served to make estimations of overall body size. In recent years, the introduction of innovative computing procedures has allowed the two approaches to be combined and has made their application more straightforward. The program we describe here (Body Image Assessment Software, or BIAS) evaluates body image distortions and body dissatisfaction via the on-screen presentation of a scale image, the different components of which can be modified by the patient The program was developed using Microsoft Access 2000 and Visual Basic for applications. It can be run on any computer with windows and Microsoft Access 2000 or Microsoft Access 2000 RunTime, which makes it particularly easy to use and enables direct analysis of the recorded data through the use of applications such as SPSS.