RESUMO
Nineteen female anorexics (10 restrictors and 9 with episodes of bulimia) and 19 matched normal weight females participated in a study of dimensions of body image perception and preference. Nineteen silhouettes which varied systematically in size of breasts, abdomen, buttocks, and legs were sorted according to perceived similarity and ordered according to preference by the subjects. Subjects also selected the silhouette which resembled themselves most. Multidimensional scaling analyses were performed. Five dimensions of perception were interpreted: four dealt with size of buttocks and abdomen and one with breast size. The perceptual dimensions were similar for both groups. No group differences were found regarding body image preference. Preference ratings of own body silhouette were lower for anorexic restrictors than for bulimic anorexics and normals. Thus, a distorted body image and a thin body ideal may not be as critical to anorexia nervosa as has been assumed.
Assuntos
Anorexia Nervosa/psicologia , Imagem Corporal , Abdome , Adolescente , Adulto , Peso Corporal , Mama , Nádegas , Feminino , Humanos , Hiperfagia/psicologiaRESUMO
Associative intrusions in the thought of short-term and long-term schizophrenic, non-schizophrenic, and non-psychiatric in-patients were measured using Rattan and Chapman's multiple-choice vocabulary test. This test consists of two subtests, one with associative distractors and the other without distractors, which are matched on discriminating power and thus permit the assessment of differential specific performance deficit uncontaminated by the generalized deficit characterisitc of many patient groups. Results indicated that some susceptibility to associative intrusions characterizes all groups of long-term patients regardless of diagnosis. Short-term patients (with the possible exception of schizophrenic) did not show such heightened susceptibility. Lengthy illness and/or stay in hospital are apparently implicated in at least this form of thought disorder, which has been often considered to be a uniquely schizophrenic phenomenon.
