[Spanish version of the Gardner body image validation scale in patients with eating behavior disorders].
Year: 2003
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study reports the Spanish version of a new scale for the assessment of body image, developed by Gardner, Stark, Jackson and Friedman (1999). A silhouette method was used as a self-evaluation measure of schematic ideal body size within three groups of women: anorexia nervosa (n= 57), bulimia nervosa (n=57) and normal control (n=168). The results showed that, considering the body mass index as covariant of the results, the clinical groups formed by anorexic and bulimic patients judged their current body size as significantly greater than the control group. In the same way, the clinical groups judged their ideal body size significantly thinner than that considered by the control group. We can conclude that this scale for assessment is a sensitive psychometrical measure of the body image.
Source: Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría
Authors: M A Rodriguez Campayo, L Beato Fernández, T Rodriguez Cano, F Martínez-Sánchez
Institution: Universidad de Murcia
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W117224076