The relationship between psychophysical body categorization performance and male body dissatisfaction
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Talbot, Daniel, Smith, Evelyn and Cass, John. (2019). The relationship between psychophysical body categorization performance and male body dissatisfaction. Scientific Reports. 9(1), p. Article 3882. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40502-z
Authors | Talbot, Daniel, Smith, Evelyn and Cass, John |
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Abstract | The present study compared the predictive relationship between various psychophysical indices of body categorization performance (Point of Subjective Equivalence (PSE), Just Noticeable Difference (JND) and Reaction Time (RT)) and male body dissatisfaction (Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS)) and eating disorder symptoms (Eating disorders examination questionnaire (EDE-Q)), with performance on a validated figure rating scale (Visual Body Scale for Men (VBSM)). Body Mass Index, body fat percentage, and fat free mass index were also measured. PSE was not as sensitive in predicting body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms as the VBSM. JND and average RT were found to be sensitive predictors of body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms across the 82 male participants. JND proved to be a better indicator of weight concern than the VBSM-M. Whilst the body categorization task offers new insights into the way body images may be processed by males with different levels of body dissatisfaction, the VBSM and the conventional self-report measures are likely to be clinically more efficacious at measuring body dissatisfaction. |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Scientific Reports |
Journal citation | 9 (1), p. Article 3882 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
ISSN | 2045-2322 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40502-z |
PubMed ID | 30846805 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85062586129 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC6405907 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Page range | 1-12 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 Mar 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 11 Feb 2019 |
Deposited | 26 May 2025 |
Additional information | © The Author(s) 2019. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
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