Body checking in the eating disorders: Association with narcissistic characteristics

Waller, Glenn; Sines, Jennie; Meyer, Caroline; Mountford, Victoria

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.07.004

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“…The rostral anteromedial PFC is associated with self‐referential processing, and thus the activation of this region may reflect evaluation of self‐schema relevant information,. As body checking is a form of self‐perception, it is not surprising that the images used during our body checking paradigm activated this area.…”

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Functional neuroanatomy of body checking in people with anorexia nervosa

Suda

Brooks

Giampietro

et al. 2013

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Functional neuroanatomy of body checking in people with anorexia nervosa

Suda

Brooks

Giampietro

et al. 2013

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…For women, the available research has shown that body checking behaviour is positively associated with increased upward social comparisons to media images [15], lower levels of feminist beliefs [16], body concern [6], obsessive-compulsive symptoms, perfectionism, negative [17] and narcissistic characteristics [18], body mass index, and age [19]. Known predictors of body checking behaviours are negative affect and obsessive-compulsive symptoms with the latter being relevant only for men [17].…”

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An Initial Psychometric Evaluation and Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study of the Body Checking Questionnaire among Brazilian Women

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Body checking is considered an expression of an excessive preoccupation with appearance. The first aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ). Additionally, we wanted to examine the questionnaire’s associations with body avoidance behaviour, body mass index, dietary habits, and the intensity, frequency, and length of physical exercise. Finally, we also examined the differences between the total BCQ score and the individual BCQ factor scores. Differences between active and sedentary persons and between non-dieters and those on weight-loss diets were also analyzed. For the psychometric study, 546 female public university students from four different courses were surveyed. Two minor samples of university students and eating disorders women were also recruited. In the second part of the study, 403 women were recruited from weight-loss programs, gyms, and a university. All participants were verbally invited to participate in the research and voluntarily took part. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit to the original model of the Brazilian BCQ that retained all 23 items. Satisfactory evidence of construct validity and internal consistency were also generated through analysis of factor loadings, t-values, Cronbach’s alpha, and construct reliability tests. The results also showed associations among body checking and body avoidance, body satisfaction, social anxiety, body mass index, and the frequency and intensity of physical exercise. Significant differences were found between non-dieters and weight-loss dieters for all BCQ factors and the total BCQ score. For physically active and sedentary persons, a significant difference was only observed for idiosyncratic checking behaviour. In conclusion, the BCQ appears to be a valid and reliable scale for Brazilian research, and the associations and differences found in this study suggest that women at gyms and especially in weight-loss programs should be targeted for future body checking studies.

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“…Para avaliação da clareza e do grau de compreensão do instrumento em sua íntegra e de cada item que o compõe, foi solicitado, sequencialmente, aos mesmos profissionais, que respondessem a uma escala verbal-numérica adaptada 12,13 . Dessa forma, responderam à seguinte questão: "Você entendeu o que foi perguntado?".…”

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“…Para todos os itens que compõem a escala, o valor correspondeu a 0,95, conforme observado na tabela 3. Para as questões que integram o conteúdo "verificação objetiva" (8,9,10,11,13,19), "segurança sobre o corpo" (2, 3, 5, 7), "consequências de não checar" (14,15,16,17,18) e "controle da dieta e do peso" (1, 4,6,12), os valores corresponderam a 0,91, 0,81, 0,88 e 0,80, respectivamente.…”

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“…É importante salientar que desde 2006, ano da publicação da BCCS, a escala já foi utilizada em três outros trabalhos publicados: 1) Haase et al 10 , que procuraram compreender o papel da ansiedade na relação entre cognições ligadas à checagem do corpo e seus consequentes comportamentos, apoiando-se na hipótese de que a ansiedade exigiria maior checagem corporal, que por sua vez aumentaria a ansiedade; 2) Mountford et al 11 , que procuraram determinar se as cognições relacionadas à checagem do corpo são mais relacionadas ao diagnóstico dos subtipos de TA -conforme pesquisas anteriores -ou à sintomatologia alimentar apresentada na doença. Essa pesquisa se justificou pela importância do transdiagnóstico dos TA, em que o foco seria não o diagnóstico em si, mas os comportamentos e cognições relacionados ao problema; 3) Waller et al 12 , que objetivaram verificar a relação entre checagem do corpo e personalidade narcísica, ou seja, o quanto a variação de níveis de narcisismo influenciaria os diferentes aspectos da checagem do corpo.…”

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Tradução, adaptação transcultural para o português (Brasil) e validação de conteúdo da Body Checking Cognitions Scale (BCCS)

Kachani¹,

Barbosa²,

Brasiliano³

et al. 2011

Rev. psiquiatr. clín.

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ResumoContexto: A Body Checking Cognitions Scale (BCCS) avalia cognições relacionadas à checagem do peso, comportamento comum e de importância clínica em pacientes com transtornos alimentares (TA). Objetivo: Tradução, adaptação transcultural da BCCS para o idioma português, validação de conteúdo e análise da consistência interna. Métodos: Envolveu cinco etapas: (1) tradução; (2) retrotradução; (3) revisão técnica e avaliação das equivalências semântica e conceitual (4) validação de conteúdo por profissionais da área -juízes; (5) avaliação do instrumento por uma amostra de estudantes do sexo feminino. Resultados: O instrumento foi traduzido e adaptado para o idioma português. Foram realizadas algumas adaptações de palavras, expressões e conjugação verbal. Demonstrou ser de fácil compreensão (valores médios superiores a 4,22 -valor máximo 5,0) e excelente concordância (alfa de Cronbach: 0,80 a 0,95). Os construtos verificação objetiva, segurança sobre o corpo, consequências de não checar e controle da dieta e do peso foram identificados pelos especialistas, e o nível de concordância correspondeu a 48,6%. Conclusão: A escala encontra-se traduzida e adaptada para o idioma português, demonstrando resultados satisfatórios no processo de tradução, adaptação transcultural e análise de consistência interna. São necessárias ainda análises de validade externa, equivalência de mensuração e reprodutibilidade.Kachani AT, et al. / Rev Psiq Clín. 2011;38(1):13-18 Palavras-chave: Tradução, adaptação transcultural, validade dos testes, transtornos da alimentação, checagem do corpo, cognição. AbstractBackground: The Body Checking Cognitions Scale (BCCS) measures cognitions associated with weight checking, which is a medically relevant common behavior among patients with eating disorders (ED). Objective: To translate and cross-culturally adapt BCCS into Brazilian Portuguese, to validate its content and analyze it for internal consistency. Methods: The study included five steps: (1) translation; (2) back translation; (3) technical review and assessment of semantic and conceptual equivalences; (4) content validation by experts -arbiters; and (5) instrument evaluation in a sample of female students. Results: The instrument was translated and adapted into Brazilian Portuguese. Some adjustments were made of words, phrases and verb conjugation. The version was found to be easily understandable (mean values higher than 4.22; maximum value: 5.0) and showed excellent concordance (Cronbach's a: 0.80 to 0.95). The constructs (objective verification, reassurance, safety beliefs and body control) were identified by experts and the level of agreement was 48.6%. Discussion: BCCS was translated and adapted into Brazilian Portuguese and showed adequate translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and internal consistency. BCCS external validation, measurement equivalence and reproducibility analyses are still required.

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Body checking in the eating disorders: Association with narcissistic characteristics

Cited by 33 publications

References 22 publications

Functional neuroanatomy of body checking in people with anorexia nervosa

Functional neuroanatomy of body checking in people with anorexia nervosa

An Initial Psychometric Evaluation and Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study of the Body Checking Questionnaire among Brazilian Women

Tradução, adaptação transcultural para o português (Brasil) e validação de conteúdo da Body Checking Cognitions Scale (BCCS)

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