Picturing disturbed body experience: A comparison of body drawings in persons with somatoform disorder and a general population sample

Kalisvaart, Hanneke; Broeckhuysen-Kloth, Saskia van; Busschbach, Jooske T. van; Geenen, Rinie

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114661

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“…Indeed, the scientific evidence for the validity and reliability of drawings as a reflection of psychological characteristics is weak ( Betts, 2006 ). However, when body image and physiological issues are assessed, drawings have been found to be of value ( Clarke and Newell, 1997 ; Guez et al, 2010 ; Kalisvaart et al, 2022 ). For example, Guez et al (2010) showed differences between people with and without eating disorders using a self-figure drawing test.…”

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The body interior in anorexia nervosa: from interoception to conceptual representation of body interior

Paquet,

Girard,

Passerieux

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundBody image disorders are well documented in anorexia nervosa (AN); however, knowledge of interoceptive awareness (IA) in this population remains poor. This descriptive study investigated whether and how the representation of the interior of the body may have an impact on IA.MethodsThe representations and knowledge of the body interior were evaluated with a drawing task in 34 women with AN and 34 healthy controls (HCs). A lexicometric analysis was performed on the vocabulary used to describe the drawn body parts in a structured interview. It was assumed that the conceptual representation of the body interior could be affected by or influence IA. Thus, the relationship between IA, measured with the heartbeat task and the ischemia-induction test, and the drawings was explored. Other scales, such as those of body shape, awareness or satisfaction, were used to assess affective representations of the body.ResultsThe drawing, lexicometric and IA results were similar in the two groups. No correlations were found among IA, body representation scores and representation level of body interior. Only the representation of bones by the AN group was significantly different.DiscussionIncreased visual attention to the skeleton or greater awareness of bone health could explain the stronger representation of bones in the AN group. The psychophysical therapy received by some AN participants (73%) did not seem to have influenced IA. Our results do not support a relationship between IA and the representation of the body interior.Clinical trial registration:https://clinicaltrials.gov/, identifier NCT03988218.

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The body interior in anorexia nervosa: from interoception to conceptual representation of body interior

Paquet,

Girard,

Passerieux

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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“…Indeed, the scientific evidence for the validity and reliability of drawings as a reflection of psychological characteristics is weak (Betts, 2006). However, when body image and physiological issues are assessed, drawings have been found to be of value (Clarke and Newell, 1997;Guez et al, 2010;Kalisvaart et al, 2022). For example, Guez et al (2010) showed differences between people with and without eating disorders using a selffigure drawing test.…”

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Picturing disturbed body experience: A comparison of body drawings in persons with somatoform disorder and a general population sample

Cited by 2 publications

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The body interior in anorexia nervosa: from interoception to conceptual representation of body interior

The body interior in anorexia nervosa: from interoception to conceptual representation of body interior

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