Psychophysiological and Self-Report Components of Disgust in Body Dysmorphic Disorder: The Effects of Repeated Exposure

Neziroglu, Fugen; Hickey, Michael; McKay, Dean

doi:10.1521/ijct.2010.3.1.40

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“…These findings correspond with previous research showing higher levels of depression and anxiety in individuals with BDD [34]. Furthermore, the results support previous preliminary findings of higher levels of shame and disgust in individuals with BDD [12,13]. Shame is often considered to be the most prominent emotion in BDD, however in this study we found that along with shame, grief, disgust and anxiety also play an important role in the daily lives of individuals with BDD.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Lambrou (2006) found higher levels of shame in individuals with BDD compared to healthy controls [12]. Neziroglu et al (2010) assessed disgust reactivity across repeated mirror exposures [13]. The BDD group showed a higher baseline disgust reactivity and a significant decrease in disgust after repeated mirror exposure, compared to healthy controls.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Body image, emotions and thought control strategies in body dysmorphic disorder compared to eating disorders and healthy controls

Kollei

Brunhoeber

Rauh

et al. 2012

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Body image, emotions and thought control strategies in body dysmorphic disorder compared to eating disorders and healthy controls

Kollei

Brunhoeber

Rauh

et al. 2012

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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“…To illustrate, individuals with body‐image related difficulties (eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder) self‐report significantly higher levels of disgust relative to controls both when focusing on their own bodies (Bornholt et al, ; Neziroglu, Hickey, & McKay, ) and in multi‐item measures of self‐disgust (Ille et al, ). In addition to significantly predicting overall eating difficulties, self‐disgust also significantly moderated the relationship between eating disorder symptoms and suicidal ideation, such that eating disorder symptoms predicted suicidal ideation in those high in self‐disgust but not in those low in self‐disgust (Chu, Bodell, Ribeiro, & Joiner, ).…”

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A systematic review of the clinical utility of the concept of self‐disgust

Clarke

Simpson

Varese

2018

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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This systematic literature review examined the clinical utility of the construct of self‐disgust in understanding mental distress. Specifically, the review assessed whether there is a shared conceptual definition of self‐disgust, the face and construct validity of the quantitative assessment measures of self‐disgust, and the predictive validity of self‐disgust in formulating the development of a range of psychological difficulties. A systematic database search supplemented by manual searches of references and citations identified 31 relevant papers (27 quantitative, 3 qualitative, and 1 mixed). Analysis of qualitative papers indicated a number of shared features in the definition of self‐disgust, including a visceral sense of self‐elicited nausea accompanied by social withdrawal and attempts at cleansing or suppressing aspects of the self. Quantitative assessment measures appeared to capture these dimensions and evidenced good psychometric properties, although some measures may have only partially captured the full self‐disgust construct. Strong relationships were observed between self‐disgust and a range of mental health presentations, in particular, depression, body‐image difficulties, and trauma‐related difficulties. However, these relationships are smaller when the effects of other negative self‐referential emotions were controlled, and stronger conclusions about the predictive validity of self‐disgust are limited by the cross‐sectional nature of many of the studies.

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“…Self-disgust has been theorised as an "emotion schema" involving a persistent disgust-based cognitive-affective orientation toward (bodily and/or characterological features of) the self (Powell, Simpson, et al, 2015a). It has been conceptualised as part of the emotional pantheon centred on bodily characteristics (Fox, 2009;Moncrieff-Boyd, Byrne, & Nunn, 2014;Neziroglu, Hickey, & McKay, 2010), and considerable theoretical interest has been directed towards self-disgust as a pan-diagnostic concept relevant to the development and maintenance of poor psychological health (Powell, Simpson, et al, 2015a). For example, Powell, Simpson, and Overton (2013) identified physical self-disgust to be particularly important in the longitudinal prediction of depression.…”

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Prosthesis use is associated with reduced physical self-disgust in limb amputees

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Self-disgust is an emotion schema negatively affecting people's body image and is triggered by bodily imperfections and deviations from the "normal" body envelope. In this study, we explore the idea that "normalising" the body in those with limb amputations via the prosthesis would be linked to reduced self-directed disgust. An international clinical community sample (N = 83) with mostly lower limb amputations completed measures about their demographics, prosthesis, adjustment, body image disturbance, psychological distress, and self-directed disgust in a survey design. Consistent with the "normalising" hypothesis, correlation and bootstrapped regression models revealed, first, that frequency of prosthesis use was significantly and negatively associated with physical self-disgust. Second, prosthesis use significantly mediated the exogenous effect of time since amputation on physical self-disgust. These results emphasise the psychological value of the prosthesis beyond its functional use, and stress its importance in normalising the body envelope in those with limb amputations, which may in turn promote psychological well-being.

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Psychophysiological and Self-Report Components of Disgust in Body Dysmorphic Disorder: The Effects of Repeated Exposure

Cited by 28 publications

References 38 publications

Body image, emotions and thought control strategies in body dysmorphic disorder compared to eating disorders and healthy controls

Body image, emotions and thought control strategies in body dysmorphic disorder compared to eating disorders and healthy controls

A systematic review of the clinical utility of the concept of self‐disgust

Prosthesis use is associated with reduced physical self-disgust in limb amputees

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