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Title: The relationship between body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and self-construals
Author(s): Phillips, Bianca; Moulding, Richard; Kyrios, Michael; Nedeljkovic, Maja; Mancuso, Serafino
Abstract: Background: Cognitive models of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) suggest that beliefs and evaluations related to self-concept are central to the maintenance of the disorder, but such beliefs have received little empirical attention. This study examined the relative importance of contingent self-worth and self-ambivalence to BDD symptoms in comparison to their importance to obsessive-compulsive disorder and social phobia symptoms. Method: The sample comprised 194 non-clinical participants (female, N = 148; males, N = 46) with a mean age of 24.70 years (standard deviation = 9.34). Participants were asked to complete a battery of self-report questionnaires. Results: While significant relationships were found between the self-beliefs and symptoms of all three disorders, some specificity was found in the relationships. Conclusions: Self-worth based upon appearance was most important in BDD, while contingent self-worth based on the approval of others was important in social phobia. Self-ambivalence was associated with each disorder. Implications and limitations are discussed.
Publication Type: Journal article
Research Centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre
Source: Clinical Psychologist, Vol. 15, no. 1 (Mar 2011), pp. 10-16
Publication Year: 2011
FOR Code(s): 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences
Keyword(s): Body dysmorphic disorder; Cognition; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Self-concept; Social phobia
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9552.2011.00004.x
ISSN: 1328-4207
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