کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10444621 916119 2010 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Facial asymmetry detection in patients with body dysmorphic disorder
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی روانپزشکی و بهداشت روانی
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Facial asymmetry detection in patients with body dysmorphic disorder
چکیده انگلیسی
Cognitive-behavioral models of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) propose that individuals with BDD may possess a better or more developed sense of aestheticality than do individuals without BDD. Evidence for this proposition, however, is limited. One perceptual process that could contribute to heightened aestheticality is the ability to detect differences in symmetry. In this experiment we tested whether individuals with BDD (n = 20), relative to individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD; n = 20) and healthy controls (n = 20), show an enhanced ability to detect differences in the symmetry of others' faces, symmetry of dot arrays, and/or show a greater preference for symmetrical faces. Individuals with BDD were not significantly more accurate in detecting differences in facial symmetry or dot arrays relative to individuals with OCD and healthy controls. Individuals with OCD took longer to make facial symmetry judgments than did individuals in the other two groups. All participants, regardless of diagnostic group, preferred more symmetrical faces than nonsymmetrical ones. Taken together, our results do not support a heightened perceptual ability or evaluative preference for symmetry among individuals with BDD.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Behaviour Research and Therapy - Volume 48, Issue 9, September 2010, Pages 936-940
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