Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10448278 | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Implicit self-esteem and its link to body shape and weight concerns were examined among restrained (n = 32) and unrestrained eaters (n = 39). Implicit self-esteem was assessed in an Implicit Association Test before and after increasing the participants' awareness of their own body shape and weight. The results showed a differential direction of change of implicit self-esteem in both groups: Whereas implicit self-esteem increased for unrestrained eaters, it decreased descriptively for restrained eaters. This suggests that restrained eating status and/or initial level of body dissatisfaction might determine whether implicit self-esteem decreases or increases as a result of an activation of body schema.
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Authors
Karolin Hoffmeister, Sarah Teige-Mocigemba, Jens Blechert, Karl Christoph Klauer, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier,