The Mediating Effect of Specific Social Anxiety Facets on Body Checking and Avoidance

The Mediating Effect of Specific Social Anxiety Facets on Body Checking and Avoidance

Objective: Body checking (BC) and avoidance (BA) form the behavioral component of body image disturbance. High levels of BC/BA have often been documented to hold a positive and potentially reinforcing relationship with eating pathology. While some researchers hypothesize, that patients engage in BC/...

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Main Authors: Anne Kathrin Radix, Mike Rinck, Eni Sabine Becker, Tanja Legenbauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
body image disturbance
body checking
body avoidance
eating pathology
anxiety
safety behavior
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02661/full

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