Time course of attentional biases toward body shapes: The impact of body dissatisfaction

Attentional time course; Body dissatisfaction; Delayed disengagement; Neutral body-shape-related stimuli; Selective attention; Adolescent; Adult; Attentional Bias; Body Image; Female; Humans; Personal Satisfaction; Time Factors; Young Adult

Abstract :

[en] Using a dot-probe discrimination task and a between-subjects design, we examined the time course of attentional biases (facilitated attention, delayed disengagement, and avoidance) toward thin versus fat bodies and explored the influence of body dissatisfaction (BD) on attention allocation among a sample of 163 women from the general population. Three stimulus presentation times were used: 100 ms, 500 ms, and 1500 ms. We also used neutral body-shape-related stimuli as neutral stimuli related to the concept of interest to overcome the limitations of previous studies. At 500 ms, the results highlighted delayed disengagement from very thin and negatively assessed bodies among women with high BD. This mechanism, which leads to attentional focalization on bodies that are difficult to achieve, might be considered dysfunctional because it may maintain or reinforce BD. Results at 100 ms and 1500 ms, as well as results for fat bodies, were not conclusive. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

Disciplines :

Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Moussally, Joanna Myriam; Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, Psychology Department, FPSE, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Campus Biotech, CISA, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Brosch, Tobias; Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Campus Biotech, CISA, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Consumer Decision and Sustainable Behavior Lab, Psychology Department, FPSE, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

Language :

English

Title :

Time course of attentional biases toward body shapes: The impact of body dissatisfaction

Publication date :

2016

Journal title :

Body Image

ISSN :

1740-1445

eISSN :

1873-6807

Publisher :

Elsevier Ltd

Volume :

Pages :

159-168

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