Beyond Gender: Interoceptive Sensibility as a Key Predictor of Body Image Disturbances.

ABSTRACT: Body image disturbance (BID) involves negative attitudes towards shape and weight and is associated with lower levels of interoceptive sensibility (IS) (the subjective perceptions of internal bodily states). This association is considered a risk factor for developing eating disorders (EDs) and is linked to altered sensorimotor representations of the body (i.e., body schema). BIDs manifest across genders and are currently understudied in men. This study investigated gender-related differences in BID and its relationship to the body schema and IS. Data were collected from 86 men and 86 women. BID was assessed using questionnaires measuring self-objectification, state, and trait body dissatisfaction. IS was measured via the MAIA-2. The body schema was indexed via an embodied mental rotation t

SUBMITTER: Naraindas AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812832 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature