The body interior in anorexia nervosa: from interoception to conceptual representation of body interior.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Body image disorders are well documented in anorexia nervosa (AN); however, knowledge of interoceptive awareness (IA) in this population remains poor. This descriptive study investigated whether and how the representation of the interior of the body may have an impact on IA.

Methods

The representations and knowledge of the body interior were evaluated with a drawing task in 34 women with AN and 34 healthy controls (HCs). A lexicometric analysis was performed on the vocabulary used to describe the drawn body parts in a structured interview. It was assumed that the conceptual representation of the body interior could be affected by or influence IA. Thus, the relationship between IA, measured with the heartbeat task and the ischemia-induction test, and the drawings w

SUBMITTER: Paquet A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11229774 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature