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The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.

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Abstract
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In the attentional bias (AB) phenomenon, eating disorder (ED) patients show a tendency to pay more attention to self-attributed unattractive body parts than to other body parts. However, little research has focused on gender differences in body-related attention, controlling for body dissatisfaction (BD). This study aimed to assess gender differences in AB toward specific weight- or nonweight-related body parts using a virtual reality (VR)-based embodiment technique and an eye-tracking AB assessment.

Year of Publication
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2019
Journal
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The International journal of eating disorders
Volume
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52
Issue
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10
Number of Pages
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1181-1190
ISSN Number
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0276-3478
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23136
DOI
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10.1002/eat.23136
Short Title
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Int J Eat Disord
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