Mindfulness and Acceptance for Treating Eating Disorders and Weight Concerns by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: PSY007000 Psychology / Clinical Psychology
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Chapter 5

Using Acceptance to Improve Body Image Among Individuals with Eating Disorders

Patrycja Klimek, BA, Andrew Grotzinger, BA, Tom Hildebrandt, PsyD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Introduction

Body image is a multidimensional construct involving perceptual, cognitive, and affective aspects of one’s physical appearance (Cash & Smolak, 2011). Body image disturbance is associated with unhealthy eating and weight control behaviors and negative affect in nonclinical samples (Johnson & Wardle, 2005). Furthermore, body image disturbance is a risk factor and core feature of the development and maintenance of eating pathology (Jacobi, Hayward, de Zwaan, Kraemer, & Agras, 2004; Stice & Shaw, 2002), and, therefore, it is a significant target for clinical intervention and prevention. Acceptance-based mirror exposure treatment theoretically taps into the multidimensional perspective of body image and is the most empirically supported acceptance-based body image treatment. This chapter offers a theoretical explanation of acceptance-based mirror exposure and describes existing research testing this treatment in eating disordered and nonclinical samples of women. The chapter also briefly outlines existing research on other acceptance-based approaches and the overall limitations that need to be addressed in future research.

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