Knowra Body image disturbance Body image disturbance Body image disturbance is a persistent disruption in how a person perceives, evaluates, or feels about their body or physical appearance. It can cause significant distress or interfere with daily life.
Body image : Body image is the set of perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with one's body. Disturbance can affect any part of this broader body-related experience.
Body dissatisfaction : Body dissatisfaction is a negative evaluation or unfavorable feeling about one's body or appearance. It is one possible component of a broader disturbance in body image.
Eating disorder : An eating disorder is a mental disorder involving persistent disturbances in eating or related behaviors that impair health or functioning. Body image disturbance can occur in eating disorders, though it is not present in every case.
Avoidance behavior : Avoidance behavior is action taken to escape or prevent contact with a feared situation, thought, or feeling. Appearance concerns may lead to avoiding photographs, clothing, intimacy, or social settings.
Sociocultural theory of body image : Sociocultural theory explains body ideals and dissatisfaction through social influences such as media, family, and peers. It identifies pathways by which shared appearance ideals can shape personal evaluation.
Body dysmorphic disorder : Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental disorder involving intense preoccupation with perceived appearance flaws that are slight or not observable to others. It is a specific diagnosis in which appearance-related preoccupation becomes persistent and impairing.
Body schema : Body schema is the largely implicit sensorimotor representation used to guide movement and posture. It concerns action-oriented body representation, unlike appearance-focused disturbance.
Anorexia nervosa : Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder involving restricted energy intake, significantly low body weight, and characteristic fear or disturbance around weight and shape. Disturbed body experience is a defining feature of its diagnostic criteria.
Depression : Depression is a mental health condition marked by persistent low mood or loss of interest, alongside other symptoms and functional effects. Persistent appearance distress can coexist with depression and compound its impact.
Thin-ideal internalization : Thin-ideal internalization is adopting a culturally promoted thin appearance as a personal standard of attractiveness or worth. Researchers examine how adopting this ideal relates to dissatisfaction and disordered eating.
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