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Body Avoidance

Body Avoidance is a psychological construct within the domain of body image disturbance that denotes the persistent behavioral tendency to evade stimuli, situations, or internal experiences related to one’s bodily appearance due to distress or negative self-perception.

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2017–2026

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Body checking and its avoidance in eating disorders

Roz Shafran, Christopher G. Fairburn, Paul H. Robinson et al. · International Journal of Eating Disorders · 2003 · 295 citations

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Body image treatment within an inpatient program for anorexia nervosa: The role of mirror exposure in the desensitization process

Adrienne Key, Catherine Louise George, Desley Beattie et al. · International Journal of Eating Disorders · 2002 · 211 citations · Full text

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"Baring the Body in the Bedroom": Body Image, Sexual Self-Schemas, and Sexual Functioning among College Women and Men

Thomas F. Cash, Cheryl L. Maikkula, Yuko Yamamiya · ˜The œelectronic journal of human sexuality · 2004 · 181 citations

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Internet Addiction Symptoms, Disordered Eating, and Body Image Avoidance

Rachel F. Rodgers, Tiffany Melioli, Stéphanie Laconi et al. · Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking · 2013 · 142 citations

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Anxiety Sensitivity Dimensions in the Prediction of Body Vigilance and Emotional Avoidance

Michael J. Zvolensky, John P. Forsyth · Cognitive Therapy and Research · 2002 · 140 citations

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Authors

199

  1. TL
    Tanja Legenbauer

    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    4 publications · 82 citations

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  2. SV
    Silja Vocks

    Osnabrück University, Germany

    4 publications · 143 citations

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  3. DE
    Danielle E. MacDonald

    Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

    3 publications · 100 citations

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  4. JD
    Janet D. Latner

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    3 publications · 89 citations

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  5. KT
    Kathryn Trottier

    University Health Network, Canada

    3 publications · 100 citations

    3

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Institutions

102

  1. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    208 citations

  2. St George's, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Osnabrück University

    Osnabrück, Germany

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    317 citations

  4. University Health Network

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    448 citations

  5. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    143 citations

  6. Toronto Metropolitan University

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    200 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    348 citations

  8. IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano

    Milan, Italy

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    543 citations

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Venues

  1. Body Image

    5 publications · 136 citations

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  2. International Journal of Eating Disorders

    5 publications · 636 citations

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  4. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking

    3 publications · 186 citations

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  5. Frontiers in Psychiatry

    2 publications · 60 citations

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