Cognotive theory and AN

Question 1

Who developed the cognitive theory of emotional disorders?

Answer 1

Aaron Beck (1976)

Question 2

What are cognitive distortions?

Answer 2

Errors in thinking that cause the individual to develop a negative body image.
May be the result of comparisons with others in terms of how they look or how much they eat. This leads to a misperception that the individual must be overweight which then leads to feelings of self-disgust and an attempt to lose weight.

Question 3

What are irrational beliefs?

Answer 3

Faulty beliefs about themselves and the world around them that lead to the development of self-defeating habits.
A typical belief of an AN patient is that they must be thin for others to like them or blaming social exclusion on themselves and their weight.

Question 4

Who developed the cognitive behavioural model of AN?

Answer 4

Garner and Bemis (1982)

Question 5

How did they develop the cognitive behavioural model of AN?

Answer 5

They recognised that AN patients tend to have a number of characteristics.
Common characteristics of AN patients: high achieving perfectionists, introverted, full of self-doubt.
These characteristics, coupled with exposure to cultural ideals