contemporary AN

Question 1

contemporary study for anorexia

Answer 1

guardia et al 2012

Question 2

aim

Answer 2

test the phenomenon that patients with anorexia found it difficult to gauge their own body size and misjudge ability to fit through door frame

Question 3

sample

Answer 3

25 female patients from ED clinic in france
12 diagnosed with restrictive type
13 diagnosed with binge eating and purging type
25 female control students
- group matched on age (avg24) and education (avg13)

Question 4

procedure

Answer 4

51 different width shapes
30-80cm wide in random order
each door presented 4 times
ppts asked if they could walk through each door frame at normal speed without turning
* control had the same body type as researcher

Question 5

evaluation

Answer 5

generalisability:
- only females
- only france

validity:
- lacks task and ecological

reliability:
- all ppts displayed similar results control had a better chance at guessing as they are the same body as researcher

ethics:
- psychological harm when people guess which is why you cannot have AN researcher