Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure to Compare Implicit Pro-Thin/Anti-Fat Attitudes of Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Non-Clinical Controls

作者：Parling Thomas^*; Cernvall Martin; Stewart Ian; Barnes Holmes Dermot; Ghaderi Ata

来源：Eating Disorders, 2012, 20(2): 127-143.

DOI：10.1080/10640266.2012.654056

Implicit pro-thin/anti-fat attitudes were investigated among a mixed group of patients with full and sub-threshold Anorexia Nervosa (n = 17), and a matched-age control group (n = 17). The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) was employed to measure implicit pro-thin and anti-fat attitudes towards Self and Others in addition to %26quot;striving for thinness%26quot; and %26quot;avoidance of fatness.%26quot; The clinical group showed an implicit pro-fat attitude towards Others and stronger anti-fat attitudes towards Self and avoidance of fatness compared with controls. The findings are discussed in relation to the over-evaluation of weight and shape in the clinical group.

• 出版日期2012