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Multidimensional body image comparisons among patients with eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, and clinical controls: A multisite study§
Joshua I. Hrabosky a,*, Thomas F. Cash b, David Veale c, Fugen Neziroglu d, Elizabeth A. Soll e,1,
David M. Garner e,3, Melissa Strachan-Kinser f,2, Bette Bakke g, Laura J. Clauss h, Katharine A. Phillips i a Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA c Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, England, UK d Bio-Behavioral Institute, Great Neck, NY, USA e River Centre Clinic, Sylvania, OH, USA f Castlewood Treatment Center, St. Louis, MO, USA g St. Cloud Hospital, Women’s Specialty Center, St. Cloud, MN, USA h The Center for Eating Disorders Management, Inc., Bedford, NH, USA i Body Dysmorphic Disorder Program, Butler Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA b A R T I C L E I N F O

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Article history:
Received 2 January 2009
Received in revised form 10 March 2009
Accepted 15 March 2009

Body image disturbance is considered a core characteristic of eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), however its definition has been unclear within the literature. This study examined the multidimensional nature of body image functioning among individuals with either anorexia nervosa
(AN; n = 35), bulimia nervosa (BN; n = 26), or BDD (n = 56), relative to female (n = 34) and male (n = 36) psychiatric controls. Participants were recruited from 10 treatment centers in the United States and
England and completed psychometrically validated and standardized self-report measures of body image. Overall, the AN, BN, and BDD groups were characterized by

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