Development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Body Image Matrix of Thinness and Muscularity - Female Bodies.

Background: Despite evidence that thinness and muscularity are part of the female body ideal, there is not yet a reliable figure rating scale measuring the body image of women which includes both of these dimensions. To overcome this shortcoming, the Body Image Matrix of Thinness and Muscularity - Female Bodies (BIMTM-FB) was developed.

Methods: The objective of this study is to analyze the psychometric properties of this measure.

[Assessment of Body-Related Avoidance Behaviour: Validation of the German Version of the Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) in Adolescents with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa and Healthy Controls].

Body image avoidance is conceptualised as a behavioural manifestation of body image disturbance, and describes efforts to avoid confrontation with one's own body. While studies have provided hints that body image avoidance in adulthood contributes to the development and maintenance of eating disorders, so far, there are no corresponding findings for adolescence. The Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ) is the most widely used international questionnaire for measuring body-related avoidance behaviour.

[Validation of a German-language Version of the Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ) in Adolescents with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa].

Body-related checking behavior, as a behavioral manifestation of a disturbed body image, fosters the development and maintenance of eating disorders. The Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ) is the most commonly used questionnaire for measuring body-related checking behavior internationally. To date, validation studies are only available for adult populations.

[Rumination and distraction: selected findings related to the response styles theory].

The response styles theory by Nolen-Hoeksema suggests that rumination in response to depressed mood exacerbates and prolongs depression, while distraction ameliorates it. This article reviews experimental, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies on the association between rumination, distraction and depressed affect. Furthermore studies on the influence of ruminative and distractive responses to the treatment of depressed patients are presented.