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Eating Disorders

By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on February 15, 2011


Women suffering from or prone to eating disorders can be diagnosed with a low-cost but effective method, according to a new study — drawing.


Israeli researchers from the University of Haifa, Soroka University Medical Center and Achva Academic College determined that women with anorexia or bulimia draw themselves with prominently different characteristics than women who do not have eating disorders and who are considered of normal weight.


The research utilizes a simple, non-intrusive self-figure drawing, said co-author Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Ph.D. The study, conducted by Lev-Wiesel alongside Dr. Jonathan Guez, Shimrit Valetsky, Dr. Diego Kruszewski Sztul and Dr. Bat-Sheva Pener, examined 76 women, 36 of whom had been diagnosed as anorexic or bulimic; 20 had no eating disorders but were overweight, and 20 had no eating disorders and were considered normal weight.


Each of the participants completed two standardized questionnaires for screening eating disorders and were then asked to draw themselves. Besides being asked to draw themselves, no guidelines or limitations were set for the drawing.


The research team then evaluated the drawings and found various differences between the groups in four aspects:


    • The neck: women suffering from anorexia or bulimia tended to draw a larger neck, a disconnected neck or no neck at all;
    • The mouth: this feature was more emphasized in drawings by women suffering from anorexia or bulimia;
    • The thighs: women with eating disorders drew wider thighs than the other groups in the study;
    • The feet: women with eating disorders tended to draw pictures without feet or with disconnected feet.

The study also revealed that self-figure drawings can differentiate between anorexic and bulimic women: those with anorexia tended to omit breasts from their drawings, drew less defined body lines and smaller figures relative to the page size.


Read in Full: http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/02/15/self-drawings-identify-women-with-eating-disorders/23520.html


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