Mori , DeAnna L . ; Morey , Leslie TITLE The Vulnerability of Female Body Image to Weight Related Feedback

This experiment was designed to study the impact of weight related feedback on the body image of females with different levels of depression. As predicted, females who had persoAality traits of depression had a body image that was more vulnerable to this external feedback than their less depressed counterparts. The external feedback in this study was designed to simulate a possible mechanism that underlies the societal messages American females are constantly confronted with about their weight. The results of this study shed light on the etiology of body image disturbance and offer important implications for the treatment and prevention of body image oisturbance and anorexia nervosa.