The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.

OBJECTIVE: In the attentional bias (AB) phenomenon, eating disorder (ED) patients show a tendency to pay more attention to self-attributed unattractive body parts than to other body parts. However, little research has focused on gender differences in body-related attention, controlling for body diss...

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Autores: Porras-Garcia B, Ferrer-Garcia M, Ghita A, Moreno M, López-Jiménez L, Vallvé-Romeu A, Serrano-Troncoso E, Gutiérrez-Maldonado J
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Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
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*body image
*eye-tracking
*gender
*virtual reality
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spelling The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.Porras-Garcia BFerrer-Garcia MGhita AMoreno MLópez-Jiménez LVallvé-Romeu ASerrano-Troncoso EGutiérrez-Maldonado J*attentional bias*body image*eye-tracking*gender*virtual realityOBJECTIVE: In the attentional bias (AB) phenomenon, eating disorder (ED) patients show a tendency to pay more attention to self-attributed unattractive body parts than to other body parts. However, little research has focused on gender differences in body-related attention, controlling for body dissatisfaction (BD). This study aimed to assess gender differences in AB toward specific weight- or nonweight-related body parts using a virtual reality (VR)-based embodiment technique and an eye-tracking AB assessment. METHOD: Forty-five women (23 with high BD and 22 with low BD) and 40 men (20 with high BD and 20 with low BD) were subsequently embodied in three virtual avatars, the first based on the participant's actual measurements, the second being larger than the participant, and the third being the same as the first avatar. The number of fixations and complete fixation time on weight-related areas of interest (W-AOIs) and nonweight-related areas of interest (NW-AOIs) were recorded for the three assessment time/avatars. RESULTS: The results showed a statistically significant interaction between gender and time for total fixation time and number of fixations (p < .05). BD levels did not significantly affect the results. Overall, women paid more attention to the W-AOIs than men, who in turn paid more attention to the NW-AOIs. Furthermore, preliminary evidence was found for an AB toward muscular-related AOIs among men. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides new information about gender differences and BD in gaze pattern behaviors. Future psychological ED assessments and treatments could take advantage of the possibilities of VR while real-time AB is objectively measured.WILEY2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://fsjd.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=16423INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERSISSN: 02763478ISSNe: 1098108Xreponame:r-FSJD. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de la Fundació Sant Joan de Déuinstname:Fundació Sant Joan de DéuInglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:fsjd.fundanetsuite.com:p164232026-05-27T12:37:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.
title The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.
spellingShingle The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.
Porras-Garcia B
*attentional bias
*body image
*eye-tracking
*gender
*virtual reality
title_short The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.
title_full The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.
title_fullStr The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.
title_full_unstemmed The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.
title_sort The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body-related attentional bias: An eye-tracking and virtual reality study.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Porras-Garcia B
Ferrer-Garcia M
Ghita A
Moreno M
López-Jiménez L
Vallvé-Romeu A
Serrano-Troncoso E
Gutiérrez-Maldonado J
author Porras-Garcia B
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Ferrer-Garcia M
Ghita A
Moreno M
López-Jiménez L
Vallvé-Romeu A
Serrano-Troncoso E
Gutiérrez-Maldonado J
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author2 Ferrer-Garcia M
Ghita A
Moreno M
López-Jiménez L
Vallvé-Romeu A
Serrano-Troncoso E
Gutiérrez-Maldonado J
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author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv *attentional bias
*body image
*eye-tracking
*gender
*virtual reality
topic *attentional bias
*body image
*eye-tracking
*gender
*virtual reality
description OBJECTIVE: In the attentional bias (AB) phenomenon, eating disorder (ED) patients show a tendency to pay more attention to self-attributed unattractive body parts than to other body parts. However, little research has focused on gender differences in body-related attention, controlling for body dissatisfaction (BD). This study aimed to assess gender differences in AB toward specific weight- or nonweight-related body parts using a virtual reality (VR)-based embodiment technique and an eye-tracking AB assessment. METHOD: Forty-five women (23 with high BD and 22 with low BD) and 40 men (20 with high BD and 20 with low BD) were subsequently embodied in three virtual avatars, the first based on the participant's actual measurements, the second being larger than the participant, and the third being the same as the first avatar. The number of fixations and complete fixation time on weight-related areas of interest (W-AOIs) and nonweight-related areas of interest (NW-AOIs) were recorded for the three assessment time/avatars. RESULTS: The results showed a statistically significant interaction between gender and time for total fixation time and number of fixations (p < .05). BD levels did not significantly affect the results. Overall, women paid more attention to the W-AOIs than men, who in turn paid more attention to the NW-AOIs. Furthermore, preliminary evidence was found for an AB toward muscular-related AOIs among men. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides new information about gender differences and BD in gaze pattern behaviors. Future psychological ED assessments and treatments could take advantage of the possibilities of VR while real-time AB is objectively measured.
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