Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Body Image. 2012 Jan;9(1):86-92. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.08.001. Epub 2011 Sep 3.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) concerns may be on a continuum with normal appearance concerns, differing only quantitatively. As emerging evidence suggests that an increased aesthetic sensitivity plays a role in BDD, individuals with BDD (n=50) were compared with a control group of individuals with an education or employment in art and design related fields (n=50) and a control group of individuals without aesthetic training (n=50). Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and a series of measures for depression, BDD symptomatology, and body image. Most controls (with and without aesthetic training) reported appearance concerns and expressed comparable ideals to those with BDD. However, BDD participants differed by using negative, emotive, and morally based descriptions for their defect(s), spending a greater time preoccupied with their defect(s) causing increased interference with functioning, performing appearance-related behaviors more frequently, and experiencing greater distress when performing those behaviors.
躯体变形障碍（BDD）的担忧可能与正常的外貌担忧有关，只是在数量上有所不同。由于新出现的证据表明，审美敏感性的增加在 BDD 中起着作用，因此将 BDD 患者（n=50）与在艺术和设计相关领域接受教育或就业的对照组（n=50）以及没有审美训练的对照组（n=50）进行了比较。参与者完成了一份人口统计问卷和一系列关于抑郁、BDD 症状和身体形象的测量。大多数对照组（有和没有审美训练）报告了外貌担忧，并表达了与 BDD 患者相似的理想。然而，BDD 患者的不同之处在于，他们使用负面的、情绪化的和基于道德的描述来描述自己的缺陷，并花费更多的时间专注于自己的缺陷，导致功能障碍的干扰增加，更频繁地进行与外貌相关的行为，并在执行这些行为时感到更大的痛苦。
