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The way we look at our own body really matters! Body-related attentional bias as a predictor of worse clinical outcomes after a virtual reality body exposure therapy
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Body-related attentional bias (AB) experienced by anorexia nervosa (AN) patients has been associated with body image disturbances and other eating disorders (ED)-related symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess whether the body-related AB reported by AN patients before a virtual reality (VR)-based body exposure therapy predicted worse clinical outcomes after treatment. Thirteen AN outpatients participatedin the study. AB was recorded using an eye-tracker incorporated in a VR-Head Mounted Display. Results showed that AN patients attended to their weight-related body parts for longer and more frequently than to their non-weight-related body parts. Statistically significant (p<.05) negative and positive correlations between pre-intervention bodyrelated AB measures and the difference between pre- and post-assessment fear of gaining weight, body dissatisfaction, and body appreciation measures were also found. Showing higher body-related AB before the intervention marginally predicted a lower reduction of fear of gaining weight (p =.08 and p=.07) and body dissatisfaction (p = .05 and p=.06) at post-treatment, and significantly predicted a lower increase of body appreciation scores after the intervention (p<.001). Results suggest that body-related AB may reduce the efficacy of VR-based body exposure therapy in patients with AN
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FERRER, Marta (ferrer garcía), PORRAS-GARCÍA, Bruno, MIQUEL NABAU, Helena, SERRANO TRONCOSO, Eduardo, CARULLA-ROIG, Marta, GUTIÉRREZ MALDONADO, José. The way we look at our own body really matters! Body-related attentional bias as a predictor of worse clinical outcomes after a virtual reality body exposure therapy. _Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine_. 2021. Vol. 19, núm. 99-104. [consulta: 7 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 1554-8716. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/209391]