This document outlines the cognitive-behavioral model of body dysmorphic disorder. It describes how triggers like reflection lead to mirror-checking and selective attention to perceived flaws. This results in negative appraisals of one's internal body image and viewing oneself as an aesthetic object. To cope, people engage in avoidance and safety behaviors to change or hide their appearance, which fuels rumination, depression, disgust and comparison to unrealistic ideals.
This document outlines the cognitive-behavioral model of body dysmorphic disorder. It describes how triggers like reflection lead to mirror-checking and selective attention to perceived flaws. This results in negative appraisals of one's internal body image and viewing oneself as an aesthetic object. To cope, people engage in avoidance and safety behaviors to change or hide their appearance, which fuels rumination, depression, disgust and comparison to unrealistic ideals.
This document outlines the cognitive-behavioral model of body dysmorphic disorder. It describes how triggers like reflection lead to mirror-checking and selective attention to perceived flaws. This results in negative appraisals of one's internal body image and viewing oneself as an aesthetic object. To cope, people engage in avoidance and safety behaviors to change or hide their appearance, which fuels rumination, depression, disgust and comparison to unrealistic ideals.
This document outlines the cognitive-behavioral model of body dysmorphic disorder. It describes how triggers like reflection lead to mirror-checking and selective attention to perceived flaws. This results in negative appraisals of one's internal body image and viewing oneself as an aesthetic object. To cope, people engage in avoidance and safety behaviors to change or hide their appearance, which fuels rumination, depression, disgust and comparison to unrealistic ideals.
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Trigger (e.g.
reflection)
Cognitive-Behavioural Model of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Veale 2001)
Mirror-checking and selective attention
Mirror-checking
Negative appraisal of internal body image
Processing of self as an aesthetic object
Avoidance and safety behaviours to change or camouflage appearance
Mood (depression & disgust)
Rumination on ugliness or defectiveness and comparison to ideal