1. Veale and Riley Quick Notes

2. Background BDD-Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Defect is imagined-psychological rather than physical
Mirror gazing and camouflaging are known behaviors

3. Aim/hypothesis
To investigate the nature and function of mirror gazing in body dysmorphic disorder patients compared with a control group.

4. Methodology and design
Self-Report Questionnaire-mixture of question types
Matched pairs-matched on age and sex

5. Variables
No variables due to method

6. Participants 52 patients diagnosed with BDD –Self-Selecting
55 controls (personal contacts)-Opportunity Sample
Matched on age and sex

7. Procedure
1. Remember the question types from our class survey-

8. Data Mean long session-BDD 72.5 and Control 21.3
Maximum long session-BDD and Control 35.5
Mean number of short sessions-BDD 14.6 and Control 3.9
Duration of short(similar) BDD-4.8 and Control 5.5
Distress before long-BDD 6.44 and Control 1.6
Distress after long-BDD 7.63 and Control 2.4
Attention to whole vs Part- BDD-70.5 and Control 44.5

9. Apparatus Length of time Motivation for looking Focus of Attention
Distress before and after
Behavior
Type of light preferred
Types of reflective surfaces
Mirror avoidance

10. Main Findings for BDD Long sessions are longer
Short sessions happen more frequently, but have similar length if not even shorter
Focus on internal in long but not short
Distress is higher across the board
Behavior varied slightly
Preference of light is similar
Higher variety of surfaces reported
Selective avoidance was higher

11. Conclusions
Mirror gazing is complex. Varied safety behaviors designed to prevent feared outcome.
BDD always hope to look diff than internal
BDD demand to see exactly how they look
BDD believe they will feel worse if they resist
BDD have the need to camouflage
Use mirrors that show whole body
Focus on reflection rather than feelings
Use a mirror for function
Use different mirrors
Don’t use every time there is the urge

12. Strengths Usefulness Control Variety of questions Quantitative data
Matched pairs

13. Weaknesses Possible report biases Lack of qualitative data
Lack of ecological validity
Matched pairs possibly not strenuous

14. Ecological Validity
Nature of self report is that its low.

15. Ethics
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16. Usefulness Suggestions for therapy heighten usefulness
Generalisability helps too

17. Relationship to approach
Body Dysmorphic Disorder-Individual Differences

18. Relationship to issues
Generalisations
Research Design
Sampling
Ethics