A modified video camera for measuring body image distortion: technical description and reliability
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 14 (2) , 411-416
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700003652
Abstract
Synopsis: Previously employed techniques for the measurement of body image are briefly described, with a short consideration of methodological or procedural limitations associated with each technique. A new procedure is described which employs a simple modification to a standard video camera to produce an image which appears from 20% thinner to 40% fatter than the actual person, without other distortion of the image. Reliability and preliminary validity data for the new procedure are presented.Keywords
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