Appearance Anxiety Inventory (AAI)
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a psychological disorder in which people suffer from a distorted self body image. There are a number of similar scales to measure appearance anxiety. The AAI scale (Veale et al., 2014) has been validated with people suffering from the BDD.
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Source & citation
Veale, D., Eshkevaria, E., Kanakama, N., Ellisona, N., Costa, A., and Werner, T. (2014). The Appearance Anxiety Inventory: Validation of a Process Measure in the Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 42 , 605-616. Link to publisher
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
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