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body checking: a standalone construct

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Clinical psychology

repeatedly inspecting, measuring or touching parts of one's body to check shape or weight, which maintains body image concern.

In clinical psychology, body checking refers to repeatedly inspecting, measuring or touching parts of one's body to check shape or weight, which maintains body image concern. This meaning comes from Reas (2002) in International Journal of Eating Disorders.[1]

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  1. Reas, D. L., Whisenhunt, B. L., Netemeyer, R., & Williamson, D. A. (2002). Development of the body checking questionnaire: A self‐report measure of body checking behaviors. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 31(3), 324-333. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.10012

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