The present study investigates a behavioral assessment task for BA and BC in a sample of patients with diagnosed EDs and healthy controls. Therefore, behavioral measures of BA and BC are needed. So far, these behavioral body image components are mostly assessed via self-report instruments thereby neglecting their behavioral and partially automatic characteristics.

Tanja Legenbauer 1*† Anne Kathrin Radix 1† Eva Naumann 2 Jens Blechert 3