I Once Stared at Myself in the Mirror for Eleven Hours.' Exploring mirror gazing in participants with body dysmorphic disorder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4227260 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanna Silver (City, University of London), Jacqui Farrants (City, University of London) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2647-2657 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359105315581516 |
| PMID | 25947231 |
| OpenAlex | W1904988342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 24 |
This study provides insight into the lived experience of mirror gazing using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Photo Elicitation. A total of 10 participants who identified themselves as suffering from body dysmorphic disorder took photographs that related to their body dysmorphic disorder experience. Photographs were discussed in interviews. It was found that mirror gazing in body dysmorphic disorder is an embodied phenomenon. Motivations for mirror gazing were confusing, complex and masochistic. Overall, participants described mirrors as being controlling, imprisoning and disempowering forces that had a crippling and paralysing effect on life. It is argued that health psychologists must ask clients about their embodied experiences when looking in the mirror
Body dysmorphic disorder · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Phenomenology (philosophy · Phenomenon · Photo elicitation · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Empathy and Medical Education · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |