Negative Body Image is Not Related to Spontaneous Body-Scaled Motoric Behavior in Undergraduate Women

In line with this, several studies showed that when walking through door-like apertures of different widths individuals with anorexia nervosa move as if their bodies are larger than they actually are. They turn their body at a higher aperture/shoulder width ratio than healthy individuals.

We examined whether oversized body-scaled motoric behaviors may not be restricted to anorexia nervosa but concern a general feature of negative body image attitudes. Therefore, we investigated the relation between negative body image as assessed with shape and weight concerns subscales of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and aperture/shoulder width turning ratios in women with a healthy weight (N = 62). We found that a more negative body image was unrelated to higher aperture/shoulder width turning ratios.