Supported by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Program (JSC).
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Assessment of thought–shape fusion: Initial validation of a short version of the trait thought–shape fusion scale†
Article first published online: 23 JUL 2012
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22038
Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Coelho, J. S., Baeyens, C., Purdon, C., Shafran, R., Roulin, J.-L. and Bouvard, M. (2013), Assessment of thought–shape fusion: Initial validation of a short version of the trait thought–shape fusion scale. Int. J. Eat. Disord., 46: 77–85. doi: 10.1002/eat.22038
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 11 DEC 2012
- Article first published online: 23 JUL 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 6 JUN 2012
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- Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Program (JSC)
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Keywords:
- thought–shape fusion;
- cognitive distortion;
- eating disorders;
- obsessionality
Abstract
Objective:
Thought–shape fusion (TSF) is a cognitive distortion that has been linked to eating pathology. Two studies were conducted to further explore this phenomenon and to establish the psychometric properties of a French short version of the TSF scale.
Method:
In Study 1, students (n = 284) completed questionnaires assessing TSF and related psychopathology. In Study 2, the responses of women with eating disorders (n = 22) and women with no history of an eating disorder (n = 23) were compared.
Results:
The French short version of the TSF scale has a unifactorial structure, with convergent validity with measures of eating pathology, and good internal consistency. Depression, eating pathology, body dissatisfaction, and thought-action fusion emerged as predictors of TSF. Individuals with eating disorders have higher TSF, and more clinically relevant food-related thoughts than do women with no history of an eating disorder.
Discussion:
This research suggests that the shortened TSF scale can suitably measure this construct, and provides support for the notion that TSF is associated with eating pathology. © 2012 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2013)