%0 Journal Article
%T Gender differences in inflammatory bowel disease: Explaining body image dissatisfaction
%A Cl¨¢udia Ferreira
%A Cristiana Duarte
%A In¨ºs A Trindade
%A Jos¨¦ Pinto-Gouveia
%J Journal of Health Psychology
%@ 1461-7277
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1359105317742958
%X The aim of this study was to examine the role of body image problems in the context of inflammatory bowel disease and to explore gender differences in these associations. A sample of inflammatory bowel disease patients (60 males and 140 females) was collected. Findings from a multi-group analysis show that inflammatory bowel disease symptomatology may impact on body image in both male and female patients through the effect of body-image-related cognitive fusion. Body image difficulties in the context of inflammatory bowel disease should not be a neglected dimension in research aiming at understanding the psychosocial effects of inflammatory bowel disease and by health professionals working with these patients
%K body image
%K body-image-related cognitive fusion
%K gender differences
%K inflammatory bowel disease
%K multi-group analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359105317742958