@article { , title = {Eating disorder symptomatology and body mass index are associated with readers’ expectations about character behavior: evidence from eye-tracking during reading}, abstract = {Objective: Many theories have been put forward suggesting key factors underlying the development and maintenance of eating disorders, such as: unhealthy food-related cognitive biases, negative body attitude, and perfectionism; however, underlying cognitive processes associated with eating disorder symptomatology remain unclear. We used eye-tracking during reading as a novel implicit measure of how these factors may relate to eating disorder symptomatology. Method: In two experiments, we monitored women’s eye movements while they read texts in which the characters’ emotional responses to food-, body image-, and perfectionism-related scenarios were described. Participants’ eating disorder symptomatology was then assessed. Results: Both studies suggest that moment-to-moment processing of characters’ emotional responses to perfectionism-, and to a lesser extent, body image-related information was associated with participants’ eating disorder symptomatology, thus supporting theories in which these factors are key to developing and maintaining eating disorders.}, doi = {10.1002/eat.22961}, eissn = {1098-108X}, issn = {0276-3478}, issue = {9}, journal = {International Journal of Eating Disorders}, note = {12 months embargo. OL 09.10.2018}, pages = {1070-1079}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Wiley}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1154099}, volume = {51}, year = {2018}, author = {Ralph-Nearman, Christina and Filik, Ruth} }