"Can you see me?" Videoconferencing and eating disorder risk during COVID-19: Anxiety, impairment, and mediators.
Laura M HartDeborah MitchisonMatthew Fuller-TyszkiewiczSarah Elizabeth GilesJasmine FardoulyHannah K JarmanStephanie R DamianoSiân Alexandra McLeanIvanka PrichardYager ZaliIsabel KrugPublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2022)
Because videoconferencing often involves seeing your own image (via self-view) we wondered whether the appearance concerns experienced by those with eating disorders (EDs) might interfere with the ability to focus on or to contribute to work/study videoconferencing meetings. We found that although those with EDs experience more impairments in their videoconferencing engagement/contribution, these were linked just as strongly to social anxiety as they were to appearance concerns.