Muscle dysmorphia: Could it be classified as an addiction to body image?
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Commentary on: Muscle dysmorphia: Could it be classified as an addiction to body image?
Background: The article titled ‘Muscle dysmorphia: Could it be classified as an addiction to body image?’ used Griffiths (2005) addiction components model as the framework in which to define muscle dysmorphia (MD) as an addiction. The authors (Foster, Shorter & Griffiths, 2014) proposed that MD could be re-classified as an addiction to body image. Method and aim: In response to the original art...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Behavioral Addictions
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2062-5871,2063-5303
DOI: 10.1556/jba.3.2014.001