A Possible Causal Factor for Body Dysmorphic Disorder Is

question 42

Multiple Choice

A possible causal factor for body dysmorphic disorder is

• A) being taught that appearances are unimportant.
• B) being raised in a family with sufferers of eating disorders.
• C) having a dissociative disorder.
• D) being criticized for his/her appearance when young.

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Definitions:

Repressed Material

Memories, thoughts, or impulses unconsciously held out of awareness due to their threatening nature.

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a therapeutic approach and theory of mental illness that attributes thoughts and behaviors to unconscious motives and conflicts.

Transference

In psychoanalysis, the tendency for a patient or client to project positive or negative feelings for important people from the past onto the therapist.

Countertransference

In psychotherapy, it refers to the emotions and projections that the therapist may feel towards the patient.