Fig 1.
Schematic representation of the angles measured with the device.
Note. Fig 1A = rest position (front view); Fig 1B = arm separated from trunk (front view); Fig 1C = chest expansion (top view).
Fig 2.
Postures adopted during the experiment.
Note. Fig 2A = Neutral posture (for calibrating); Fig 2B = Expansive posture; Fig 2C = Contractive posture.
Fig 3.
Mean value of θ (the angle between shoulder blades) and α (angle between the upper arm and the trunk) during body posture manipulation.
Note. Grey circles: contractive condition; dark circles: expansive condition. The dashed line separates the two classes. deg = degrees.
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for age, BMI, BSQ, and EAT-26.
Table 2.
ANCOVAs and independent-samples t-test results and values for TCL, negative and positive ES, BISS, and appraisal of the person’s own body descriptions.
Table 3.
Crosstab of the percentage of emotions in each condition.
Fig 4.
Simple mediation analyses (Fig 4A, 4B and 4C) and moderated mediation analysis (Fig 4D). Note. All coefficients represent unstandardized regression coefficients (standard errors in parenthesis). Pre-ME scores of negative ES and BISS are entered as covariates in the negative ES and BISS models. * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001. ME = Mirror Exposure; BISS = Body Image States Scale; ES = Emotions’ Scale. BMI = Body Mass Index.