Magdalena Wayda-Zalewska

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw · Institute of Psychology

As an element of distorted self-image, body image disturbances may be relevant to borderline personality disorder (BPD). Therefore, this systematic review aims to critically discuss and summarize empirical findings in this matter. Based on the available theoretical models, three body image components were identified: (a) perception, (b) affect and...

The paper focuses on shame in the context of eating disorders. As a common emotion occurring in various spheres of human life, shame is of particular importance in the understanding and treatment of eating disorders as it is one of the key factors in their development and sustenance. There is scientific evidence that individuals with eating disorde...

(1) Background: Body image is being defined as the picture of our own body in our mind with its size and shape, and with a perceptive and attitudinal evaluation of this body. It appears to be a complex clinical construct predisposing an individual to developing and maintaining anorexia nervosa (AN), as well as having considerable impact on prolongi...

Altered emotion dynamics and emotion regulation (ER) have been indicated in theoretical descriptions of abnormal emotional functioning, which contributes to the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa (AN). Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) has recently become popular in research on eating disorders. It is a source of new insights into...

Aim: The aim of this paper was to present the effects of complex therapeutic interventions aimed to reduce the clinical manifestations and rehabilitation of social cognition and neurocognition deficits in a patient with acute bulimia nervosa, hospitalised in a 24-hour therapeutic department. Methods: The following tools were used to measure the sev...

Recently, significant increase in prevalence of mental disorders has been observed. Health psychology focuses on the strong need of implementing of preventive activities. The aim of the paper was to assess the interaction between personal dispositions such as mental resilience, spirituality, the attitude towards your own body, and mental health amo...

Introduction A distorted body image appears to be a significant factor predisposing an individual to developing anorexia nervosa and its maintaining. Anorexia nervosa presents with the highest mortality rate among all mental disorders. Objectives The aim of the research work was to assess the distorted body image in women diagnosed with anorexia n...

Monografia "W pułapce autodestrukcyjnego mózgu nastolatka. Skuteczna terapia" powstała jako uwieńczenie współpracy ekspertów – klinicystów i naukowców, psychologów i psychiatrów, leczących i prowadzących działania profilaktyczne w populacji osób młodych z zaburzeniami psychicznymi. Książka ma za zadanie wprowadzenie czytelnika w autodestrukcyjne me...

Introduction: Social cognitive deficits (e.g. emotion perception, empathy, and theory of mind) seem to play crucial role in the symptoms persistence of anorexia nervosa (AN). Objectives: Aim of study was to verify the therapeutic efficacy of cultural adaptation of Social Cognitive Training (SCT) in socio- emotional improvement of patients with AN....