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Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease:
January 2005 - Volume 193 - Issue 1 - pp 70-72
Brief Reports

The Out-of-Body Experience and Body Image: Differences Between Experients and Nonexperients

Murray, Craig PhD; Fox, Jezz BSc

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Abstract

The present study sought to examine various aspects of body image for persons reporting a previous out-of-body experience (OBE). A total of 64 people took part in the study, 34 of whom had had an OBE. Participants reporting a previous OBE were found to score significantly higher on measures of body dissatisfaction, social physique anxiety, and somatoform dissociation, and lower on a measure of physical self-presentation. OBE experients also reported lower levels of body awareness during use of an immersive virtual reality system than nonexperients.

© 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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