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This can lead at-risk populations to develop psychopathologies. This phenomenon has not been extensively studied in girls affected by idiopathic scoliosis. This work aimed to study the cognitive processes that could contribute to the worsening and maintaining of body image disorders in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Twenty-eight girls were recruited and tested for body image dissatisfaction through the Scoliosis-Research-Society-22-revised (SRS-22r) questionnaire. Attentional biases towards disease-related body parts were assessed using a computerized visual match-to-sample task: girls were asked to answer as fast and accurately as possible to find the picture matching a target by pressing a button on a computer keyboard. Reaction times (RTs) and accuracy were collected as outcome variables and compared within and between groups and conditions. Lower scores in SRS-22r self-image, function, and total score were observed in scoliosis compared to the control group (p-value &lt; 0.01). Faster response times (p-value = 0.02) and higher accuracy (p-value = 0.02) were detected in the scoliosis group when processing shoulders and backs (i.e., disease-relevant body parts). A self-body advantage effect emerged in the scoliosis group, showing higher accuracy when answering self-body stimuli compared to others\u2019 bodies stimuli (p-value = 0.04). These results provide evidence of body image dissatisfaction and attentional bias towards disease-relevant body parts in girls with scoliosis, requiring clinical attention as highly predisposing to psychopathologies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ejihpe13090138","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,17]],"date-time":"2023-09-17T23:57:46Z","timestamp":1694995066000},"page":"1909-1919","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Body-Related Attentional Bias in Adolescents Affected by Idiopathic Scoliosis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8907-4051","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Margherita","family":"Bertuccelli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Section of Neurology, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0744-3109","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Rubega","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesca","family":"Cantele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claudia","family":"Favero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Network of Sports and Exercise Medicine of the Veneto Region, 35131 Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0546-1514","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Ermolao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Network of Sports and Exercise Medicine of the Veneto Region, 35131 Padova, Italy"},{"name":"Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3417-0388","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emanuela","family":"Formaggio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0361-4898","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefano","family":"Masiero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"372","article-title":"An evaluation of the construct of body image","volume":"37","author":"Banfield","year":"2002","journal-title":"Adolescence"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"Case, L.K., Solc\u00e1, M., Blanke, O., and Faivre, N. 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