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The out-of-body experience and body image : Differences between experients and non-experients.

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Published
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>01/2005
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Issue number1
Volume193
Number of pages3
Pages (from-to)70-72
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The present study sought to examine various aspects of body image for persons reporting a prior 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 non-experients.