Abstract
Based on the theory of A. Beck, the authors developed a research questionnaire “Cognitive distortions in the ideas of the person about his physical self-image”. The questionnaire includes 20 questions with answer options, which are combined into ten blocks according to cognitive distortions according to A. Beck’s model: Dichotomous thinking, Catastrophization, Depreciation of the positive, Emotional justification, Labeling, Mental filter, Reading of thoughts, Personalization, Commitment, Overgeneralization. Testing of the questionnaire was carried out on 400 respondents. Standardization took place in several stages: calculating the reliability of the questionnaire; calculation of the validity of the questionnaire. The results of standardization have confirmed that the author’s questionnaire “Cognitive distortions in the ideas of the person about his physical self-image” successfully fulfills his goal: to study the severity of cognitive distortions of thinking. In the study of respondents with different combinations of gender, biological gender and level of Internet activity, leading cognitive distortions were identified that underlie the formation of a physical image of a person.