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Title: | Self-criticism, perfectionism and eating disorders: The effect of depression and body dissatisfaction | Authors: | Ferreira, C. Pinto-Gouveia, J. Duarte, C. |
Keywords: | Eating disorders; Body image; Depression; Self-criticism; Perfectionistic self-presentation | Issue Date: | 2014 | Abstract: | Objective: This study aimed at examining a model for eating disorders features’ severity that included the association between self-criticism and perfectionistic self-presentation, mediated by depressive symptoms and body image dissatisfaction. Method: A path analysis testing for a mediational model was conducted in a sample of 191 participants, including 94 women from the general population and 97 female patients diagnosed with eating disorders. All participants answered a semi-structured interview (EDE 16.0D) and a set of self-report instruments assessing the study variables. Results: The study findings indicated that the path model explained 43% of body image dissatisfaction variance, and 52% of depressive symptoms variance, and accounted for a total of 64% of the variance of eating disorders’ symptoms severity. Results showed that perfectionistic self-presentation and self-criticism were moderately associated. Body image dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms fully mediated the relationship between perfectionistic self-presentation and eating psychopathology severity. Self-criticism, in turn, predicted eating disorders symptoms’ severity partially through the mediators’ effect. Conclusions: These results clarify the role of perfectionistic self-presentation and self-criticism, as well as the paths through which they operate in eating psychopathology. These mechanisms should be taken into full consideration in the conceptualization and clinical practice with patients with eating disorders. | Description: | Ferreira, C., Pinto-Gouveia, J., & Duarte, C. (2014). Self-criticism, perfectionism and eating disorders: The effect of depression and body dissatisfaction. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 14(3), 409-420. http://www.ijpsy.com/volumen14/num3/396.html | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/46809 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Nacionais |
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