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- Title
Disentangling body image: The relative associations of overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation with psychological distress and eating disorder behaviors in male and female adolescents.
- Authors
Mitchison, Deborah; Hay, Phillipa; Griffiths, Scott; Murray, Stuart B.; Bentley, Caroline; Gratwick‐Sarll, Kassandra; Harrison, Carmel; Mond, Jonathan
- Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective The distinctiveness and relative clinical significance of overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation with body weight/shape remains inconclusive. This study sought to add to the evidence by testing associations between these three body image constructs and indicators of clinical significance. Method Male and female secondary students ( N = 1,666) aged 12-18 years completed a survey that included measures of dissatisfaction with, overvaluation of, and preoccupation with weight/shape, psychological distress, eating disorder behaviors, and basic demographic information. Conditional process analysis was employed to test the independent and mediating effects of overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation on distress, dietary restraint, and objective binge eating. Results Overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation were highly correlated ( r = 0.47-0.84). In girls, preoccupation demonstrated the strongest independent and mediating effects on distress, dietary restraint, and binge eating; whereas neither the direct or indirect effects of dissatisfaction on distress and overvaluation on binge eating were significant. Among boys however, the direct and indirect effects of overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation on distress and eating disorder behaviors were relatively equal. Discussion Preoccupation with weight/shape may be particularly clinically significant in girls, whereas all constructs of body image disturbance may be equally clinically significant in boys. The findings are consistent with the view that these constructs, while closely related, are distinct. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.(Int J Eat Disord 2017; 50:118-126)
- Subjects
BODY image; BODY weight; EATING disorders; SELF-perception; SEX distribution; SURVEYS
- Publication
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2017, Vol 50, Issue 2, p118
- ISSN
0276-3478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eat.22592