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Dietary restraint in college women: Fear of an imperfect fat self is stronger than hope of a perfect thin self
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| submitted by vekosnoekowode 9 months ago
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We predicted that the perceived likelihood of acquiring a hoped-for thin self would mediate perfectionistic strivings on dietary restraint, and that the perceived likelihood of acquiring a feared fat self would mediate perfectionistic concerns on dietary restraint. We also predicted that the mediation pathway from perfectionistic concerns to dietary restraint would have a greater impact than that from perfectionistic strivings. Participants were 222 female college students who reported their height and weight and completed measures of perfectionism, the likelihood of acquiring the feared fat and hoped-for thin selves, and dietary restraint. Statistical analyses revealed that the perceived likelihood of acquiring the feared fat self mediated both perfectionistic concerns and perfectionistic strivings on dietary restraint, and that the mediating pathway from perfectionistic concerns to dietary restraint was greater than that from perfectionistic strivings. Implications for future research and eating pathology interventions are discussed. The feared fat self mediates both adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism on dietary restraint. Mediation from maladaptive perfectionism was greater than that from adaptive perfectionism. The hoped-for thin self was a not a mediator of adaptive or maladaptive perfectionism. This study used a multiple mediation bootstrap test.
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| Topic: Health |
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