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The enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women
BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown self-image according to the interpersonal Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model, to relate to and predict eating disorder symptoms and outcomes. METHODS: We examined associations between self-reported self-image and ED symptoms in three groups of 16–25...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-015-0067-x |
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author | Mantilla, Emma Forsén Birgegård, Andreas |
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description | BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown self-image according to the interpersonal Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model, to relate to and predict eating disorder symptoms and outcomes. METHODS: We examined associations between self-reported self-image and ED symptoms in three groups of 16–25 year old females: healthy (N = 388), non help-seeking (N = 227) and clinical (N = 6384). Analyses were divided into age groups of 16–18 and 19–25 years, and the patient sample was divided into diagnostic groups. RESULTS: Stepwise regressions with self-image aspects as independent variables and eating disorder symptoms as dependent showed that low self-love/acceptance and high self-blame were associated with more eating disorder symptoms in all groups, except older patients with bulimia nervosa where self-hate also contributed. Associations were generally weaker in the healthy groups and the older samples. CONCLUSIONS: We put forward that older age, low desirability of symptoms, poorly working symptoms, and being acknowledged as ill, may weaken the association, with implications for treatment and prevention. |
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spelling | pubmed-45490252015-08-26 The enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women Mantilla, Emma Forsén Birgegård, Andreas J Eat Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown self-image according to the interpersonal Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model, to relate to and predict eating disorder symptoms and outcomes. METHODS: We examined associations between self-reported self-image and ED symptoms in three groups of 16–25 year old females: healthy (N = 388), non help-seeking (N = 227) and clinical (N = 6384). Analyses were divided into age groups of 16–18 and 19–25 years, and the patient sample was divided into diagnostic groups. RESULTS: Stepwise regressions with self-image aspects as independent variables and eating disorder symptoms as dependent showed that low self-love/acceptance and high self-blame were associated with more eating disorder symptoms in all groups, except older patients with bulimia nervosa where self-hate also contributed. Associations were generally weaker in the healthy groups and the older samples. CONCLUSIONS: We put forward that older age, low desirability of symptoms, poorly working symptoms, and being acknowledged as ill, may weaken the association, with implications for treatment and prevention. BioMed Central 2015-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4549025/ /pubmed/26309737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-015-0067-x Text en © Mantilla and Birgegård. 2015 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mantilla, Emma Forsén Birgegård, Andreas The enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women |
title | The enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women |
title_full | The enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women |
title_fullStr | The enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women |
title_full_unstemmed | The enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women |
title_short | The enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women |
title_sort | enemy within: the association between self-image and eating disorder symptoms in healthy, non help-seeking and clinical young women |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40337-015-0067-x |
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