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ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2017

Disentangling body image: The relative associations of overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation with psychological distress and eating disorder behaviors in male and female adolescents.

Deborah Mitchison, Phillipa Hay, Scott Griffiths, Stuart B Murray, Caroline Bentley, Kassandra Gratwick-Sarll, Carmel Harrison, Jonathan Mond

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Article in The International journal of eating disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Deborah MitchisonDepartment of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Phillipa HayCentre for Health Research, Sydney, Western Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia.
Scott GriffithsDepartment of Psychology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Stuart B MurrayDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Caroline BentleyResearch School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Kassandra Gratwick-SarllResearch School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Carmel HarrisonResearch School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Jonathan MondSchool of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Australian National University · AUWestern Sydney University · AUUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Canberra · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe 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.

methodMale 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.

resultsOvervaluation, 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).

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AdolescentBinge-Eating DisorderBody Dysmorphic DisordersBody ImageBody WeightBulimiaChildDietEmotionsFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMaleSelf ConceptStress, PsychologicalSurveys and Questionnairesbody imageboyscommunity-baseddissatisfactioneating disorder behavioursgirlsmediationovervaluationpreoccupation

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PMID27539911
PMCPMC6585604
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