ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021
Self-disgust and urge to be thin in eating disorders: how can self-compassion help?
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- Disgust and Self-Disgust in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Psilocybin Treatment as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders: Therapeutic Rationale & Considerations for Protocol Development.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Negative and Positive Body-Related Emotions Derived From Voice Recordings During a Mirror Task in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa: A Natural Language Processing Approach Using RoBERTa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- The Role of Self-Compassion and Shame-Proneness Among Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Peer support for eating disorders in Canada: program user perspectives.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- A neural network underlying cognitive strategies related to eating, weight and body image concerns.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to examine the moderator role of self-compassion in the relationship between self-disgust and drive for thinness, controlling for external shame, in eating disorder patients and in a community sample.
methodsSixty-two female participants with an eating disorder diagnose and 119 female participants from the community, were asked to fill instruments that assess self-disgust, self-compassion, drive for thinness, and external shame.
resultsWe found a moderator effect of self-compassion on the association between self-disgust and drive for thinness in the clinical sample when adjusting for shame. The association between self-disgust and drive for thinness was buffered among those who reported medium and lower levels of self-compassion. Replicating the findings in the community sample we found no moderator effect of self-compassion.
conclusionThese results provide evidence that people with eating disorders who perceive the self as highly disgusting may benefit from promoting a self-compassionate response to diminish drive for thinness. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
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