ArticleJournal of eating disorders2024
A multi-country examination of the relationship between perfectionism and disordered eating: the indirect effect of obsessive beliefs and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
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- The Mediating Effect of Smartphone Distraction Between Nomophobia and Intuitive Eating Among Lebanese Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Clinical and sociodemographic correlates of body mass index in a large multicenter obsessive-compulsive disorder sample.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Clinical Perfectionism in Anorexia Nervosa: Associations with Eating Disorders' Specific Symptomatology and General Psychological Symptoms in Italian Young Adult Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Pathological Eating Patterns in Adults Displaying Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A Scoping Review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Understanding atypical eating behaviours in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Perfectionism and emotional eating among college students: a chained mediation model of body image state and exercise addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Orthorexia in obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: the impact of perfectionism and metacognition.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Psychometric Properties of an Arabic Translation of the Shortest Version of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ-9) in Adults.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the extensive literature on the association between perfectionism and disordered eating (DE), only scant attention has been given to the underlying processes that may mediate this relationship. The present study aimed to contribute to existing literature by investigating the direct and indirect relations between perfectionism and DE through obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and obsessive beliefs, among community adults from three different countries and cultural backgrounds (i.e. Poland, Italy and Lebanon).
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study that was carried-out among 977 community adults (77.1% females, mean age: 21.94 ± 3.14 years) using the snowball sampling technique.
resultsObsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) symptoms and obsessive beliefs had a partial indirect effect in the relationship between multidimensional perfectionism and disordered eating. Higher multidimensional perfectionism/obsessive beliefs were significantly associated with greater OCD symptoms and directly associated with higher DE scores. Finally, higher OCD symptoms were significantly linked to higher DE scores.
conclusionThe preliminary results suggest that it would be helpful for clinicians to routinely include measures of perfectionism, OCD and obsessive beliefs when dealing with individuals who present DE problems. In addition, results hold promise for the combined use of perfectionism and OCD interventions as a potentially beneficial treatment option for DE concerns.
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