Abstract
This study examined the relationships among self-esteem, weight-based self-evaluation (WBSE), and body dissatisfaction in
eating disorders. According to the cognitive conceptualization of weight-based self-evaluation, global self-esteem is lowered
based on negative evaluations of weight/shape through the mechanism of the WBSE schema. A series of linear regression analyses
were conducted with self-esteem, WBSE and body dissatisfaction in order to test for mediation. Body dissatisfaction significantly
predicted WBSE, and WBSE significantly predicted global self-esteem after controlling for body dissatisfaction. The coefficient
associated with the relation between body dissatisfaction and self-esteem was significant. It was significantly reduced but
remained significant after controlling for WBSE. These data are compatible with the view that WBSE partially mediates the
relationship between body dissatisfaction and self-esteem across eating disorders, and support the cognitive conceptualization
of WBSE in eating disorders.
eating disorders. According to the cognitive conceptualization of weight-based self-evaluation, global self-esteem is lowered
based on negative evaluations of weight/shape through the mechanism of the WBSE schema. A series of linear regression analyses
were conducted with self-esteem, WBSE and body dissatisfaction in order to test for mediation. Body dissatisfaction significantly
predicted WBSE, and WBSE significantly predicted global self-esteem after controlling for body dissatisfaction. The coefficient
associated with the relation between body dissatisfaction and self-esteem was significant. It was significantly reduced but
remained significant after controlling for WBSE. These data are compatible with the view that WBSE partially mediates the
relationship between body dissatisfaction and self-esteem across eating disorders, and support the cognitive conceptualization
of WBSE in eating disorders.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Brief Report
- Pages 1-5
- DOI 10.1007/s10608-012-9446-7
- Authors
- Kathryn Trottier, Department of Psychiatry, Eating Disorder Day Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 7-414, South Eaton Building, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
- Traci McFarlane, Department of Psychiatry, Eating Disorder Day Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 7-414, South Eaton Building, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
- Marion P. Olmsted, Department of Psychiatry, Eating Disorder Day Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 7-414, South Eaton Building, 200 Elizabeth St., Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
- Journal Cognitive Therapy and Research
- Online ISSN 1573-2819
- Print ISSN 0147-5916