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13-05-2020 | ORIGINAL PAPER

Body Dissatisfaction and Bulimic Symptoms: Moderator Roles of Compassionate and Uncompassionate Self-Responding

Auteurs: Ege Bicaker, Ayse Altan-Atalay

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 7/2020

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Abstract

Objectives

Previous studies suggest that emotion regulation difficulties are influential in body dissatisfaction’s relationship with bulimic symptoms. Likewise, self-compassion, which is explained through the factors of compassionate and uncompassionate self-responding, was also suggested to function as an effective emotion regulation strategy. However, research has not examined self-compassion’s moderating role in the link between body dissatisfaction and bulimic symptoms or the unique contribution of self-compassion to bulimic symptoms that is independent from its overlap with emotion regulation difficulties. The current study investigated the unique moderator functions of self-compassion, in the form of compassionate and uncompassionate self-responding, and emotion regulation difficulties in the association between body dissatisfaction and bulimic symptoms.

Methods

Participants were 154 females (M (SD) age = 23.89 (4.66) years) who completed questionnaires assessing body dissatisfaction, self-compassion, emotion regulation difficulties, and bulimic symptoms.

Results

Analyses showed that compassionate self-responding factor of self-compassion was a unique buffer against the negative consequences of body dissatisfaction even when controlling for emotion regulation difficulties, while emotion regulation difficulties did not have a moderating effect when self-compassion was accounted for. Results revealed that body dissatisfaction was significantly associated with bulimic symptoms in women with low and middle levels of compassionate self-responding, but not with high levels of compassionate self-responding.

Conclusions

Overall, results suggest that self-compassion buffers the negative impact of body dissatisfaction through mechanisms that are distinct from those of emotion regulation difficulties. These findings warrant further study of self-compassion to better understand its mechanisms of action.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Body Dissatisfaction and Bulimic Symptoms: Moderator Roles of Compassionate and Uncompassionate Self-Responding
Auteurs
Ege Bicaker
Ayse Altan-Atalay
Publicatiedatum
13-05-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Mindfulness / Uitgave 7/2020
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01396-5