Personality traits and eating disorders: Mediating effects of self-esteem and perfectionism1
نویسندگان
چکیده
The purpose of this ex post facto study has been to test a structural model of the mediating roles of self-esteem and perfectionism in the relationship between personality traits and eating disorders (ED). The sample consisted of 155 women (from 18 to 31 years). Ninety three met the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for some type of ED, 31 women formed the symptomatic group, with high risk of ED, and 31 women, the non-symptomatic group, without known pathology or alteration of eating behaviours. The instruments used were the MCMI-II, EDI-2, EAT-40 and BSQ. Data analysis was conducted using structural equation modelling by means of LISREL 8.71. The estimated model fi t satisfactorily. The results confi rm the relationship between schizoid, paranoid, self-destructive and borderline personality traits with ED, the role of self-esteem as the main mediating variable in the effect exerted by certain personality traits in ED, and perfectionism as a mediating variable of the effect of borderline personality traits on ED and self-esteem.
منابع مشابه
The Relationship Between the Big Five Personality Traits with Depression : The Mediating Role of Self-esteem and Self-efficacy
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the five major traits of personality and symptoms of depression in students, with mediating role of self-esteem and self-efficacy. Methods: The research method was descriptive of correlational type. In order to select the sample, 400 students studying at Gonbadkavus Azad and State Universities were selected through clust...
متن کاملStructural modeling of drug abuse tendency based on personality traits through the Mediating Role of self-esteem (اصلاح شده)
The aim of this study was to determine the structural modelling of drug abuse tendency based on personality traits through the mediating role of self-esteem in a group of drug addicts under treatment in Tehran. Method: This research was a correlational study of structural equation. The sample group consisted of 200 people of addicted men who were in addiction treatment centers of Tehran and wer...
متن کاملSelf-Esteem as a Mediator between Personality Traits and Body Esteem: Path Analyses across Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Prior literature examines the direct relationship between personality traits and body esteem. This article explores the possibility that self-esteem mediates this relationship. 165 undergraduate women and 133 men (age 18-21; 42.6% Hispanic, 28.9% Asian, 28.5% Caucasian) completed items measuring personality traits (Big Five), self-esteem, and body esteem. Path analyses were used to test for med...
متن کاملDisordered Eating Patterns and Sexual Self-Esteem in Married Women: The Mediating Role of Body Image Concern
Introduction: The contemporary psychology is looking for numerous mediators and risk factors that may exacerbate the marital relationship with regard to the consequences of disordered eating patterns in general and sexual satisfaction in particular. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of body image concern in the relationship between disordered eating patterns and se...
متن کاملPretreatment outcome indicators in an eating disorder outpatient group: the effects of self-esteem, personality disorders and dissociation.
OBJECTIVE The prognosis for eating disorders (ED) is unsatisfactory, and the literature about outcome indicators is controversial. The present study evaluates the roles of self-esteem, personality disorders (PD), and dissociation as outcome predictors. METHOD Fifty-seven ED outpatients were recruited from a population beginning a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Enhanced (CBT-E) treatment. All pa...
متن کامل