Investigating the Relationship Between Split-Self Conflicts and Emotional Eating Mediated by Self-Compassion in Overweight Women

Introduction One of the variables that is strongly related to overweight is emotional eating. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between self-split conflicts and emotional eating with the mediation of self-compassion in overweight women. Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population consists of overweight women with the age range of 20-50 years in the universities of Tehran city. A total of 496 people were selected by Convenience sampling. The research tools included Emotional Eating Scale (EES), Short Form of Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) and The Forms of Self-Criticizing/Attacking & Self-Reassuring  Scale (FSCRS). For data analysis, structural equation method and SPSS software version 25 and AMOS version 24 were used. Results: The results showed the fit of the proposed research model (RMSEA= 0/06). The results showed that self-confident and self-haterdo not have a significant direct effect on emotional eating (P > 0.05), but with effect sizes of -0.06 and 0.07, respectively, they have a significant indirect effect on emotional eating with the mediation of self-compassion (P<0.05). Also, the results showed that the direct and indirect effects of self-insufficiency on emotional eating are significant with  respectively effect sizes of 0.24 and 0.24(P<0.05). Conclusions: Considering self-compassion considering the role of self-split conflicts, can help explain emotional eating in overweight women.