. Esmaeil Mousavi Asl; . Leila Abdi; . Amirali Moghaddam Sadegh; . Forouzan Behrouzian
Volume 11, Issue 6 , July 2021, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Individuals with disordered eating are at an increased of having one or moreadditional risks for comorbid disorders, such as anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, and insomnia.Therefore, ...
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BACKGROUND: Individuals with disordered eating are at an increased of having one or moreadditional risks for comorbid disorders, such as anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, and insomnia.Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of self‑compassion in therelationship between positive reactivity, negative reactivity, and perfectionism with disordered eating.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study method was descriptive‑correlational throughstructural equation modeling (SEM). The present study population included all students of theUniversity of Tehran in the city of Tehran in 2018–2019. A total of 302 students were selectedby convenience sampling method and completed questionnaires on eating attitudes test‑8,self‑compassion scale (short form), eating disorder inventory‑perfectionism scale, and Perth emotionalreactivity scale. The SEM path analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient were conducted to analyzethe obtained data in SPSS‑23 and Lisrel‑8.80.RESULTS: The finding of the path analysis showed that self‑compassion acts as a mediating role inthe relationship of disordered eating with positive and negative emotional reactivity and perfectionism.Only the direct effect coefficient of general positive reactivity on disordered eating was not significant.CONCLUSION: Based on the results of this study, self‑compassion can serve as a protective factoragainst negative emotional reactivity and perfectionism. Therefore, self‑compassion can be consideredin the development of prevention and treatment programs for disordered eating.