Journal article
Binge Eating Concerns Link to Influences on Self-Evaluation
Journal of social and clinical psychology, Vol.34(4), pp.348-364
04/2015
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2015.34.4.348
Abstract
This study investigated eating- and weight-related correlates of systematic over- and undervaluation of self-reported self-evaluation influences in a mostly overweight and obese female community sample (n = 115). Participants completed Likert scale, rank-ordering, and pairwise forced-choice measures of self-evaluation influence importance, and a questionnaire assessing binge eating concerns (BEC); height and weight were measured for body mass index (BMI). Only rank-ordering and forced-choice methods constrained choices among influences. Women with BEC overvalue shape, weight and facial attractiveness, and undervalue being a good person and religion/spirituality. Likert scale and forced-choice tasks suggest women with BEC overvalue appearing put together. Intelligence, personality, and (on the forced-choice task) family are undervalued on constraining measures among women with BEC. Systematic over- and undervaluation of relevant influences is found in women with BEC; overvaluation of shape and weight may come with costs. Continued use of constraining measures will enhance our understanding of women's self-evaluation influences.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Binge Eating Concerns Link to Influences on Self-Evaluation
- Creators
- Halley E WoodwardTeresa A Treat
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of social and clinical psychology, Vol.34(4), pp.348-364
- DOI
- 10.1521/jscp.2015.34.4.348
- ISSN
- 0736-7236
- eISSN
- 1943-2771
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2015
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984213391702771
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