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Dietary restraint in college women: fear of an imperfect fat self is stronger than hope of a perfect thin self.
Body Image. 2012 Sep; 9(4):441-7.BI

Abstract

We predicted that the perceived likelihood of acquiring a hoped-for thin self would mediate perfectionistic strivings on dietary restraint, and that the perceived likelihood of acquiring a feared fat self would mediate perfectionistic concerns on dietary restraint. We also predicted that the mediation pathway from perfectionistic concerns to dietary restraint would have a greater impact than that from perfectionistic strivings. Participants were 222 female college students who reported their height and weight and completed measures of perfectionism, the likelihood of acquiring the feared fat and hoped-for thin selves, and dietary restraint. Statistical analyses revealed that the perceived likelihood of acquiring the feared fat self mediated both perfectionistic concerns and perfectionistic strivings on dietary restraint, and that the mediating pathway from perfectionistic concerns to dietary restraint was greater than that from perfectionistic strivings. Implications for future research and eating pathology interventions are discussed.

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Dalley SE
Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands. S.E.Dalley@Rug.nl
Toffanin P
No affiliation info available
Pollet TV
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MeSH

AdolescentAdultBody Mass IndexDefense MechanismsDiet, ReducingFearFemaleHumansIntentionModels, PsychologicalMotivationOverweightPsychometricsSelf ConceptSelf-AssessmentStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesThinnessWeight LossYoung Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22832085

Citation

Dalley, Simon E., et al. "Dietary Restraint in College Women: Fear of an Imperfect Fat Self Is Stronger Than Hope of a Perfect Thin Self." Body Image, vol. 9, no. 4, 2012, pp. 441-7.
Dalley SE, Toffanin P, Pollet TV. Dietary restraint in college women: fear of an imperfect fat self is stronger than hope of a perfect thin self. Body Image. 2012;9(4):441-7.
Dalley, S. E., Toffanin, P., & Pollet, T. V. (2012). Dietary restraint in college women: fear of an imperfect fat self is stronger than hope of a perfect thin self. Body Image, 9(4), 441-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.06.005
Dalley SE, Toffanin P, Pollet TV. Dietary Restraint in College Women: Fear of an Imperfect Fat Self Is Stronger Than Hope of a Perfect Thin Self. Body Image. 2012;9(4):441-7. PubMed PMID: 22832085.
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