Exploring the moderating roles of dispositional mindfulness and body image flexibility in the association between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in Chinese adolescents.

Autor: Chen G; Department of Psychology, College of Educational Science, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang, Hunan, China., Wang X; Department of Psychology, College of Educational Science, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang, Hunan, China., Barnhart WR; Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA., Fu Y; Division of Applied Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China., He J; Division of Applied Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical psychology [J Clin Psychol] 2024 Sep; Vol. 80 (9), pp. 1998-2013. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 23.
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23706
Abstrakt: Objectives: Previous research suggests potential moderating roles of dispositional mindfulness and body image flexibility in the association between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. However, relevant research is mainly conducted on adult women from Western countries, and limited evidence exists for adolescent samples, especially from non-Western contexts (e.g., China). Thus, this study aimed to examine the moderating roles of dispositional mindfulness and body image flexibility in the relationship between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in Chinese adolescents.
Method: We recruited 545 Chinese adolescents (53.9% boys, aged 12-16 years) who completed measures of body dissatisfaction, dispositional mindfulness, body image flexibility, and disordered eating. Moderation analyses were examined with PROCESS macro on SPSS.
Results: In separate models, both higher dispositional mindfulness and body image flexibility weakened relationships between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. However, when both dispositional mindfulness and body image flexibility were entered into the same moderation model, only body image flexibility showed a significant moderating effect.
Discussion: Both dispositional mindfulness and body image flexibility may weaken the association between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in adolescents. However, body image flexibility might have a stronger effect than dispositional mindfulness. These findings suggest that interventions aimed at reducing body dissatisfaction to prevent disordered eating in adolescents may pay more attention to adolescents' body image flexibility.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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