Self-Oriented Body Comparison and Self-Compassion: Interactive Models of Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Postpartum Women.
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Evidence suggests self-oriented body comparison (comparison of one's postpartum body shape and weight to one's prepregnant body shape and weight) is a critical factor associated with increased levels of disordered eating during the postpartum period. However, some postpartum women adopt a self-compassionate and acceptance-based perspective toward their body shape and weight changes. It is unclear whether self-compassion may buffer the associations between self-comparisons and disordered eating behaviors among postpartum women, which is the aim of the current study. A total of 306 postpartum women who gave birth in the past year completed an online survey asking about self-compassion, social comparison, broad eating pathology, dietary restraint, and binge eating. Results indicated that self-compassion appeared to buffer the associations between self-comparison and broad eating pathology and binge eating among postpartum women, such that for women with above-average levels of self-compassion, the associations between self-comparison and disordered eating was weaker than for women with average or below-average levels of self-compassion. Findings suggest self-compassion could be a potential target for intervention programs. |
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2022
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Behavior therapy
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Volume |
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53
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4
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Number of Pages |
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751-761
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0005-7894
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0005-7894(22)00035-1
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DOI |
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10.1016/j.beth.2022.02.008
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Short Title |
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Behav Ther
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