Emotion regulation skills mediate the effects of shame on eating disorder symptoms in women.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
We examined the impact of negative affectivity, chronic shame, and emotion regulation skills on eating disorder symptoms in undergraduate women (N = 154). We hypothesized that self-reported emotion regulation skills would mediate the well-documented relationship between chronic shame and eating disorder symptoms. Results revealed that chronic shame predicted eating disorder symptoms over and above general negative affectivity. Further, difficulties with emotion regulation mediated the relationship between chronic shame and ED symptoms. These findings suggest that chronic shame's role in eating disorder symptoms can be ameliorated by skillful emotion regulation.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Gupta, S; Zachary Rosenthal, M; Mancini, AD; Cheavens, JS; Lynch, TR
Published Date
- 2008
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 16 / 5
Start / End Page
- 405 - 417
PubMed ID
- 18821364
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1532-530X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1080/10640260802370572
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States