Extrinsic Religious Orientation and Disordered Eating Pathology Among Modern Orthodox Israeli Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Adherence to the Superwoman Ideal and Body Dissatisfaction

This study aimed to determine whether self-esteem and negative affect sequentially mediate the relationship between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. A total of 806 adolescents (61.8% females) completed the Drive for Thinness, Bulimia, and Body Dissatisfaction subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory-2, the Anxiety and Depression subscales of the General Health Questionnaire-28, and the Negative Self-beliefs subscale of the Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire. Mediational analyses showed that body dissatisfaction had both direct and indirect effects through self-esteem and negative affect on disordered eating. It was also observed that negative self-esteem mediated—completely in boys and partially in girls—the relationship between body dissatisfaction and negative affect.

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Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Among Jewish Women: The Role of Religious Orientation and Spiritual Well-Being

Bio-Psycho-Social Contributions to Understanding Eating Disorders ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-32742-6_13 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 181-202

Author(s):

Sarah L. Weinberger-Litman ◽

Laura A. Rabin ◽

Joshua Fogel ◽

Janell L. Mensinger

Keyword(s):

Body Dissatisfaction ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Religious Orientation ◽

Well Being ◽

Jewish Women ◽

Spiritual Well Being

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The paths to children’s disordered eating: The implications of BMI, weight-related victimization, body dissatisfaction and parents’ disordered eating

Clinical Psychology in Europe ◽

10.32872/cpe.v2i1.2689 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Marilou Côté ◽

Maxime Legendre ◽

Annie Aimé ◽

Marie-Christine Brault ◽

Jacinthe Dion ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Dissatisfaction ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Attitudes And Behaviors ◽

And Behaviors ◽

Disordered Eating Attitudes

Background Being the target of peer victimization is frequent among children categorized as overweight and obese and is thought to play a central role in disordered eating behavior development. In accordance with a previous theoretical model, this cross-sectional study aimed to replicate among children the mediating role of weight-related victimization from peers and body dissatisfaction in the association between body mass index (BMI) and children’s disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (CDEAB), while also taking into account the contribution of parents’ disordered eating attitudes and behaviors (PDEAB). Methods Participants were 874 children aged between 8 and 12 years old who were recruited in elementary schools. Height and weight were measured and used to calculate BMI. Self-reported questionnaires were used to measure weight-related victimization, body dissatisfaction, CDEAB and PDEAB. Results For both girls and boys, a path analysis showed no direct effect of BMI on CDEAB, but a significant indirect effect was found, indicating that weight-related victimization and body dissatisfaction mediated this relationship. In addition, the indirect effect of weight-related victimization and body dissatisfaction remained significant even when controlling for PDEAB. Conclusion While weight itself appears to be insufficient to explain CDEAB, weight-related victimization may lead children to see their weight as problematic and develop disordered attitudes and behaviors toward eating. This suggests that weight-related victimization from peers and body dissatisfaction must be taken seriously and that preventive and intervention efforts must be pursued.

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The role of the perception of family environment in relation to body dissatisfaction, disordered eating and difficulties in close relationships

Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity ◽

10.1007/s40519-018-0551-9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 205-213 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sónia Gonçalves ◽

Célia Moreira ◽

Mónica Gonçalves ◽

Ana Isabel Vieira ◽

Bárbara César Machado

Keyword(s):

Body Dissatisfaction ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Family Environment ◽

Close Relationships

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Presenting Causal Model in Explaining the Relationship between Self-differentiation and Forgiveness with Marital Satisfaction based on the Mediating Role of Religious Orientation

Journal of Counseling Research ◽

10.18502/qjcr.v20i78.6784 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nadereh Toloo Takmili Torabi ◽

Parivash Vakili ◽

Azam Fattahi Andebil

Keyword(s):

Marital Satisfaction ◽

Religious Orientation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Path Coefficient ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Indirect Path ◽

Self Differentiation ◽

The Relationship

Aim: The aim of this study was to explain the relationship between self-differentiation and forgiveness with marital satisfaction based on the mediating role of religious orientation. Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlational and the statistical population included all married teachers working in the sixth and seventh grade in Tehran's 6th educational district, with a total of 4,080 people, among whom 28 schools and 304 volunteer teachers were randomly selected. To collect research data, the following tools were used: Differentiation of Self Inventory by Skowron, E. A., & Schmitt (2003), Family Forgiveness Scale by Pollard, Anderson, Anderson & Jennings (1998), Religious Orientation Questionnaire by Allport & Ross (1967), and ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale by Fournier, Olson & Druckman (1983) were used. After deleting 10 distorted questionnaires and 3 outliers, structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. Results: In this study, the direct path coefficient between internal religious orientation and marital satisfaction (P<0.01, β=0.337) was positive and significant at the 0.01 level. Indirect path coefficient between self-differentiation and marital satisfaction (β = 0.149, P <0.01) and indirect path coefficient between forgiveness and marital satisfaction (P <0.01, β = 0.129) were positive and significant at 0.01 level. Conclusion: Since internal religious orientation can be effective in improving relationships and marital satisfaction, it is suggested that in marital counseling, strengthening the religious beliefs of couples be used.

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