Interactional Effects of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students

Given the inconclusive findings regarding the relation between perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms, it is important that we determine whether this relation is modulated by emotion dysregulation, which is a prominent risk factor for eating disorders. We sought to identify specific cognitive em...

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Autores principales: Germaine Y. Q. Tng, Hwajin Yang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:65cf9345ca6a49268b00f15abd8ac4a92021-11-25T16:56:01ZInteractional Effects of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students10.3390/brainsci111113742076-3425https://doaj.org/article/65cf9345ca6a49268b00f15abd8ac4a92021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/11/1374https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3425Given the inconclusive findings regarding the relation between perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms, it is important that we determine whether this relation is modulated by emotion dysregulation, which is a prominent risk factor for eating disorders. We sought to identify specific cognitive emotion regulatory strategies—rumination, self-blame, and catastrophizing—that interact with multidimensional perfectionism to shape eating disorder symptoms (i.e., shape, weight, eating concerns, and dietary restraint). Using latent moderated structural equation modeling, we analyzed data from 167 healthy young female adults. We found that only rumination significantly moderated the relation between socially prescribed perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms. However, this was not observed for self-oriented perfectionism or other regulatory strategies. These findings held true when a host of covariates were controlled for. Our findings underscore the crucial role of rumination, a modifiable emotion regulatory strategy, in augmenting the relation between socially prescribed perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms in young women.Germaine Y. Q. TngHwajin YangMDPI AGarticlesocially prescribed perfectionismcognitive emotion regulationruminationcatastrophizingself-blameeating disordersNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENBrain Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 1374, p 1374 (2021)
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topic socially prescribed perfectionism
cognitive emotion regulation
rumination
catastrophizing
self-blame
eating disorders
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle socially prescribed perfectionism
cognitive emotion regulation
rumination
catastrophizing
self-blame
eating disorders
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Germaine Y. Q. Tng
Hwajin Yang
Interactional Effects of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students
description Given the inconclusive findings regarding the relation between perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms, it is important that we determine whether this relation is modulated by emotion dysregulation, which is a prominent risk factor for eating disorders. We sought to identify specific cognitive emotion regulatory strategies—rumination, self-blame, and catastrophizing—that interact with multidimensional perfectionism to shape eating disorder symptoms (i.e., shape, weight, eating concerns, and dietary restraint). Using latent moderated structural equation modeling, we analyzed data from 167 healthy young female adults. We found that only rumination significantly moderated the relation between socially prescribed perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms. However, this was not observed for self-oriented perfectionism or other regulatory strategies. These findings held true when a host of covariates were controlled for. Our findings underscore the crucial role of rumination, a modifiable emotion regulatory strategy, in augmenting the relation between socially prescribed perfectionism and eating disorder symptoms in young women.
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author Germaine Y. Q. Tng
Hwajin Yang
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title Interactional Effects of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students
title_short Interactional Effects of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students
title_full Interactional Effects of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students
title_fullStr Interactional Effects of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students
title_full_unstemmed Interactional Effects of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students
title_sort interactional effects of multidimensional perfectionism and cognitive emotion regulation strategies on eating disorder symptoms in female college students
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publishDate 2021
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