Feel Good, Eat Better: The Role of Self-Compassion and Body Esteem in Mothers’ Healthy Eating Behaviours

Mothers’ eating behaviours are important to ensure the health and well-being of themselves and their families. Recent research has pointed to self-compassion, defined as extending kindness to oneself in times of perceived inadequacy or general suffering, as a trait associated with healthy forms of e...

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Autores principales:	Noémie Carbonneau, Anne Holding, Geneviève Lavigne, Julie Robitaille
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	self-compassion body esteem intuitive eating emotional eating diet quality Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/e8424f6d938840d4a8bd974e396316a1
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e8424f6d938840d4a8bd974e396316a12021-11-25T18:35:09ZFeel Good, Eat Better: The Role of Self-Compassion and Body Esteem in Mothers’ Healthy Eating Behaviours10.3390/nu131139072072-6643https://doaj.org/article/e8424f6d938840d4a8bd974e396316a12021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/3907https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6643Mothers’ eating behaviours are important to ensure the health and well-being of themselves and their families. Recent research has pointed to self-compassion, defined as extending kindness to oneself in times of perceived inadequacy or general suffering, as a trait associated with healthy forms of eating, such as intuitive eating, and reduced maladaptive forms of eating, such as emotional eating. However, little is known about the psychological mechanism through which self-compassion relates to healthy eating behaviours. This study examined 100 mothers’ levels of self-compassion, body esteem and eating behaviours. Structural equation modelling revealed that self-compassion was positively associated with diet quality and intuitive eating, while being negatively associated with emotional eating. Moreover, these links occurred, in part, due to higher body esteem. This points to a mechanism through which self-compassion may positively contribute to mothers’ healthy eating behaviours. The implications for eating outcomes and women’s health are discussed.Noémie CarbonneauAnne HoldingGeneviève LavigneJulie RobitailleMDPI AGarticleself-compassionbody esteemintuitive eatingemotional eatingdiet qualityNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENNutrients, Vol 13, Iss 3907, p 3907 (2021)
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description	Mothers’ eating behaviours are important to ensure the health and well-being of themselves and their families. Recent research has pointed to self-compassion, defined as extending kindness to oneself in times of perceived inadequacy or general suffering, as a trait associated with healthy forms of eating, such as intuitive eating, and reduced maladaptive forms of eating, such as emotional eating. However, little is known about the psychological mechanism through which self-compassion relates to healthy eating behaviours. This study examined 100 mothers’ levels of self-compassion, body esteem and eating behaviours. Structural equation modelling revealed that self-compassion was positively associated with diet quality and intuitive eating, while being negatively associated with emotional eating. Moreover, these links occurred, in part, due to higher body esteem. This points to a mechanism through which self-compassion may positively contribute to mothers’ healthy eating behaviours. The implications for eating outcomes and women’s health are discussed.
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title	Feel Good, Eat Better: The Role of Self-Compassion and Body Esteem in Mothers’ Healthy Eating Behaviours
title_short	Feel Good, Eat Better: The Role of Self-Compassion and Body Esteem in Mothers’ Healthy Eating Behaviours
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Feel Good, Eat Better: The Role of Self-Compassion and Body Esteem in Mothers’ Healthy Eating Behaviours

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