Body Dissatisfaction as a Mediator between Identity Formation and Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Adolescents and Emerging Adults | Zendy

Nina Palmeroni | Zendy; Koen Luyckx | Zendy; Margaux Verschueren | Zendy; Laurence Claes | Zendy

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Body Dissatisfaction as a Mediator between Identity Formation and Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Author(s) -

Nina Palmeroni,

Koen Luyckx,

Margaux Verschueren,

Laurence Claes

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

psychologica belgica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.511

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 2054-670X

pISSN - 0033-2879

DOI - 10.5334/pb.564

Subject(s) - psychology , structural equation modeling , eating disorders , feeling , eating disorder inventory , identity (music) , disordered eating , clinical psychology , young adult , developmental psychology , social psychology , bulimia nervosa , statistics , physics , mathematics , acoustics

Eating disorder symptomatology generally develops during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Previous research has focused on the role of identity formation or body image in the development of eating disorder symptomatology, but integrative work is lacking. For this reason, the present cross-sectional study examined the mediating role of body dissatisfaction in the relation between identity formation and eating disorder symptomatology.

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