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Components of Shame and Eating Disturbance Among Clinical and Non‐clinical Populations
Author(s) -
Doran Jackie,
Lewis Christopher Alan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.1142
Subject(s) - shame , eating disorders , disturbance (geology) , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , biology , social psychology , paleontology
Objective To examine the association between components of shame (characterological, behavioural and bodily) and eating disturbance. Method This was a cross sectional study of 859 female and 256 male participants from the general population [non‐clinical (NCP)] and 167 female participants from an eating disordered population [clinical (CP)] completing the Experience of Shame Scale. The NCP samples also completed the Eating Attitudes Test‐26, and the CP samples completed the Eating Disorder Risk Composite of the Eating Disorder Inventory‐3. Participants were recruited via schools/colleges, eating disorder charities and the Internet. Results Bodily and characterological shame were independently predictive of eating disturbance in female NCP samples (both, p < .001); bodily shame was uniquely predictive of eating disturbance for the male NCP ( p < .05) and female CP samples ( p < .001). Conclusion The aetiology of eating disturbance may be different for male and female NCP samples. The male NCP and the female CP samples displayed a similar pathway to eating disturbance. It is important to acknowledge the different components of shame associated with eating disturbance in different populations. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.