Is Self-Esteem the Primary Predictor of Disordered Eating?

By M. Shea, M. Pritchard. 2007

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This study examined whether self-esteem is the primary predictor of disordered eating. A survey measured levels of self-esteem and a variety of other health behaviors in 196 male and 263 female undergraduate students. We conducted stepwise regressions to determine which of several variables (self-esteem, high stress, poor coping skills, maladaptive perfectionism, gender) best predicted disordered eating. The results indicated that self-esteem was the secondary predictor for bulimia, drive for thinness, and body dissatisfaction. Future research should further investigate how self-esteem interacts with other predictor variables to better determine the relationship between self-esteem and disordered eating.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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1. Elizabeth R. Cole
2. L. Monique Ward
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1. L. Monique Ward
2. N. Sabik
3. Elizabeth R. Cole

Citations in the corpus

• Are All Minority Women Equally Buffered from Negative Body Image? Intra-Ethnic Moderators of the Buffering Hypothesis 1 (2010, background): “For women, feelings of low appearance esteem may lead to negative mental health outcomes such as depression and disordered eating (Sanchez & Crocker, 2005; Shea & Pritchard, 2006).”