CAN SELF-DETERMINATION HELP PROTECT WOMEN AGAINST SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ABOUT BODY IMAGE AND REDUCE THEIR RISK OF EXPERIENCING BULIMIC SYMPTOMS?

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When the Body Defines the Self: Self-Concept Clarity, Internalization, and Body Image (2009, background): “Considering this body of research, Polivy and Herman (2007) concluded that dieting is a means through which some individuals can define themselves.”
Self-Determination Theory and Diminished Functioning (2011, background): “From an SDT perspective, eating disorders and the struggle for body control represent rigid or self-defeating behaviors that result from the thwarting of autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs (Pelletier et al., 2004; Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Ntoumanis, & Nikitaras, 2010).”
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Sport and Physical Activity: A Review and a Look at the Future (2012, background): “Based on the findings that an autonomy-supportive style is teachable (Reeve, 1998), Pelletier and his colleagues (2006) developed an intervention program to help swim coaches become more autonomy-supportive and consequently facilitate their athletes’ motivation.”
An examination of general and specific motivational mechanisms for the relations between body dissatisfaction and eating behaviors (2007, unknown): “Pelletier, Dion, and Lévesque (2004) first tested a model that supported the sociocultural pathway to bulimia, observing that greater perceptions of sociocultural pressures about body image predicted greater endorsement of societal beliefs related to thinness and obesity, which, in turn, was…”