Deborah Mitchison|Phillipa Hay|Scott Griffiths|Stuart B. Murray|Caroline Bentley|Kassandra Gratwick?Sarll|Carmel Harrison|Jonathan Mond
Disentangling body image: The relative associations of overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation with psychological distress and eating disorder behaviors in male and female adolescents
Macquarie University|Western Sydney University|Western Sydney University|University of Canberra|University of California, San Francisco|Australian National University|Australian National University|Australian National University|Western Sydney University
distinctiveness relative clinical significance overvaluation dissatisfaction preoccupation body weightshape remains inconclusive study sought add evidence testing associations three body image constructs indicators clinical significancemale female secondary students n 1666 aged 1218 years completed survey included measures dissatisfaction overvaluation preoccupation weightshape psychological distress eating disorder behaviors basic demographic information conditional process analysis employed test independent mediating effects overvaluation dissatisfaction preoccupation distress dietary restraint objective binge eatingovervaluation dissatisfaction preoccupation highly correlated r 047084 girls preoccupation demonstrated strongest independent mediating effects distress dietary restraint binge eating whereas neither direct indirect effects dissatisfaction distress overvaluation binge eating significant among boys however direct indirect effects overvaluation dissatisfaction preoccupation distress eating disorder behaviors relatively equalpreoccupation weightshape may particularly clinically significant girls whereas constructs body image disturbance may equally clinically significant boys findings consistent view constructs closely related distinct 2016 wiley periodicals incint j eat disord 2017 50118126