Losing weight, gaining confidence? actual weight does not predict body (dis)satisfaction and self-esteem in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In line with modern-day beauty ideals, many adolescent girls strive to have a slender figure. Thus, low body weight is expected to be related to greater body satisfaction and self-esteem in adolescent girls. However, for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) this is often not the case: despite being underweight, they exhibit high levels of body dissatisfaction and low self-esteem. Negative cognitive biases for information related to one's body might explain this disconnection between body weight and body (dis)satisfaction/self-esteem in adolescents with AN. The present study explores the association between actual weight, negative cognitive biases, and body dissatisfaction/self-esteem in both adolescents with AN and adolescents without mental disorder (healthy controls;

SUBMITTER: Lukas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12265378 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature