Evidence That Frame of Reference Effects Can Reduce Socially Prescribed Perfectionism.

ABSTRACT: Socially prescribed perfectionism appears to drive disordered eating behaviour in young women, usually via messages from fellow women. Social psychological research suggests that framing effects can be manipulated to reduce the effect of unhealthy messages. This research used contrasting messages about perfectionism to reduce perfectionism among female dieters. We recruited 147 female dieters (M _age = 25.11) for a between-subjects experimental study. While completing an online questionnaire, participants were exposed to one of three sets of blog posts, which varied in content and source. These three conditions always had one anti-perfectionism message from a woman. This was presented along with either a high perfection message from a man, a high perfectionism message from

SUBMITTER: Bouguettaya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6333663 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature