Not all body image constructs are created equal: Predicting eating disorder outcomes from preoccupation, dissatisfaction, and overvaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diverse terminology has been used to operationalize body image disturbance in eating disorders. However, the differential validity of these terms and their underlying constructs to predict outcomes among heterogeneous eating disorders is unknown. This study evaluated the validity of body image constructs to predict eating disorder and negative psychological symptoms concurrently and prospectively over 2 years in a transdiagnostic clinical sample.

Methods

Women with heterogeneous eating disorder diagnoses (n = 448) completed assessments at baseline, 12-month, and 24-month follow-up. Cross-sectional and cross-lagged generalized linear models examined effects of three body image constructs (i.e., weight and shape preoccupation, overvaluation, and dissatisfaction) on c

SUBMITTER: Askew AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9382219 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature