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Attitudes towards emotional expression mediate the relationship between childhood invalidation and adult eating concern
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Haslam, Michelle, Arcelus, Jon, Farrow, Claire and Meyer, Caroline (2012) Attitudes towards emotional expression mediate the relationship between childhood invalidation and adult eating concern. European Eating Disorders Review, 20 (6). pp. 510-514. doi:10.1002/erv.2198
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.2198
Abstract
Previous research has suggested that invalidating childhood environments are positively related to the symptoms of eating disorders. However, it is unclear how childhood environments might impact upon the development of eating disorder symptoms. This study examined the relationship between parental invalidation and eating disorder-related attitudes in a nonclinical sample and tested the mediating effect of attitudes towards emotional expression. Two hundred women, with a mean age of 21 years, completed measures of invalidating childhood environments, attitudes towards emotional expression, and eating pathology. Eating concerns were positively associated with recollections of an invalidating parental environment. The belief that the expression of emotions is a sign of weakness fully mediated the relationship between childhood maternal invalidation and adult eating concern. Following replication and extension to a clinical sample, these results suggest that targeting the individual's attitude towards emotional expression might reduce eating attitudes among women who have experienced an invalidating childhood environment.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Eating Disorders Review | ||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1072-4133 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | 20 | ||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 510-514 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1002/erv.2198 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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