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Holding A, Lavigne G, Vermette L, Carbonneau N. Motivation to regulate eating behaviors, intuitive eating, and well-being: A dyadic study with mothers and adult daughters. Appetite 2024; 199:107403. [PMID: 38723670 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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Intuitive eating, defined as relying on physiological cues to determine when, what, and how much to eat while maintaining a positive relationship with food (Tribole & Resch, 1995), has gained a lot of research attention in the last two decades. The present study sought to determine how motivation for regulating eating behaviors is related to intuitive eating and well-being outcomes in dyads of mothers and their adult daughters (n = 214). Structural equation modelling revealed that controlling for dieting and desire to lose weight, both mothers' and daughters' autonomous motivation was positively associated with their own intuitive eating while their controlled motivation was negatively associated with intuitive eating. In turn, intuitive eating was positively associated with well-being in both mothers and daughters. Interestingly, mothers' intuitive eating was also positively related to their daughters' well-being. The analysis of indirect effects suggests that mothers' motivation to regulate eating behaviors has an indirect (mediating) relationship with daughters' well-being through mothers' intuitive eating. The implications for women's health and well-being are discussed.
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- Anne Holding
- Department of Psychology, New York University, 6 Washington Place, New York, NY, 10001, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Université Du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), 3351, boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada, G9A 5H7.
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- Department of Psychology, Université Du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), 3351, boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada, G9A 5H7.
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- Department of Psychology, Université Du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), 3351, boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada, G9A 5H7; Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Université Laval, 2440, boulevard Hochelaga, Québec, Québec, Canada, G1V 0A6.
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Stephens LE, Bowers EP, Schmalz DL, Duffy LN, Lenhoff J. A mixed method approach to evaluating eating-related psychopathologies in collegiate student-athletes. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH : J OF ACH 2023; 71:1761-1774. [PMID: 34243701 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1947304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the presence of body image concerns, drive for muscularity, and disordered eating behaviors in collegiate student-athletes. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and one NCAA Division I student-athletes participated in Phase I; 15 of these also participated in Phase II. METHODS This study employed a mixed method, sequential explanatory design. Participants first completed survey measures assessing body image concern, drive for muscularity, and eating behaviors. These results influenced open-ended, semi-structured interviews, which were thematically analyzed. RESULTS Body image and disordered eating behaviors were of greater concern than drive for muscularity. Student-athletes reported engaging in eating behaviors as opposed to not eating, yet these eating behaviors trended toward disordered behaviors such as obsessive "healthy eating" or orthorexia. CONCLUSIONS This study took a novel methodological approach to examining student-athlete body image and eating behaviors. Results emphasize the need for further support and education for student-athletes around body image and eating behaviors.
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- Lauren E Stephens
- Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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Guertin C, Pelletier L. The relationship between autonomous and controlled motivation and eating behaviors: examining the roles of self-regulating eating quality and quantity. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11031-022-09964-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gauthier AJ, Guertin C, Pelletier LG. Motivated to eat green or your greens? Comparing the role of motivation towards the environment and for eating regulation on ecological eating behaviours – A Self-Determination Theory perspective. Food Qual Prefer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Are higher-order life values antecedents of students’ learning engagement and adaptive learning outcomes? The case of materialistic vs. intrinsic life values. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-020-00851-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ku L, Newby C, Moldes O, Zaroff CM, Wu AMS. The values you endorse set the body you see: The protective effect of intrinsic life goals on men's body dissatisfaction. Scand J Psychol 2022; 63:393-404. [PMID: 35353913 PMCID: PMC9545441 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The mass media portrayal of a muscular body type ideal has been increasingly tied to men's body image dissatisfaction. We examined the role of self-determination theory's intrinsic life goals within this body image ideal and its potential as a moderator of this dissatisfaction. We first tested the moderating effect of intrinsic life goals on the link between magazine consumption and body image dissatisfaction via an online questionnaire (Study 1; N = 826), then experimentally manipulated these goals and exposure to images of muscular male models (Study 2; N = 150). A robust protective effect of intrinsic goals on body image satisfaction was observed - the relationship between magazine consumption and body image dissatisfaction was only significant among individuals with a lower level of intrinsic life goal orientation. When participants' intrinsic goals were momentarily heightened, they reported significantly less body image dissatisfaction, compared to those not receiving a strengthening of these goals. The results are the first to find a protective effect of intrinsic life goals on men's body image, and have important implications for intervention.
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- Lisbeth Ku
- Division of Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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- Division of Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Marketing and Strategy, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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Silva GCAD, Ganen AGDP, Alvarenga MDS. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Fat Talk Questionnaire for Brazilian Portuguese language. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE EPIDEMIOLOGIA 2021; 24:e210051. [PMID: 34468544 DOI: 10.1590/1980-549720210051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the Fat Talk Questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese with focus on adolescent girls. METHODS The steps taken in this research were: conceptual and item equivalence, semantics, operational. The conceptual and item equivalence was performed by researchers in the field of Nutrition and body image; semantics involved translators fluent in English and Portuguese (n=3) and experts (n=19) in body image and eating behavior. Step 3 included 32 female adolescents (15 and 18 years), who answered the translated and adapted version to assess comprehension by the target audience. RESULTS Of the 14 items, six were considered adequate by the experts and 3 items required minimal language adjustments. Five items needed broader changes for cultural and idiomatic adaptation. The back-translation was approved by the original authors. The average response time by the adolescents was 3.5 minutes, with no queries. CONCLUSION The scale was translated and adapted to Brazilian Portuguese aimed at female adolescents, showing satisfactory results in the translation process, conceptual, semantic and operational equivalence. Analyses of external validity, measurement equivalence and reproducibility were also required.
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- Mestrado Profissional em Nutrição: do Nascimento à Adolescência, Centro Universitário São Camilo - São Paulo (SP), Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição em Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo (SP), Brasil
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Barbeau K, Guertin C, Boileau K, Pelletier L. The Effects of Self-Compassion and Self-Esteem Writing Interventions on Women’s Valuation of Weight Management Goals, Body Appreciation, and Eating Behaviors. PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN QUARTERLY 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/03616843211013465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this study, we examined the effects of body-focused daily self-compassion and self-esteem expressive writing activities on women’s valuation of weight management goals, body appreciation, bulimic symptoms, and healthy and unhealthy eating behaviors. One-hundred twenty-six women, recruited from the community and a university participant pool ( Mage = 29.3, SD = 13.6), were randomly allocated to one of the three writing conditions: body-focused self-compassion, body-focused self-esteem, or control. Women reflected on a moment within the past 24 hours that made them feel self-conscious about their bodies, eating, or exercise habits (self-compassion and self-esteem conditions) or on a particular situation or feeling that occurred in the past 24 hours (control condition) for 4–7 days. At post-treatment (24 hours after the intervention), women in the self-compassion group demonstrated decreased bulimic symptoms, while women in the self-esteem and control conditions did not. Furthermore, clinically significant changes in bulimic symptoms were associated with being in the self-compassion condition but not in the self-esteem or control conditions. Results suggest that body-focused writing interventions may be more effective in temporarily reducing eating disorder symptoms in women if they focus on harnessing self-compassion. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/03616843211013465
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- Kheana Barbeau
- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Planning and self-monitoring the quality and quantity of eating: How different styles of self-regulation strategies relate to healthy and unhealthy eating behaviors, bulimic symptoms, and BMI. Appetite 2020; 156:104839. [PMID: 32889061 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This research examined if planning and self-monitoring could be distinguished in terms of quality and quantity, and if differences in the uses of these strategies were associated with distinct eating outcomes. In Study 1 (n = 355), the structure of a new scale designed to measure planning and self-monitoring in terms of quality (i.e., nutrient intake) and quantity (i.e., calories and portion sizes) was examined through Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Structural equation models were also tested in which the relationships between the proposed strategies, healthy and unhealthy eating behaviors and bulimic symptoms, as well as BMI, were examined. The purpose of Study 2 (n = 318) was to replicate the results found in Study 1, using a different sample. Overall, a 6-factor structure was found for the scale and results revealed that strategies related to the quality of eating were more strongly and positively associated with healthy eating and more strongly and negatively associated with unhealthy eating behaviors, whereas strategies related to the quantity of eating were more strongly and positively associated with bulimic symptoms and BMI. Results are discussed in terms of implications for health professionals who wish to improve individuals' eating behaviors and/or weight.
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Thinking about overeating results in higher likelihood of anticipated fat talk. Body Image 2019; 31:13-18. [PMID: 31430600 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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"No seconds for you!": Exploring a sociocultural model of fat-talking in the presence of family involving restrictive/critical caregiver eating messages, relational body image, and anti-fat attitudes in college women. Body Image 2019; 30:56-63. [PMID: 31129472 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In line with sociocultural models of parental influence on body image, we examined the relationship between recall of restrictive/critical caregiver eating messages (RCEM) and current frequency of disclosing self-disparaging fat talk among family in 335 undergraduate women (Mage = 19.4; SD = 1.53; range = 18-27). Additionally, two forms of relational body image (i.e., perceived body acceptance by others, external body image shame) and anti-fat attitudes were tested as potential explanatory pathways. RCEM were positively related to current frequency of self-directed fat talk in the family context. All three proposed mediators helped explain this relationship, with external body image shame demonstrating the largest observed effect. Findings suggest frequent recollections of caregivers' implied weight-stigmatizing comments surrounding eating may contribute to more frequent self-denigrating body talk with family members at present via both positive and negative dimensions of relational body image and endorsed explicit weight bias. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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Huang HC, Nguyen HV, Cheng T, Wong MK, Chiu HY, Yang YH, Teng CI. A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Role of Enthusiasm About Exergames: Players' Perceptions of Exercise. Games Health J 2019; 8:220-226. [DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2018.0057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Han-Chung Huang
- Intelligent Electronic Commerce Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Business and Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Fung Yiu King–Wing Hang Bank Professor in Business Administration, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Faculty of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Taoyuan Branch, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Finance, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Health Policy and Management, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Business and Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Business and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taishan, Taiwan
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Agostini G, SturtzSreetharan C, Wutich A, Williams D, Brewis A. Citizen sociolinguistics: A new method to understand fat talk. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0217618. [PMID: 31141560 PMCID: PMC6541281 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Fat talk and citizen science Fat talk is a spontaneous verbal interaction in which interlocutors make self-disparaging comments about the body, usually as a request for assessment. Fat talk often reflects concerns about the self that stem from broader sociocultural factors. It is therefore an important target for sociocultural linguistics. However, real-time studies of fat talk are uncommon due to the resource and time burdens required to capture these fleeting utterances. This limits the scope of data produced using standard sociolinguistic methods. Citizen science may alleviate these burdens by producing a scale of social observation not afforded via traditional methods. Here we present a proof-of-concept for a novel methodology, citizen sociolinguistics. This research approach involves collaborations with citizen researchers to capture forms of conversational data that are typically inaccessible, including fat talk. Aims and outcomes This study had two primary aims. Aim 1 focused on scientific output, testing a novel research strategy wherein citizen sociolinguists captured fat talk data in a diverse metropolitan region (Southwestern United States). Results confirm that citizen sociolinguistic research teams captured forms of fat talk that mirrored the scripted responses previously reported. However, they also capture unique forms of fat talk, likely due to greater diversity in sample and sampling environments. Aim 2 focused on the method itself via reflective exercises shared by the citizen sociolinguists throughout the project. In addition to confirming that the citizen sociolinguistic method produces reliable, scientifically valid data, we contend that citizen sociolinguist inclusion has broader scientific benefits which include applied scientific training, fostering sustained relationships between professional researchers and the public, and producing novel, meaningful scientific output that advances professional discourse.
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- Gina Agostini
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- College of Dental Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America
- * E-mail: (GA); (CLSS)
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- * E-mail: (GA); (CLSS)
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Guertin C, Barbeau K, Pelletier L. Examining fat talk and self-compassion as distinct motivational processes in women's eating regulation: A self-determination theory perspective. J Health Psychol 2018; 25:1965-1977. [PMID: 29944012 DOI: 10.1177/1359105318781943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This study examined whether pursuing intrinsic versus extrinsic goals was associated with distinct motivational processes in eating regulation and with healthy versus unhealthy eating. Path analysis demonstrated that appearance goals were associated with fat talk, whereas health goals were associated with self-compassion. Fat talk was positively associated with non-self-determined motivation and unhealthy eating, whereas self-compassion was positively associated with self-determined motivation and healthy eating, and negatively associated with unhealthy eating. Findings emphasize the negative effects of pursuing appearance goals and engaging in fat talk and the benefits of pursuing health goals and being self-compassionate.
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