When feeling attractive matters too much to women: A process underpinning the relation between psychological need satisfaction and unhealthy weight control behaviors

作者：Thogersen Ntoumani Cecilie^*; Ntoumanis Nikos; Cumming Jennifer; Chatzisarantis Nikos L D

来源：Motivation and Emotion, 2011, 35(4): 413-422.

DOI：10.1007/s11031-011-9226-9

• Appearance-contingent self-worth
• Appearance anxiety
• Disordered eating
• Self-determination theory

This study examined a process model linking psychological need satisfaction to unhealthy weight control behaviors. Female University students (N = 220; M age = 20.47; SD = 5.07) completed questionnaires measuring need satisfaction, appearance-contingent self-worth, weight-related appearance anxiety and unhealthy weight control behaviors. Structural equation modeling revealed that need satisfaction indirectly related to engagement in unhealthy weight control behaviors through appearance-contingent self-worth and weight-related appearance anxiety. The results indicate that appearance-contingent self-worth might help to explain how low levels of psychological need satisfaction are related to maladaptive weight-related outcomes in young women.

• 出版日期2011-12
• 单位南阳理工学院