Cognitive and Behavioural Research Centre (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2014 Nov;22(6):487-94. doi: 10.1002/erv.2322. Epub 2014 Sep 24.
Research suggests that self-compassion may protect against shame in eating disorders. This study examines the association between shame memories, self-compassion, self-judgment and eating psychopathology severity and tests the moderator effect of self-compassion on the relationships between shame memories and eating psychopathology.
Participants were 34 patients with the diagnosis of an eating disorder, who were assessed using Eating Disorder Examination and the Shame Experiences Interview and self-report instruments measuring the traumatic and centrality to identity features of shame memories, self-compassion and self-judgment.
Self-compassion was negatively correlated to shame memory features and eating psychopathology, and self-judgment was positively associated with such variables. Self-compassion had a moderator effect on the association between shame traumatic and central memories and eating psychopathology severity.
This is the first study to explore the buffering effect of self-compassion against the pathogenic effects of shame memories on eating psychopathology severity in eating disorders, with relevant clinical and research implications.
研究表明，自我同情可能有助于预防饮食失调中的羞耻感。本研究探讨了羞耻记忆、自我同情、自我评判与饮食心理病理学严重程度之间的关联，并检验了自我同情对羞耻记忆与饮食心理病理学之间关系的调节作用。
参与者为 34 名饮食障碍患者，使用饮食障碍检查和羞耻体验访谈以及自我报告工具进行评估，这些工具测量了羞耻记忆、自我同情和自我评判的创伤和身份特征的中心性。
自我同情与羞耻记忆特征和饮食心理病理学呈负相关，而自我评判则与之呈正相关。自我同情对羞耻创伤性和中心性记忆与饮食心理病理学严重程度之间的关联具有调节作用。
这是第一项探索自我同情对饮食障碍中羞耻记忆对饮食心理病理学严重程度的致病作用的缓冲作用的研究，具有相关的临床和研究意义。
