Oruclular Yasemin, Bariskin Elif
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey,
Eat Weight Disord. 2015 Sep;20(3):337-43. doi: 10.1007/s40519-014-0165-9. Epub 2014 Nov 11.
This research aimed to investigate the relationship between the self, eating attitudes, and body satisfaction within the framework of the autonomous-related self model, in which the healthy functioning self is described as "autonomous" and "related."
Female university students (n = 314) with a mean age of 19 (SD = 1.18) were included in the research. The mean body mass index (BMI) of participants was 20.77 (SD = 2.77, range = 15.57-33.06). Participants completed a demographics questionnaire, the Autonomy-Relatedness Scales, Eating Attitudes Test, Body Cathexis Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory.
Lower autonomy-relatedness (β = -0.13, p < 0.05) predicted more problematic eating attitudes, but autonomy-relatedness itself was not a significant predictor of body satisfaction in young females. Ideal weight scores (β = -0.19, p < 0.01) negatively predicted a disturbance in eating attitudes, whereas depression scores (β = 0.12, p < 0.05) positively predicted a disturbance. Although none of the self-constructs (autonomy, relatedness, autonomy-relatedness) were significant predictors of body satisfaction, BMI (β = -0.20, p < 0.001), and depressive symptoms (β = -0.28, p < 0.001) negatively predicted body satisfaction, whereas ideal weight scores (β = 0.14, p < 0.01) positively predicted body satisfaction.
The Autonomous-Related Self was a meaningful measure of associations between the self and eating psychopathology, but not of the relationship between the self and body satisfaction. It was also important to evaluate objective (e.g., BMI) and subjective (e.g., ideal weight) indicators of weight to better understand the nature of eating patterns and body satisfaction. Future research on autonomy-relatedness and other psychopathology is recommended.
本研究旨在探讨自主关联自我模型框架下自我、饮食态度与身体满意度之间的关系，在该模型中，健康运作的自我被描述为“自主”和“关联”。
本研究纳入了平均年龄为19岁（标准差=1.18）的314名女大学生。参与者的平均体重指数（BMI）为20.77（标准差=2.77，范围=15.57 - 33.06）。参与者完成了一份人口统计学问卷、自主关联性量表、饮食态度测试、身体投入量表和贝克抑郁量表。
较低的自主关联性（β=-0.13，p<0.05）预示着更成问题的饮食态度，但自主关联性本身并非年轻女性身体满意度的显著预测指标。理想体重得分（β=-0.19，p<0.01）对饮食态度紊乱有负向预测作用，而抑郁得分（β=0.12，p<0.05）对饮食态度紊乱有正向预测作用。尽管自我构念（自主性、关联性、自主关联性）均不是身体满意度的显著预测指标，但BMI（β=-0.20，p<0.001）和抑郁症状（β=-0.28，p<0.001）对身体满意度有负向预测作用，而理想体重得分（β=0.14，p<0.01）对身体满意度有正向预测作用。
自主关联自我是自我与饮食心理病理学之间关联的一项有意义的测量指标，但并非自我与身体满意度之间关系的测量指标。评估体重的客观指标（如BMI）和主观指标（如理想体重）对于更好地理解饮食模式和身体满意度的本质也很重要。建议未来开展关于自主关联性和其他心理病理学的研究。
