Castro-López Violeta R, Franco-Paredes Karina, Peláez-Fernández María Angeles, Trujillo Chi Vacuán Eva María
Doctorado en Psicología con Orientación en Calidad de Vida y Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Ciudad Guzmán, México.
Department of Social Psychology, Social Work and Social Services, and Social Anthropology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Int J Eat Disord. 2023 Apr;56(4):770-777. doi: 10.1002/eat.23919. Epub 2023 Mar 1.
Strong empirical research has shown a relationship between body dissatisfaction and symptoms of eating disorders (ED) and the direct and combined influence of emotional factors and dimensions of emotional intelligence (EI) on ED symptoms. However, whether these emotional variables and competencies moderate the well-established relationship between body dissatisfaction and ED symptomatology has not yet been tested. Neither have studies of this nature been performed among high at-risk populations such as Mexican female adolescents. Thus, this research aimed to explore the moderator role of EI subdimensions in the relationship between body dissatisfaction and ED symptoms among female adolescents from Sinaloa, Mexico.
A total of 485 female adolescents aged 14-19 years old (M = 16.81, SD = 1.33) who were students in middle school, high school, and college completed questionnaires about body dissatisfaction, ED symptomatology, and EI. We conducted moderating analyses.
Subdimensions of EI significantly moderated the relationship between body dissatisfaction and symptoms of ED. For participants high in body dissatisfaction, lower levels in stress management ability and higher levels in the interpersonal EI and Adaptability EI dimensions were associated with higher levels of ED symptomatology.
Subdimensions of EI have an important role in moderating the association between body dissatisfaction and symptoms of ED. The findings of this study contribute to improving the knowledge about the role of emotional competencies in ED. Proposals for future research and to improve preventative approaches are discussed.
This study shows the moderating role of EI dimensions in the well-established relationship between body dissatisfaction and ED symptomatology. The research was conducted with a population at high risk of ED: female adolescents in the northwest of Mexico. Results showed that low Stress management EI, high Adaptability EI, and high Interpersonal EI were associated with higher levels of ED symptomatology among participants with high (but not low) body dissatisfaction. These insightful results have theoretical and practical implications.
大量实证研究表明，身体意象不满与饮食失调（ED）症状之间存在关联，且情绪因素和情商（EI）维度对ED症状有直接和综合影响。然而，这些情绪变量和能力是否调节身体意象不满与ED症状学之间已确立的关系尚未得到检验。此类研究也未在墨西哥女性青少年等高风险人群中开展。因此，本研究旨在探讨EI子维度在墨西哥锡那罗亚州女性青少年身体意象不满与ED症状关系中的调节作用。
共有485名年龄在14 - 19岁（M = 16.81，SD = 1.33）的女性青少年参与研究，她们分别是初中、高中和大学的学生，完成了关于身体意象不满、ED症状学和EI的问卷。我们进行了调节分析。
EI子维度显著调节了身体意象不满与ED症状之间的关系。对于身体意象不满程度高的参与者，压力管理能力较低、人际EI和适应EI维度较高与较高水平的ED症状相关。
EI子维度在调节身体意象不满与ED症状之间的关联中具有重要作用。本研究结果有助于增进对情绪能力在ED中作用的认识。讨论了未来研究和改进预防方法的建议。
本研究显示了EI维度在身体意象不满与ED症状学之间已确立关系中的调节作用。该研究针对ED高风险人群开展：墨西哥西北部的女性青少年。结果表明，在身体意象不满程度高（而非低）的参与者中，较低的压力管理EI、较高的适应EI和较高的人际EI与较高水平的ED症状相关。这些有见地的结果具有理论和实践意义。
