Marshall Tess E, Thomas Kai S, Weinstein Netta, Vanderwert Ross E
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK.
Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science, Cardiff University, UK.
J Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2022 Jan-Dec;34(1-3):42-52. doi: 10.2989/17280583.2023.2277763. Epub 2024 Mar 20.
According to self-determination theory, satisfied basic psychological needs can be a protective factor for psychopathology, including eating disorders and anxiety symptomatology. However, most research has focused on adolescent and adult populations, with less work examining perceived basic psychological need satisfaction from parents in younger samples who report anxiety and disordered eating. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate whether basic psychological need satisfaction from parents was associated with disordered eating in preadolescents and whether anxiety mediated this relation. A total of 211 preadolescents were recruited from primary schools across south Wales (mean age = 10.27 years, age range = 9-11 years; 49.3% female). Children completed self-report questionnaires on their basic psychological need satisfaction when with parents, as well as disordered eating and anxiety symptoms. It was found that higher needs satisfaction was associated with lower disordered eating and anxiety, with stronger relations found in girls compared with boys. Furthermore, anxiety was found to mediate this relationship. Results suggest that basic psychological needs satisfaction may play an important role in the early emergence of co-occurring disordered eating and anxiety symptoms in boys and girls. The importance of considering anxiety symptoms in future work investigating needs satisfaction in the context of disordered eating and eating disorders is discussed.
根据自我决定理论，满足基本心理需求可以成为精神病理学的一个保护因素，包括饮食失调和焦虑症状。然而，大多数研究都集中在青少年和成人人群，较少有研究考察报告有焦虑和饮食失调的较年轻样本中来自父母的基本心理需求满足感。这项横断面研究旨在调查父母给予的基本心理需求满足感是否与青春期前儿童的饮食失调有关，以及焦虑是否介导了这种关系。总共从南威尔士的小学招募了211名青春期前儿童（平均年龄 = 10.27岁，年龄范围 = 9 - 11岁；49.3%为女性）。孩子们完成了关于与父母在一起时基本心理需求满足感、饮食失调和焦虑症状的自我报告问卷。研究发现，需求满足感越高，饮食失调和焦虑程度越低，且女孩中的这种关系比男孩中更强。此外，发现焦虑介导了这种关系。结果表明，基本心理需求满足感可能在男孩和女孩同时出现饮食失调和焦虑症状的早期阶段发挥重要作用。本文讨论了在未来研究饮食失调和饮食障碍背景下的需求满足感时考虑焦虑症状的重要性。
