Kalika Eliza, Hussain Misba, Egan Helen, Mantzios Michail
Department of Psychology, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Jun 4:332941241256886. doi: 10.1177/00332941241256886.
Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is characterized by an excessive preoccupation with healthy eating, accompanied by increasingly restrictive dietary practices over time. In light of the increased attention to ON, it is noteworthy that the existing body of research, specifically with regard to mindfulness and self-compassion remains constrained in scope and depth. A total of 151 participants over the age of 18 completed scales measuring Orthorexia, Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, and Perfectionism. The findings revealed that individuals exhibiting high levels of ON tended to have low levels of self-compassion and mindfulness, along with high levels of perfectionism. Furthermore, the results indicated that self-compassion and mindfulness acted as mediators in the relationship between perfectionism and orthorexia nervosa. These findings deepen our comprehension of orthorexia and underscore the role of self-compassion and mindfulness, or their absence, as mediating factors in this context. The implications of these results and potential future directions are discussed.
orthorexia nervosa（ON）的特征是过度关注健康饮食，且随着时间的推移，饮食习惯越来越严格。鉴于对ON的关注度不断提高，值得注意的是，现有的研究，特别是关于正念和自我同情的研究，在范围和深度上仍然受到限制。共有151名18岁以上的参与者完成了测量orthorexia、自我同情、正念和完美主义的量表。研究结果显示，表现出高水平ON的个体往往自我同情和正念水平较低，同时完美主义水平较高。此外，结果表明自我同情和正念在完美主义与orthorexia nervosa之间的关系中起中介作用。这些发现加深了我们对orthorexia的理解，并强调了自我同情和正念或其缺失在这种情况下作为中介因素的作用。讨论了这些结果的意义和潜在的未来方向。
