title: Components of shame and eating disturbance among clinical and non-clinical populations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association between components of shame (characterological, behavioural and bodily) and eating disturbance.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross sectional study of 859 female and 256 male participants from the general population [non-clinical (NCP)] and 167 female participants from an eating disordered population [clinical (CP)] completing the Experience of Shame Scale. The NCP samples also completed the Eating Attitudes Test-26, and the CP samples completed the Eating Disorder Risk Composite of the Eating Disorder Inventory-3. Participants were recruited via schools/colleges, eating disorder charities and the Internet.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bodily and characterological shame were independently predictive of eating disturbance in female NCP samples (both, p < .001); bodily shame was uniquely predictive of eating disturbance for the male NCP (p < .05) and female CP samples (p < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aetiology of eating disturbance may be different for male and female NCP samples. The male NCP and the female CP samples displayed a similar pathway to eating disturbance. It is important to acknowledge the different components of shame associated with eating disturbance in different populations.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK. jackie.doran@qub.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: Christopher Alan
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012752:Shame; D055815:Young Adult