title: Mediators between perfectionism and eating disorder psychopathology in a community sample.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of shape and weight overvaluation and conditional goal-setting on the relationship between perfectionism and eating pathology among women in the general community. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that the full mediation model previously established with a clinical sample (Watson et al., 2011), generalized to the present community sample (n=202). The indirect effect of self-oriented perfectionism on eating disorder pathology was .25 (p<.001) via shape and weight overvaluation, and .10 (p<.01) via conditional goal-setting, supporting the hypothesis that self-oriented perfectionism increased eating disorder psychopathology via each mechanism. Shape and weight overvaluation was the stronger mediator. The findings provide evidence to support existing cognitive-behavioral formulations of eating pathology and clinical perfectionism, and have implications for the prevention of eating pathology.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: Hunna J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Kane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires