title: Perfectionism and disordered eating in overweight woman.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Perfectionism constitutes a risk factor for the development of eating disorders. In overweight women, knowledge about the nature of this association is scarce.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between perfectionism, eating behaviors and affect in overweight women.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Portuguese versions of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire/EDEQ, the Multidimensional Perfectionism Questionnaire and the Profile of Mood States were administered to an outpatient sample of 276 women (mean age=43.85±11.89years; mean BMI=32.82±5.43kg/m(2)).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correlations between Socially Prescribed Perfectionism/SPP, EDEQ total (T) and its dimensional scores (Weight and Shape Concern and Dissatisfaction/WSCD, Eating Concern/EC, Dietary Restraint/DR) were significant (r>.30; p>.001). Self-Oriented Perfectionism/SOP was significantly correlated with EDEQ-T, WSCD and DR (r=.20). Participants with high (>M+SD) vs. low (<M-SD) SOP and SPP had significantly higher means in EDEQ-T, WSCD, EC and DR (p<.001). Linear regression showed that SPP was predictor of EDEQ-T and EC (p<.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SPP and SOP are related to disordered eating in overweight women.
authors.affiliation: Psychological Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal; Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: peixotocatarina@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peixoto-Plácido
authors.affiliation: Psychological Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria João
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Psychological Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Telma
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Psychological Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macedo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Affect; Eating behaviors; Overweight women; Perfectionism