The relationship between social problem-solving and self-esteem in Anorexia Nervosa
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Paterson, Gillian
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2019-02-15T14:16:02Z
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2019-02-15T14:16:02Z
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2006
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INTRODUCTION Cognitive-behavioural theories of anorexia nervosa suggest that anorexia develops out
of feelings of ineffectiveness and loss of identity which lead the individual to develop
ineffective coping strategies and experience low self-esteem. The current study aimed to
investigate social-problem solving and self-esteem in anorexia, using multidimensional
measures, with the hypotheses that specific elements of these constructs would be specific to
eating pathology and that self-esteem would mediate the relationship between social problem solving and eating pathology
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METHODS
The study examined multidimensional measures of social problem-solving and self-esteem in 55 female inpatients with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and 50 non-clinical
matched controls. Participants completed four standardised self-report measures of general
symptoms, eating disorders, social problem-solving and self-esteem at one time point only.
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RESULTS
Results yielded significant differences between groups on all measures. Within groups
analysis revealed positive problem orientation, negative problem orientation and avoidance
coping and both self-worth and self-competence components of self-esteem were significantly
related to anorexic pathologies involving feelings of concern over eating, weight and shape,
but less related to eating restraint. Path analysis indicated that self-esteem mediated the
relationship between social problem-solving and eating pathology.
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DISCUSSION
The results provide further evidence for the importance of problem orientation and
avoidance coping in anorexia and the importance of the worth and competency components of
self-esteem. The results also suggested that social problem-solving and self-esteem were
significant in development and maintenance of concerns regarding eating weight and shape,
but less so to eating restraint. Finally, the results provided support for the mediating role of
self-esteem in the relationship between social problem-solving and anorexia, however the
issue of causality remains unresolved.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33478
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The University of Edinburgh
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Annexe Thesis Digitisation Project 2019 Block 22
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The relationship between social problem-solving and self-esteem in Anorexia Nervosa
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Thesis or Dissertation
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Doctoral
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DClinPsychol Doctor of Clinical Psychology
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