Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate whether perfectionism mediates the association between obsessive-compulsive (OC) and eating disorder (ED) symptoms. Analyses were conducted using data collected among a national sample of eating disordered women diagnosed with BN or a subclinical variant of BN (N= 204). Each participant completed a series of self-report inventories on perfectionism, as well as OC, ED, and depressive symptoms. Higher ED symptoms were significantly associated with greater levels of perfectionism (p< 01) and OC symptoms (p< 05). As hypothesized, perfectionism significantly mediated the relationship between ED and OC symptoms, controlling for depression. Findings indicate that perfectionism may be considered a shared etiological or phenomenological factor in ED and OC symptoms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 231-235 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Personality and Individual Differences |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2013 |
Keywords
- Bulimia nervosa
- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms
- Perfectionism