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Exploring the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Bulimic Symptoms: Mediational Effects of Perfectionism among Females
Cognitive therapy and research, Vol.37(5), pp.914-922
10/01/2013
PMCID: PMC4053192
PMID: 24932054
Web of Science ID: WOS:000324817600004
Abstract
Previous findings indicate that social anxiety and bulimia co-occur at high rates; one mechanism that has been proposed to link these symptom clusters is perfectionism (Silgado et al. in Cogn Ther Res 34(5):487-492, 2010). We tested meditational models among 167 female undergraduates in which maladaptive evaluative perfectionism concerns (MEPC; i.e., critical self-evaluative perfectionism) mediated the relationship between social anxiety and bulimic symptoms. Results from a first model indicated that MEPC mediated the relationship between fear of public scrutiny and bulimia symptoms. This indirect effect was significant above and beyond the indirect effects of maladaptive body-image cognitions and perfectionism specific to pure personal standards. A second model was tested with MEPC mediating the relationship between social interaction anxiety and bulimia symptoms. Similar results were obtained; however, in this model, a significant direct effect remained after partialing out the indirect effect of the mediators. Theoretical implications are discussed.
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- Title
- Exploring the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Bulimic Symptoms
- Publication Details
- Cognitive therapy and research, Vol.37(5), pp.914-922
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- F31 MH096433 / NIMH NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) F31MH096433 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Copyright
- © 2013, Springer Science Business Media New York
- Identifiers
- WOS:000324817600004; 99380472673906600
- Academic Unit
- Business Administration; Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
- Language
- English