@article{ref1,
title="Childhood maltreatment, depressive symptoms, and body dissatisfaction in patients with binge eating disorder: the mediating role of self-criticism",
journal="International journal of eating disorders",
year="2010",
author="Dunkley, David M. and Masheb, Robin M. and Grilo, Carlos M.",
volume="43",
number="3",
pages="274-281",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: We examined the mediating role of self-criticism in the relation between childhood maltreatment and both depressive symptoms and body dissatisfaction in patients with binge eating disorder (BED). METHOD: Participants were 170 BED patients who completed measures of childhood maltreatment, self-criticism, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and body dissatisfaction. RESULTS: Specific forms of childhood maltreatment (emotional abuse, sexual abuse) were significantly associated with body dissatisfaction. Path analyses demonstrated that self-criticism fully mediated the relation between emotional abuse and both depressive symptoms and body dissatisfaction. Specificity for the mediating role of self-criticism was demonstrated in comparison to other potential mediators (low self-esteem) and alternative competing mediation models. DISCUSSION: These results highlight self-criticism as a potential mechanism through which certain forms of childhood maltreatment may be associated with depressive symptoms and body dissatisfaction in BED patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0276-3478",
doi="10.1002/eat.20796",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.20796"
}