The influence of body image satisfaction, body mass index (BMI), personality traits, and maternal parenting styles on partial eating disorder

Chang, Chung Weng (2013) The influence of body image satisfaction, body mass index (BMI), personality traits, and maternal parenting styles on partial eating disorder. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examined the differences of body image satisfaction and body mass index among partial eating disorder group (PEDG) and non-partial eating disorder group (NPEDG). This study was also examined the effect of body image satisfaction and body mass index on partial eating disorder, and the moderating effect of personality traits and maternal parenting styles in the relationship between body image satisfaction and partial eating disorder, and in the relationship between body mass index and partial eating disorder. Screening was did on 410 students aged 11 to 15 years old around Kata Kinabalu, Sabah, and 184 students were chosen into PEDG and NPEDG (92 PEDG and 92 NPEDG). Eating Disorder Assessment Test (EDAT) was used for screening, while Children Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT), Body Esteem Scale (BES), Revised Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire - Short form (JEPQR-S), and Parenting Style Questionnaire was used in this study. The result had showed that body image satisfaction and body mass index were significantly lower in PEDG. Body image satisfaction had greater impact on partial eating disorder. Besides, study had also found that extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism personality traits, and maternal authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting styles were not significant moderators in the relationship between body image satisfaction and partial eating disorder, and in the relationship between body mass index and partial eating disorder. This study was contributed knowledge to doctors, clinical psychologists, school counsellors, future researchers, and parents.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Keyword: Body image, Body mass index , Partial eating disorder group, EDG, BMI
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC31-1245 Internal medicine > RC321-571 Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry > RC346-429 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system Including speech disorders > RC435-571 Psychiatry > RC512-569.5 Psychopathology > RC530-552 Neuroses
Department: SCHOOL > School of Psychology and Social Work
Depositing User: DG MASNIAH AHMAD -
Date Deposited: 30 Nov 2023 14:42
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2023 14:42
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37748

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