AKRAM, Umair, ALLEN, Sarah, STEVENSON, Jodie, LAZARUS, Lambros, YPSILANTI, Antonia, ACKROYD, Millicent, CHESTER, Jessica, LONGDEN, Jessica, PETERS, Chloe and IRVINE, Kamila (2022). Self-Disgust as a Potential Mechanism Underlying the Association Between Body Image Disturbance and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours. Journal of Affective Disorders, 297, 634-640.
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Abstract
This study examined whether self-disgust added incremental variance to and mediated the multivariate association between measures of body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. We hypothesized that self-disgust would be associated with suicidal ideation above the effects of body image disturbance, and that self-disgust would mediate the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal ideation. A total of N=728 participants completed The Body Image Disturbance Questionnaire, The Self-Disgust Scale, and the Suicidal Behaviours Questionnaire-Revised. Suicidality was significantly related to increased levels of self-disgust and body image disturbance, whereas self-disgust was associated with greater body image disturbance. Linear regression analysis showed that self-disgust was associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours, over and above the effects of body image disturbance. Multiple mediation modelling further showed that self-disgust mediated the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Our findings highlight the role of self-disgust in the context of body image disturbance and support the notion that body image disturbance is associated with aversive self-conscious emotions. Interventions aiming to reduce the risk of suicidality in people with body image disturbance may address self-disgust and negative self-conscious emotions.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Psychiatry; 11 Medical and Health Sciences; 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.063 |
Page Range: | 634-640 |
SWORD Depositor: | Symplectic Elements |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Elements |
Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2021 09:50 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2022 01:18 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29209 |
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