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The Korean Journal of Health Psychology

  • KOREAN
  • P-ISSN1229-070X
  • E-ISSN2713-9581
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Vol.11 No.4

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Effects of Weight/Body Shape Related Self-Attention and Weight on Restrained Eating and Binge Eating

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2006, v.11 no.4, pp.727-741
Ok-Kyung Lee (Catholic Hospital of Daegu)
Han-Gee Seong (Department of Psychology Catholic University of Daegu)
Lee, O., & Seong, H. (2006). Effects of Weight/Body Shape Related Self-Attention and Weight on Restrained Eating and Binge Eating. The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, 11(4), 727-741.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of weight/body shape related private/public self-attention and weight on restrained eating and binge eating. Major results of a survey based on the responses of 411 young female(276 normal weight, 135 overweight) in Daegu and Kyungbook area are summarized as follows. Overweight group revealed higher scores on weight/body shape related private/public self-attention, restrained eating, and binge eating than normal weight group. As anticipated, weight/body shape related private/public self-attention was positively correlated with restrained eating and binge eating. And weight/body shape related private self-attention only have significant effect on restrained eating, but both weight/body shape related public self-attention and weight/body shape related private self-attention have significant effect on binge eating. Similar results are obtained when the participants are divide! into normal weight and overweight group. Based on these results, constructing efficient diet program and therapeutic method of eating disorder are discussed.

keywords
self-attention, public self-attention, private self-attention, restrained eating, binge eating, eating disorder
Submission Date
2006-11-01
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2006-12-04

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