Cesare Cavalera1, Francesco Pagnini2, Valentino Zurloni3, Barbara Diana3, Olivia Realdon3, Gianluca Castelnuovo2,4, Patrizia Todisco5, Enrico Molinari2,4. 1. Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Via Nirone 15, 20123, Milan, Italy. cesare.cavalera@gmail.com. 2. Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Via Nirone 15, 20123, Milan, Italy. 3. Department of Human Sciences for Education "Riccardo Massa", University of Milan-Bicocca, Via Giolli, Corner Via Thomas Mann, 20162, Milan, Italy. 4. Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy. 5. Eating Disorders - Psychonutritional Rehabilitation, Villa Margherita Clinic, Via Costacolonna 20, 36057, Arcugnano, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To explore the relationship between shame proneness, eating disorders outcomes and psychological aspects of patients with eating disorders (ED). METHODS: Sixty-six girls applying for inpatient treatment for ED and 110 female undergraduate students were assessed using the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 and the Shame Proneness Scale of the Test of Self-Conscious Affect. RESULTS: Shame proneness showed significant correlations with several ED components and psychological scales of EDI-3, with some variations across the subgroups. Shame proneness levels were significantly higher in the clinical group than in controls. CONCLUSIONS: Shame proneness can be an important component for the development and the maintenance of ED due to a strong correlation not only with ED symptoms but also with psychological aspects of this disease, in both clinical and non-clinical samples.
PURPOSE: To explore the relationship between shame proneness, eating disorders outcomes and psychological aspects of patients with eating disorders (ED). METHODS: Sixty-six girls applying for inpatient treatment for ED and 110 female undergraduate students were assessed using the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 and the Shame Proneness Scale of the Test of Self-Conscious Affect. RESULTS: Shame proneness showed significant correlations with several ED components and psychological scales of EDI-3, with some variations across the subgroups. Shame proneness levels were significantly higher in the clinical group than in controls. CONCLUSIONS: Shame proneness can be an important component for the development and the maintenance of ED due to a strong correlation not only with ED symptoms but also with psychological aspects of this disease, in both clinical and non-clinical samples.