Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance and Attitudes Toward Eating in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: The Importance of Perfectionism
Authors' conclusion
A high degree of perfectionism could be a risk variable when developing potential eating problems in T1D adolescents.
Study context
- Population
- Adolescents aged 12–17 years with T1D
- Participants
- 46 adolescents
- Outcome
- Mediation by self-esteem and ED-associated perfectionism of the relationship between sociocultural attitudes toward appearance and ED-related eating attitudes
Methodological detailsmediation analysis, bootstrapping with bias-corrected confidence estimates
- Mediation analysis
- Bootstrapping with bias-corrected confidence estimates
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Mediation of sociocultural attitudes toward appearance–eating attitudes relationship
- Perfectionism associated with eating problems is related to sociocultural attitudes toward appearance and eating attitudes; the relationship between these two is fully mediated by perfectionism
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance and Attitudes Toward Eating in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: The Importance of Perfectionism. Pediatr Diabetes. Published 31 January 2025. doi:10.
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