Abstract
In a sample of 304 female college students, the present study examined how body image is associated with (a) clarity of emotion; (b) attention to emotion; and (c) negative affect. Two separate facets of body image were examined: body satisfaction and body distortion. Greater clarity of emotion was associated with greater body satisfaction and less body distortion, and these associations could not be accounted for by negative affect. Body satisfaction was significantly predicted by the three-way interaction of clarity of emotion, attention to emotion, and negative affect. Attention to emotion moderated the association between clarity of emotion and body satisfaction only among high negative affect individuals. Specifically, greater clarity of emotion was associated with greater body satisfaction in all participants except those who were high in both negative affect and attention to emotion.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 495-502 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Body Image |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2012 |
Keywords
- Attention to emotions
- Body distortion
- Body image
- Body satisfaction
- Clarity of emotions
- Emotional awareness
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Applied Psychology
- Psychology(all)