Childhood trauma and body dissatisfaction among young adult women: the mediating role of self-criticism

Momeñe, J, Estévez, A, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Macia, P, Herrero, M, Olave, L and Iruarrizaga, I, 2023. Childhood trauma and body dissatisfaction among young adult women: the mediating role of self-criticism. Current Psychology, 42, pp. 24837-24844. ISSN 1046-1310

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Abstract

The present study examined the relationship between childhood trauma and body dissatisfaction among young women. The mechanisms through which childhood trauma are related to body dissatisfaction have not been sufficiently examined previously. The aims of the present study were to analyze the (i) relationships between childhood trauma, self-criticism, and body dissatisfaction and (ii) mediating role of self-criticism in the relationship between childhood trauma and body dissatisfaction. A total of 754 young adult women aged 18 to 30 years participated (M = 20.49 years; SD = 2.28). The findings showed positive correlations between childhood trauma, self-criticism, and body dissatisfaction. The mediation model indicated that (i) greater childhood trauma was associated with greater self-criticism, and (ii) greater self-criticism was significantly associated with greater body dissatisfaction. Therefore, childhood trauma was indirectly associated with increased body dissatisfaction and explained by the positive relationship with increased self-criticism. These results highlight the importance of childhood trauma in body dissatisfaction among young adult women and demonstrates self-criticism coping style as a key factor in this relationship. Early detection of self-criticism-based coping styles and childhood trauma could improve (i) quality of life and prevent the onset of body dissatisfaction, and (ii) treatment planning and prevent body dissatisfaction from escalating into major problems (e.g., eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, morbid exercise and/or depressive symptomatology).

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Current Psychology
Creators:	Momeñe, J., Estévez, A., Griffiths, M.D., Macia, P., Herrero, M., Olave, L. and Iruarrizaga, I.
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date:	October 2023
Volume:	42
ISSN:	1046-1310
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s12144-022-03495-z DOI 1591133 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	16 Aug 2022 08:19
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 14:07
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/46882

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