TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-disgust as a potential mechanism underlying the association between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours
AU - Akram, Umair
AU - Allen, Sarah
AU - Stevenson, Jodie C.
AU - Lazarus, Lambros
AU - Ypsilanti, Antonia
AU - Ackroyd, Millicent
AU - Chester, Jessica
AU - Longden, Jessica
AU - Peters, Chloe
AU - Irvine, Kamila R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Data will be made available on reasonable request. No funding was received for this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/1/15
Y1 - 2022/1/15
N2 - This study examined whether self-disgust added incremental variance to and mediated the multivariate association between measures of body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. We hypothesized that self-disgust would be associated with suicidal ideation above the effects of body image disturbance, and that self-disgust would mediate the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal ideation. A total of N=728 participants completed The Body Image Disturbance Questionnaire, The Self-Disgust Scale, and the Suicidal Behaviours Questionnaire-Revised. Suicidality was significantly related to increased levels of self-disgust and body image disturbance, whereas self-disgust was associated with greater body image disturbance. Linear regression analysis showed that self-disgust was associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours, over and above the effects of body image disturbance. Multiple mediation modelling further showed that self-disgust mediated the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Our findings highlight the role of self-disgust in the context of body image disturbance and support the notion that body image disturbance is associated with aversive self-conscious emotions. Interventions aiming to reduce the risk of suicidality in people with body image disturbance may address self-disgust and negative self-conscious emotions.
AB - This study examined whether self-disgust added incremental variance to and mediated the multivariate association between measures of body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. We hypothesized that self-disgust would be associated with suicidal ideation above the effects of body image disturbance, and that self-disgust would mediate the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal ideation. A total of N=728 participants completed The Body Image Disturbance Questionnaire, The Self-Disgust Scale, and the Suicidal Behaviours Questionnaire-Revised. Suicidality was significantly related to increased levels of self-disgust and body image disturbance, whereas self-disgust was associated with greater body image disturbance. Linear regression analysis showed that self-disgust was associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours, over and above the effects of body image disturbance. Multiple mediation modelling further showed that self-disgust mediated the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Our findings highlight the role of self-disgust in the context of body image disturbance and support the notion that body image disturbance is associated with aversive self-conscious emotions. Interventions aiming to reduce the risk of suicidality in people with body image disturbance may address self-disgust and negative self-conscious emotions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.063
DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.063
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118547083
VL - 297
SP - 634
EP - 640
JO - Journal of Affective Disorders
JF - Journal of Affective Disorders
SN - 0165-0327
ER -