IRAP: implicit and explicit self-loathing and perfectionistic verbal relations and their longitudinal prediction of disordered eating

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<p>Since the 1970s there has been much interest in the precipitants of disordered eating (DE). Recently, it has been suggested that DE might occur as a result of a pervasive negative view of the self and high standards for self-achievement. However, previous studies are limited by; (1) their use of cross-sectional designs, (2) their sole reliance on self-report measures of beliefs, and (3) their failure to assess the possibility that self-beliefs interact with social modelling to predict the onset of disordered eating. The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which implicit (as measured by the IRAP) and explicitly-measured self-loathing, and high-standard beliefs could prospectively and differentially predict DE in an at-risk group of female students, particularly given that recent studies suggest that disordered eating behaviours reliably increase in females during their first year of university study.DesignNon-randomised longitudinal study.Method Participants

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