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Self-compassion as a mediator between attachment anxiety and body appreciation: An exploratory model

Raque-Bogdan, Trisha L., Piontkowski, Sarah, Hui, Kayi, Ziemer, Kathryn Schaefer, Garriott, Patton O.·2016·Body Image

Abstract

Body appreciation has been found to be linked to interpersonal and intrapersonal factors, with attachment styles and self-compassion separately identified as important correlates. The present study examined these variables together in a model, and we hypothesized that maternal attachment anxiety was related to peer and romantic attachment anxiety, which, in turn, was associated with self-compassion and body appreciation. Using structural equation modeling, this cross-sectional study with a sample of 1306 incoming first year college women found that the proposed model explained 40% of the variance in body appreciation. Results further revealed that peer and romantic attachment anxiety mediated the relationships between maternal attachment anxiety and self-compassion, and that self-compassion mediated the associations between peer and romantic attachment anxiety and body appreciation. Self-compassion appears to hold a central role in explaining the relation between attachment anxiety and body appreciation.

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Authors
Raque-Bogdan, T. L., Piontkowski, S., Hui, K., Ziemer, K. S., & Garriott, P. O.
Affiliations
  • Boston College (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
  • Virginia Tech (US)
  • University of Denver (US)
Venue
Body Image
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
19
Pages
28-36
ISSN
1740-1445 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2516752241
Cited by
46
References
79
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
FWCI
4.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Body Image (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Keywords
self-compassion, attachment anxiety, body appreciation, maternal attachment, peer attachment, romantic attachment, mediation, female university students
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Body Image, Cross-Sectional Studies, Empathy, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Mid-Atlantic Region, Models, Psychological, Object Attachment, Students, Young Adult

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