Adaptive elements of aging: Self-image discrepancy, perfectionism, and eating problems.
Abstract
Age-related changes in personality variables that may contribute to the reduction of symptoms of eating disorders with adult development were examined. Undergraduate sorority women (n = 52; mean age = 19.85 years) were compared with alumnae of the same sorority (n = 34; mean age = 33.74 years). Eating pathology was correlated with greater discrepancy between the real (current) and the ideal (desired) self-image and with perfectionism. Both self-image discrepancy and perfectionism were markedly lower among the alumnae. Variance in these variables together accounted for the lowered level of eating pathology among the older participants. Specific content domains of the real and ideal self-image and different facets of perfectionism showed distinctive age-related changes and differential relationships with eating pathology.
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Perfectionistic pressures may lead to shortcuts such as disordered eating or personal outcomes that fall short of health goals for sorority members compared to nonsorority members.
“These perfectionistic pressures lead to internal conflicts between a real and an idealized self-image, which may lead to either shortcuts such as disordered eating or personal outcomes that fall short of health goals for sorority members in comparison to nonsorority members (Allison & Park, 2004;Landa & Bybee, 2007).”
From The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013) (2014) · cites this paper as Landa & Bybee, 2007
Women's attitudes and values are summarized as perfectionism.
“A summation of the attitudes and values for women is that of perfectionism (Landa & Bybee, 2007), while for men, the focus was on conforming to a particular college male archetype (Ashmore et al., 2002).”
From The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013) (2014) · cites this paper as Landa & Bybee, 2007
Perfectionistic pressures lead to internal conflicts between a real and an idealized self-image.
“These perfectionistic pressures lead to internal conflicts between a real and an idealized self-image, which may lead to either shortcuts such as disordered eating or personal outcomes that fall short of health goals for sorority members in comparison to nonsorority members (Allison & Park, 2004;Landa & Bybee, 2007).”
From The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013) (2014) · cites this paper as Landa & Bybee, 2007
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- Authors
- Landa, C. E., & Bybee, J. A.
- Affiliations
- Suffolk University (US)
- Venue
- Developmental Psychology
- Published
- 2007
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 83-93
- ISSN
- 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0599
- OpenAlex
- W2078420148
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 6.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Keywords
- aging, perfectionism, eating disorders, eating pathology, adult development, sorority women, ideal self, true self, age differences
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Anorexia Nervosa, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Body Image, Bulimia, Defense Mechanisms, Female, Goals, Humans, Internal-External Control, Perceptual Distortion, Personality Inventory, Self Concept, Social Adjustment, Thinness
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