Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The current study examined the association between family rigidity, flexibility, and chaos and adolescent body image. Using the Flourishing Families Project (N= 203), a mediation analysis and a mediated moderation analysis were used to examine if shame mediated the relationship between family rigidity, flexibility, and chaos and adolescent body image, and if gender moderated the relationship between these variables. The current study asked four research questions, which included: Does shame have a mediating effect in the relationship between family rigidity and adolescent body image? Does shame have a mediating effect in the relationship between family chaos and adolescent body image? Does shame have a mediating effect in the relationship between family flexibility and adolescent body image? And does gender moderate effect in the relationship between family rigidity, flexibility, and chaos and adolescent body image? Adolescent shame had an indirect relationship between family chaos and adolescent body image and BMI was the strongest predictor of body image. Clinicians should be mindful of how males and females define body image and how family structure can help support positive body image or contribute to the development of negative body image.
Author: Cayla Minaiy
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Texas Tech University
OpenAlex ID: W3019516254