TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-compassion mediates the relationship between attachment anxiety and body appreciation in women and men
T2 - Evidence from Israel
AU - Geller, Shulamit
AU - Handelzalts, Jonathan E.
AU - Levy, Sigal
AU - Barron, David
AU - Swami, Viren
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Previous work has suggested that self-compassion mediates the relationship between attachment anxiety and body appreciation but is limited by a reliance on college women from North America. To extend existing knowledge, we examined associations between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety, self-compassion, and body appreciation in a community sample of women and men from Israel. A total of 597 adults (353 women, 244 men; age M = 29.45 years) completed Hebrew translations of measures of romantic partner and peer attachment anxiety, self-compassion, and body appreciation. Path analysis indicated that a model in which self-compassion mediated relationships between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety – in parallel – and body appreciation had poor fit. However, mediation analysis indicated that self-compassion mediated relationships between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety – in isolation – and body appreciation in isolation. These results highlight the importance of considering interpersonal dynamics in models of positive body image and point to possible interventionist routes for promoting greater body appreciation.
AB - Previous work has suggested that self-compassion mediates the relationship between attachment anxiety and body appreciation but is limited by a reliance on college women from North America. To extend existing knowledge, we examined associations between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety, self-compassion, and body appreciation in a community sample of women and men from Israel. A total of 597 adults (353 women, 244 men; age M = 29.45 years) completed Hebrew translations of measures of romantic partner and peer attachment anxiety, self-compassion, and body appreciation. Path analysis indicated that a model in which self-compassion mediated relationships between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety – in parallel – and body appreciation had poor fit. However, mediation analysis indicated that self-compassion mediated relationships between peer and romantic partner attachment anxiety – in isolation – and body appreciation in isolation. These results highlight the importance of considering interpersonal dynamics in models of positive body image and point to possible interventionist routes for promoting greater body appreciation.
KW - Attachment anxiety
KW - Body appreciation
KW - Insecure attachment
KW - Peer attachment
KW - Self-compassion
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104064998&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110912
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110912
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104064998
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 179
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 110912
ER -