Abstract

Objectives: According to traditional views, perfectionists are prone to experience shame and guilt. As a relative part of negative body image, body appreciation reflects an appreciation attitude toward physical characteristics, functionality, and health, accepting and appreciating all parts and functions of the body, predicting body-related shame and guilt.Methods: Therefore, body appreciation was examined for its potential mediating role in the relationship between two dimensions of perfectionism (e.g., healthy perfectionism and unhealthy perfectionism) and body-related shame and body-related guilt among 514 females.Results: The results highlight that body appreciation partially mediated the relationship between perfectionism and body-related shame and body-related guilt. Implications for enhancing body appreciation among females between experiencing healthy or unhealthy perfectionism and body-related shame and body-related guilt feelings are discussed.Conclusions: These findings underscore the importance of considering body appreciation in addressing perfectionism dimensions and body-related shame and body-related guilt. Research and clinical implications are also addressed.

Highlights

  • Women generally have a negative body image, low self-confidence, negative avoidance of thoughts, and constant dissatisfaction with their appearance and weight (Frederick et al, 2016), which result in negative appearance evaluations (Frederick et al, 2007; Fiske et al, 2014)

  • Unhealthy perfectionism negatively predicted body appreciation, which is consistent with the previous study (Iannantuono and Tylka, 2012)

  • The current study is the first study investigating the mediating role of body appreciation between different aspects of perfectionism and body-related shame and body-related guilt

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Introduction

Women generally have a negative body image, low self-confidence, negative avoidance of thoughts, and constant dissatisfaction with their appearance and weight (Frederick et al, 2016), which result in negative appearance evaluations (Frederick et al, 2007; Fiske et al, 2014). This dissatisfaction may lead to physical anxiety (Cash et al, 2004), excessive. Body-related shame and body-related guilt are self-conscious emotions that often co-occur, they have been differentiated in prior scholarship along cognitive, affective, and motivational dimensions (Lewis, 1971; Tangney, 1992).

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