- AutorIn
- Anja Hilbert
- Elmar Braehler
- Ricarda Schmidt
- Bernd Löwe
- Winfried Häuser
- Markus Zenger
- Titel
- Self-compassion as a resource in the self-stigma process of overweight and obese individuals
- Untertitel
- Self-compassion as a resource in the self-stigma process of overweight andobese individuals
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-183334
- Quellenangabe
- Obesity facts 2015;8:293–301
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2015
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000438681
- Abstract (EN)
- Objective: Self-stigma in overweight and obese individuals has strong associations with impairment in mental and global health. This study sought to explore self-compassion as a psychological resource in the self-stigma process. Methods: In a 2012 representative German population survey of N = 1,158 overweight and obese individuals, self-compassion was examined as a mediator between self-stigma and mental and physical health outcomes, including BMI (kg/m 2 ), using structural equation modeling and controlling for sociodemographic factors. Results: Psychological variables were assessed using validated self-report questionnaires. Self-compassion partially mediated the relationships between self-stigma and depression, somatic symptoms, and health status / quality of life, lowering the predictive effect of self-stigma on the outcomes by approximately one-third. In contrast, self-compassion, because it was unrelated to BMI, did not mediate the association between self-stigma and BMI. Conclusion: Self-compassion has the potential to act as a buffer against the mental and global health detriments of self-stigma in overweight and obesity and could thus represent a target for interventions to reduce self-stigma and prevent these health impairments. In order to influence the association between self-stigma and BMI, self-compassion should conceptually be linked to weight management.
- Andere Ausgabe
- DOI: 10.1159/000438681
- Link zur Originalpublikation in der Zeitschrift Obesity facts
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000438681 - Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Stigma, Gewicht, Mitgefühl, Depression, somatischen Symptome, Gesundheit, Lebensqualität
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- stigma, weight bias, self-compassion, depression, somatic symptoms, health, quality of life
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 610
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- Universität Leipzig
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Klinikum Saarbrücken gGmbH
- Technische Universität München
- Verlag
- Karger, Basel [u.a.]
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-183334
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 12.10.2015
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch