Depressed mood and concern with weight and shape in normal young women

Abstract

The possible role of depression in accentuating the concerns with weight and shape found in some members of the normal female population was investigated using mood induction procedures. A depressed mood was induced in two groups of normal young women; a group placing a high personal value on shape or weight, and a group placing a low value on shape and weight. The concerns with shape were significantly elevated in the former group compared with the latter. This result is consistent with a mechanism for the development of a disturbance in body image proposed by Cooper and Taylor (British Journal of Psychiatry 153[Suppl. 2]20–22, 1988). © 1993 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Negative Affect as a Mediator between Body Dissatisfaction and Extreme Weight Loss and Muscle Gain Behaviors

“…Body dissatisfaction and negative affect have been found to be associated with dietary restraint in adolescent and adult women (Cohen-Tovee, 1993;Paa & Larson, 1998;Roncolato & Huon, 1998). Negative affect has also been found to mediate the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimia in women (Shephard & Ricciardelli, 1998) and been found to be associated with bulimia in adolescent boys .…”

Negative Affect as a Mediator between Body Dissatisfaction and Extreme Weight Loss and Muscle Gain Behaviors

“…Body dissatisfaction and negative affect have been found to be associated with dietary restraint in adolescent and adult women (Cohen-Tovee, 1993;Paa & Larson, 1998;Roncolato & Huon, 1998). Negative affect has also been found to mediate the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimia in women (Shephard & Ricciardelli, 1998) and been found to be associated with bulimia in adolescent boys .…”

Experimental evidence that changes in mood cause changes in body dissatisfaction among undergraduate women

“…Similar to methods successfully implemented by Cohen-Tovée (1993), the current study used Clark’s (1983) musical mood induction method to induce a temporary increase in negative affect in the experimental group and no mood change in the control group. After completing the pre-induction VAS, participants in the experimental group received the following written instructions: “Please try to get into a sad mood.…”

“…Negative mood inductions led to increases in body dissatisfaction in some (Baker, Williamson, & Sylve, 1995; Cohen-Tovée, 1993; M. J. Taylor & Cooper, 1992) but not all studies (Carter, Bulik, Lawson, Sullivan, & Wilson, 1996).…”

“…J. Taylor & Cooper, 1992) but not all studies (Carter, Bulik, Lawson, Sullivan, & Wilson, 1996). Conflicting results may be due to limitations of this literature, including small sample size ( N = 15; Carter et al, 1996), no control condition for comparison (Cohen-Tovée, 1993), and lack of an immediate pre-induction assessment of mood and body dissatisfaction (Baker et al, 1995). Thus, methodological limitations constrain the conclusions that can be drawn from existing experimental studies.…”

The Association Between Body Dissatisfaction and Depression: An Examination of the Moderating Effects of Gender, Age, and Weight Status in a Sample of Chinese Adolescents

“…Given that depression involves negative self-appraisal, and body dissatisfaction is an aspect of negative self-appraisal, it follows from depression (Thomson & Bannister, 1999). Longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence for this model comes from research with adolescent girls and adult women (Cohen-Tovee, 1993; Keel, Mitchell, Davis, & Crow, 2001; Striegel-Moore, Silberstein, & Rodin, 1986). However, most studies investigating the relationship between body dissatisfaction and depression in adolescents have been limited to samples of females from Western countries, and few studies have investigated this association in Chinese samples.…”

Negative Affect as a Mediator between Body Dissatisfaction and Extreme Weight Loss and Muscle Gain Behaviors

“…Body dissatisfaction and negative affect have been found to be associated with dietary restraint in adolescent and adult women (Cohen-Tovee, 1993;Paa & Larson, 1998;Roncolato & Huon, 1998). Negative affect has also been found to mediate the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimia in women (Shephard & Ricciardelli, 1998) and been found to be associated with bulimia in adolescent boys .…”

Experimental evidence that changes in mood cause changes in body dissatisfaction among undergraduate women

“…Similar to methods successfully implemented by Cohen-Tovée (1993), the current study used Clark’s (1983) musical mood induction method to induce a temporary increase in negative affect in the experimental group and no mood change in the control group. After completing the pre-induction VAS, participants in the experimental group received the following written instructions: “Please try to get into a sad mood.…”

“…Negative mood inductions led to increases in body dissatisfaction in some (Baker, Williamson, & Sylve, 1995; Cohen-Tovée, 1993; M. J. Taylor & Cooper, 1992) but not all studies (Carter, Bulik, Lawson, Sullivan, & Wilson, 1996).…”

“…J. Taylor & Cooper, 1992) but not all studies (Carter, Bulik, Lawson, Sullivan, & Wilson, 1996). Conflicting results may be due to limitations of this literature, including small sample size ( N = 15; Carter et al, 1996), no control condition for comparison (Cohen-Tovée, 1993), and lack of an immediate pre-induction assessment of mood and body dissatisfaction (Baker et al, 1995). Thus, methodological limitations constrain the conclusions that can be drawn from existing experimental studies.…”

The Association Between Body Dissatisfaction and Depression: An Examination of the Moderating Effects of Gender, Age, and Weight Status in a Sample of Chinese Adolescents

“…Given that depression involves negative self-appraisal, and body dissatisfaction is an aspect of negative self-appraisal, it follows from depression (Thomson & Bannister, 1999). Longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence for this model comes from research with adolescent girls and adult women (Cohen-Tovee, 1993; Keel, Mitchell, Davis, & Crow, 2001; Striegel-Moore, Silberstein, & Rodin, 1986). However, most studies investigating the relationship between body dissatisfaction and depression in adolescents have been limited to samples of females from Western countries, and few studies have investigated this association in Chinese samples.…”

Negative Affect as a Mediator between Body Dissatisfaction and Extreme Weight Loss and Muscle Gain Behaviors

“…Body dissatisfaction and negative affect have been found to be associated with dietary restraint in adolescent and adult women (Cohen-Tovee, 1993;Paa & Larson, 1998;Roncolato & Huon, 1998). Negative affect has also been found to mediate the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimia in women (Shephard & Ricciardelli, 1998) and been found to be associated with bulimia in adolescent boys .…”

Experimental evidence that changes in mood cause changes in body dissatisfaction among undergraduate women

“…Similar to methods successfully implemented by Cohen-Tovée (1993), the current study used Clark’s (1983) musical mood induction method to induce a temporary increase in negative affect in the experimental group and no mood change in the control group. After completing the pre-induction VAS, participants in the experimental group received the following written instructions: “Please try to get into a sad mood.…”

“…Negative mood inductions led to increases in body dissatisfaction in some (Baker, Williamson, & Sylve, 1995; Cohen-Tovée, 1993; M. J. Taylor & Cooper, 1992) but not all studies (Carter, Bulik, Lawson, Sullivan, & Wilson, 1996).…”

“…J. Taylor & Cooper, 1992) but not all studies (Carter, Bulik, Lawson, Sullivan, & Wilson, 1996). Conflicting results may be due to limitations of this literature, including small sample size ( N = 15; Carter et al, 1996), no control condition for comparison (Cohen-Tovée, 1993), and lack of an immediate pre-induction assessment of mood and body dissatisfaction (Baker et al, 1995). Thus, methodological limitations constrain the conclusions that can be drawn from existing experimental studies.…”

The Association Between Body Dissatisfaction and Depression: An Examination of the Moderating Effects of Gender, Age, and Weight Status in a Sample of Chinese Adolescents

“…Given that depression involves negative self-appraisal, and body dissatisfaction is an aspect of negative self-appraisal, it follows from depression (Thomson & Bannister, 1999). Longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence for this model comes from research with adolescent girls and adult women (Cohen-Tovee, 1993; Keel, Mitchell, Davis, & Crow, 2001; Striegel-Moore, Silberstein, & Rodin, 1986). However, most studies investigating the relationship between body dissatisfaction and depression in adolescents have been limited to samples of females from Western countries, and few studies have investigated this association in Chinese samples.…”