Self-Other Positioning in Obesity: A Pilot Study Using Repertory Grid Technique

Castiglioni, M; Pepe, Alessandro; Gandino, Gabriella; Veronese, Guido

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“…In particular, it could be of great interest to investigate how children's self-characterizations correlate with their drawings [38,40], a line of research that we intend to pursue in the near future. In addition, it would be interesting to extend this line of enquiry to clinical samples, including subjects with disorganized attachment (a pattern that is more frequently correlated with psychopathological symptoms), traumatized or abused subjects [7,41,42] and adolescents and young adults suffering from different disorders [43][44][45][46][47], in a multicultural perspective [48][49][50]. This would mean that family drawing could also play a key role in diagnosing and treating psychological distress during development.…”

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The Impact of Attachment Style on the Family Drawings of School-Aged Children

Procaccia¹,

Veronese²,

Castiglioni³

2014

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Objective: Primary school children's representations of themselves and their attachment figures were explored by assessing their family drawings. The main aim of the study was to empirically explore differences in the representations of children with secure versus insecure attachment. The study was theoretically informed by attachment theory and methodologically based on widely-used systems for analysing children’s drawings. Method: The Separation Anxiety Test was used to evaluate the attachment styles of 117 children (aged 6-10 years). This led to the identification of three groups, similar in age and gender distribution, with three different attachment styles (secure, anxious-ambivalent and avoidant). Each participant was asked to draw a family and the drawings produced were coded on 8 global scales and evaluated for the presence of 35 specific markers divided into five categories (characteristics of the figures; use of space; completeness of representation; emotional-affective tone; overall characteristics of the representation). Results: The drawings of securely attached children featured more positive markers, associated with a stable and well-integrated sense of self and others, whereas insecure children produced more markers of instability and negative emotion, with some interesting differences between anxious-ambivalent and avoidant attachment styles. Conclusion: Despite its limitations, the study confirmed that family drawings are a valid instrument for evaluating how children represent attachment, thereby facilitating early intervention to prevent later adjustment difficulties.

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The Impact of Attachment Style on the Family Drawings of School-Aged Children

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Veronese²,

Castiglioni³

2014

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“…Perfectionism and low self-esteem are the most powerful psychological correlates of EDs ( Stice, 2002 ). Individuals with an ED are frequently oppressed by persistent and vague feelings of not being sufficiently qualified, competent, or suited to the demands of life; spend a lot of time worrying about these negative self-evaluations ( Fairburn & Harrison, 2003 ; Sassaroli et al, 2005 ; Vitousek & Hollon, 1990 ); and strive for perfection either in terms of pursuing ideals of thinness and bodily appearance or in other aspects of life ( Bardone-Cone, 2007 ; Boone, Soenens, Vansteenkiste, & Braet, 2012 ; Castiglioni, Faccio, Veronese, & Bell, 2013 ; Castiglioni, Pepe, Gandino, & Veronese, 2013 ; Sassaroli et al, 2011 ; Sassaroli et al, 2005 ).…”

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Autonomy and Submissiveness as Cognitive and Cultural Factors Influencing Eating Disorders in Italy and Sweden: An Exploratory Study

Sassaroli¹,

Veronese

Nevonen

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Eur. J. Psychol.

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The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate the correlation between cultural and psychological factors in relation to predicting eating disorders in two different non-clinical Italian (n = 61) and Swedish (n = 31) female populations, thought to have different cultures and lifestyles. The Swedish sample would reflect an emancipated model of women pursuing autonomy and freedom but also an ideal of thinness, while the Italian sample would reflect a difficult transition from traditional submissiveness to modern autonomy. Both groups completed self-report instruments assessing cultural values (e.g., collectivism and individualism) and features of eating disorders (e.g., drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, parental criticism and perfectionism). Swedish women were found to display higher levels of bulimia, perfectionism, and individualism than Italian women, while regression analysis showed that in the Italian sample high levels of collectivism were correlated with measures of EDs. The results support the hypothesis that EDs are linked with both modern values of autonomy, independence and emancipation, and situations of cultural transition in which women are simultaneously exposed to traditional models of submission and opportunities for emancipation and autonomy.

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“…Para esta investigación se examinó también la autodefinición del peso, en una escala tipo Likert de siete puntos (desde 1 = muy gordo, hasta 7 = muy delgado). Esta herramienta ha mostrado ser útil en distintas temáticas, tanto en TCA, sobrepeso/ obesidad (Castiglioni et al, 2013;Dada, Feixas, Compañ y Montesano, 2012;Escandón-Nagel, Dada, Grau, Soriano y Feixas, 2017;Escandón-Nagel, Peró, Grau, Soriano y Feixas, 2018), como en otros cuadros psicopatológicos, principalmente depresión (Feixas y Compañ, 2016;Feixas et al, 2014).…”

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Body image on sex and nutritional status: Association with the construction of self and others / Imagen corporal en función de sexo y estado nutricional: Asociación con la construcción de sí mismo y de los otros

Escandón-Nagel

Vargas²,

Herrera³

et al. 2019

Rev. Mex. Trast. Alim.

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Both distortion and dissatisfaction with body image are crucial in the development of eating disorders. This study analyzes body dissatisfaction (BD) of young adults based on sex and nutritional status, as well as their relation to the construction of the self and others. A total of 73 university students (53% women) aged 18-28 (M = 21.96, SD = 2.04) answered a BD assessment that includes Anatomical Models Sheets, and the construction of the self and the others with the Grid Technique; In addition, the body mass index (BMI) was calculated from self-reported weight and height. Men reported more body distortion vs. women (p = .04), as well as participants with normal weight vs. overweight-obesity (p = .01); conversely, BD was more common in the group with overweight-obesity (p = .03). In women, perceived BMI correlated positively with social isolation, while self-definition "as obese" was associated with BMI and with lower self-esteem; in men, self-definition only correlated with social isolation. Although men had higher body distortion, in women, BD was related to more aspects of their identity. Resumen Tanto la distorsión como la insatisfacción con la imagen corporal (IC) son cruciales en el desarrollo de los trastornos alimentarios. Este estudio analiza la IC de jóvenes adultos en función del sexo y el estatus nutricional, así como su relación con la construcción del sí mismo y de los otros. Participaron 73 estudiantes universitarios (53% mujeres) de 18-28 años de edad (M = 21.96, DE = 2.04). La IC fue evaluada con Láminas de Modelos Anatómicos, y la construcción del sí mismo y de los otros con la Técnica de la Rejilla; además, el índice de masa corporal (IMC) fue calculado a partir del peso y la talla autoreportados. La distorsión corporal (DC) estuvo más presente en hombres vs. mujeres (p = .04), así como en los participantes normopeso vs. sobrepeso-obesidad (p = .01); contrariamente, la insatisfacción corporal fue más común en estos últimos (p = .03). En las mujeres, el IMC percibido correlacionó positivamente con aislamiento social, mientras que autodefinirse “como obesas” se asoció tanto con éste como con menor autoestima; no así en los hombres, en quienes dicha autodefinición solo correlacionó con aislamiento social. Aunque los hombres presentaron mayor DC, en las mujeres la IC se relacionó con más aspectos de su identidad.

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Self-Other Positioning in Obesity: A Pilot Study Using Repertory Grid Technique

Cited by 11 publications

References 59 publications

The Impact of Attachment Style on the Family Drawings of School-Aged Children

The Impact of Attachment Style on the Family Drawings of School-Aged Children

Autonomy and Submissiveness as Cognitive and Cultural Factors Influencing Eating Disorders in Italy and Sweden: An Exploratory Study

Body image on sex and nutritional status: Association with the construction of self and others / Imagen corporal en función de sexo y estado nutricional: Asociación con la construcción de sí mismo y de los otros

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