Unhealthy weight control behaviours in adolescent girls: a process model based on self-determination theory

Abstract

This study used self-determination theory (Deci, E.L., & Ryan, R.M. (2000). The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 227-268.) to examine predictors of body image concerns and unhealthy weight control behaviours in a sample of 350 Greek adolescent girls. A process model was tested which proposed that perceptions of parental autonomy support and two life goals (health and image) would predict adolescents' degree of satisfaction of their basic psychological needs. In turn, psychological need satisfaction was hypothesised to negatively predict body image concerns (i.e. drive for thinness and body dissatisfaction) and, indirectly, unhealthy weight control behaviours. The predictions of the model were largely supported indicating that parental autonomy support and adaptive life goals can indirectly impact upon the extent to which female adolescents engage in unhealthy weight control behaviours via facilitating the latter's psychological need satisfaction

Perceived social pressures and the internalization of the mesomorphic ideal: The role of drive for muscularity and autonomy in physically active men

“…It may be that basic psychological needs moderate the internalization and perceived pressure relationship. Consistent with thinness literature, perhaps the path between perceived pressure and internalization may be stronger in men whose needs are thwarted compared with those whose needs are not (see Thøgersen-Ntoumani et al, 2010).…”

Psychometric Evaluation of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) in Italy

“…Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 F o r P e e r R e v i e w Italian Psychometric Evaluation of BPNSFS 3 research has also indicated that low need satisfaction is related with various maladaptive outcomes, such as burnout, internalizing distress, unhealthy weight control behaviours, organizational deviance, and other negative affective states (e.g., Costa, Soenens, Gugliandolo, Cuzzocrea, & Larcan, 2015; Inguglia, Ingoglia, Liga, Lo Coco, & Lo Cricchio, 2014; Lian, Ferris, & Brown, 2012;Reinboth, Duda, & Ntoumanis, 2004;Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Ntoumanis, & Nikitaras, 2010). More recently researchers have begun to investigate the explanatory role of psychological need frustration in predicting ill-being and diminished human functioning (Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, Bosch, & Thøgersen-Ntoumani, 2011; Costa, Cuzzocrea, Gugliandolo, & Larcan, 2016; Costa, Ntoumanis, Bartholomew, 2015).…”

The balance of intrinsic need satisfaction across contexts as a predictor of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

“…Furthermore, there is empirical evidence to suggest that when needs are not fulfilled, negative psychological consequences result such as unhappiness, dissatisfaction with life, lack of selfactualization (Meyer, Enstrom, Harstveit, Bowles, & Beevers, 2007), disordered eating, burnout, depression, anxiety, negative affect, and physical symptoms (Baard, Deci, & Ryan, 2004;Bartholomew et al, 2011;Quested et al, 2011;Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Ntoumanis, & Nikitaras, 2010).…”