(Corresponding Author): Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. , s.mehrinejad@alzahra.ac.ir
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Introduction One of the variables that is strongly related to overweight is emotional eating. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between self-split conflicts and emotional eating with the mediation of self-compassion in overweight women.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population consists of overweight women with the age range of 20-50 years in the universities of Tehran city. A total of 496 people were selected by Convenience sampling. The research tools included Emotional Eating Scale (EES), Short Form of Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) and The Forms of Self-Criticizing/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS). For data analysis, structural equation method and SPSS software version 25 and AMOS version 24 were used.
Results: The results showed the fit of the proposed research model (RMSEA= 0/06). The results showed that self-confident and self-haterdo not have a significant direct effect on emotional eating (P > 0.05), but with effect sizes of -0.06 and 0.07, respectively, they have a significant indirect effect on emotional eating with the mediation of self-compassion (P<0.05). Also, the results showed that the direct and indirect effects of self-insufficiency on emotional eating are significant with respectively effect sizes of 0.24 and 0.24(P<0.05).
Conclusions: Considering self-compassion considering the role of self-split conflicts, can help explain emotional eating in overweight women.
Mahmoudi Hamidi S, Mehrinejad S A, Moazedian A. Investigating the Relationship Between Split-Self Conflicts and Emotional Eating Mediated by Self-Compassion in Overweight Women. IJPN 2023; 11 (3) :57-69 URL: http://ijpn.ir/article-1-2221-en.html