L’estime de soi explicite et implicite chez des femmes souffrant de troubles des conduites alimentaires

Abstract

Cette étude vise l’approfondissement du lien entre l’estime de soi explicite et implicite, l’estime corporelle et les attitudes alimentaires en comparant 58 femmes atteintes de troubles des conduites alimentaires (TCA) à 54 femmes ayant un trouble anxieux et 96 femmes provenant d’un groupe contrôle. Les résultats montrent que le groupe TCA rapporte davantage d’attitudes alimentaires dysfonctionnelles et d’insatisfaction corporelle. Il présente l’estime de soi explicite et implicite les plus faibles. Chez les TCA, bien que l’estime de soi explicite s’avère le meilleur prédicteur des construits à l’étude, l’estime de soi implicite ajoute une contribution indépendante signifiant l’importance de s’y attarder.The aim of this study is to deepen our understanding of the relationship between explicit self-esteem, implicit self-esteem, body esteem and eating attitudes. It compares 58 adult women suffering from eating disorders (ED) to 54 women presenting an anxiety disorder and 96 women from a control group on these variables. The ED group presents more dysfunctional eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction as well as lower explicit and implicit self-esteem than the other groups. Among ED, although explicit self-esteem is the best predictor of eating attitudes and body esteem, implicit self-esteem contributes significantly in the explanation of many subscales. These results indicate the importance of further studies on the subject

How does a woman experience bulimia nervosa? the link between bulimia nervosa, low self‒esteem and insecure attachment: a phenomenological approach

“…30−32 According to relevant research, ESE derives from rational, conscious, and controllable self-assessment, whereas ISE is automatic, unconscious, and uncontrollable self-association. 33 Thus, the presentation of self-esteem obtained by Begins' et al 29 research is more a result of convergent self-esteem (low self-esteem, explicit and implicit), rather than divergent self-esteem (eg, low self-esteem and self-esteem). These results confirm those obtained by Vanderlinden et al (2009), which showed that in women with eating disorders both types of self-esteem are concurrent.…”

“…23 Self-esteem can thus be considered as a major determinant of one's body image. Additionally, a recent study of Bégin et al, 29 which focused on the link between both types of selfesteem (explicit and implicit) and eating disorders showed that the eating disorder group reports more body dissatisfaction and presents the weakest explicit and implicit self-esteem. More specifically, self-esteem includes two independent systems of information processing, the explicit self-esteem (ESE), and the implicit selfesteem (ISE).…”