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Adverse parenting experiences can contribute to eating pathology through schema maintenance processes. Targeting these cognitive processes may be crucial in treating eating disorders linked to early life experiences.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychopathology

Background:

  • Adverse parenting experiences are frequently associated with the development of eating pathology.
  • A schema-based model suggests that schema maintenance processes mediate the link between parenting and eating pathology by helping individuals avoid distressing emotions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether schema maintenance processes mediate the relationship between perceived parenting experiences and eating pathology.
  • To examine these mediating effects in both non-clinical and clinical (eating-disordered) female samples.

Main Methods:

  • 353 female students and 124 female eating-disordered clients completed self-report measures.
  • Measures included the Young Parenting Inventory-Revised (YPI-R) for parenting experiences, the Young Compensatory Inventory and Young-Rygh Avoidance Inventory (YRAI) for schema processes, and the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI) for eating pathology.

Main Results:

  • The study found that specific schema processes significantly mediated the relationship between certain parenting perceptions and eating pathology.
  • These mediating pathways differed between the non-clinical student sample and the clinical eating-disordered client sample.

Conclusions:

  • Schema maintenance processes play a role in the link between adverse parenting and eating pathology.
  • For individuals where parenting is implicated in their eating disorder, therapeutic interventions should consider targeting these identified cognitive schema processes.