Original paper
Body image and college women’s quality of life: The importance of being self-compassionate
Abstract
This study explored self-compassion as a mediator between body dissatisfaction, social comparison based on body image and quality of life in 662 female college students. Path analysis revealed that while controlling for body mass index, self-compassion mediated the impact of body dissatisfaction and unfavourable social comparisons on psychological quality of life. The path model accounted for 33 per cent of psychological quality of life...
Paper Details
Title
Body image and college women’s quality of life: The importance of being self-compassionate
Published Date
Jun 1, 2015
Journal
Volume
20
Issue
6
Pages
754 - 764
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