An investigation of relationships between body compassion, social physique anxiety and physical appearance perfectionism in young people from Iran

ConclusionsThe results suggested that individuals with greater levels of physical appearance perfectionism are more likely to experience social physique anxiety. Also, the results suggested that individuals who were at a high level of the body-compassion group experienced lower levels of social physical anxiety if they also had high levels of physical appearance perfectionism. Therefore, body-compassion acted as a protective role in the relationship between physical appearance perfectionism and social physique anxiety.
Source: Journal of Eating Disorders - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Source Type: research