Self-disgust as a potential mechanism underlying the association between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours

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Akram, Umair, Allen, Sarah, Stevenson, Jodie C., Lazarus, Lambros, Ypsilanti, Antonia, Ackroyd, Millicent, Chester, Jessica, Longden, Jessica, Peters, Chloe and Irvine, Kamila R. 2022. Self-disgust as a potential mechanism underlying the association between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Journal of Affective Disorders. 297, pp. 634-640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.063
AuthorsAkram, Umair, Allen, Sarah, Stevenson, Jodie C., Lazarus, Lambros, Ypsilanti, Antonia, Ackroyd, Millicent, Chester, Jessica, Longden, Jessica, Peters, Chloe and Irvine, Kamila R.
Abstract

This study examined whether self-disgust added incremental variance to and mediated the multivariate association between measures of body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. We hypothesized that self-disgust would be associated with suicidal ideation above the effects of body image disturbance, and that self-disgust would mediate the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal ideation. A total of N=728 participants completed The Body Image Disturbance Questionnaire, The Self-Disgust Scale, and the Suicidal Behaviours Questionnaire-Revised. Suicidality was significantly related to increased levels of self-disgust and body image disturbance, whereas self-disgust was associated with greater body image disturbance. Linear regression analysis showed that self-disgust was associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours, over and above the effects of body image disturbance. Multiple mediation modelling further showed that self-disgust mediated the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Our findings highlight the role of self-disgust in the context of body image disturbance and support the notion that body image disturbance is associated with aversive self-conscious emotions. Interventions aiming to reduce the risk of suicidality in people with body image disturbance may address self-disgust and negative self-conscious emotions.

KeywordsPsychiatry and Mental health; Clinical Psychology
Year2022
JournalJournal of Affective Disorders
Journal citation297, pp. 634-640
PublisherElsevier BV
ISSN0165-0327
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.063
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/626171
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hdl:10545/626171
Publication dates26 Oct 2022
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Deposited15 Dec 2021, 16:55
Accepted23 Oct 2021
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ContributorsSheffield Hallam University, University of Teeside, University of Lincoln and University of Derby
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