Abstract
The efficacy of expressive writing (EW) has been well-established
on Western populations. However, to date, there are limited studies
which examined its efficacy in an Asian population and whether
dietary restraint and self-compassion have moderating effects on
exposure to thin ideal images. Using repeated measures
experimental design, this study investigated the efficacy of EW in
improving levels of body satisfaction and positive affect among 140
Filipino female university students ageing 18-25 years ( M = 19.23 ;
SD = 1.21). They were tested in groups and wrote either about life
goals (n = 46), positive experiences (n = 49) or a control topic (n =
46). It further examined how EW could benefit people on the basis
of their levels of dietary restraint and self-compassion. To measure
dietary restraint the Revised Restraint Scale (RRS; Herman &
Polivy, 1980) was used; self-compassion was assessed using Selfcompassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003). Two separate three-way
independent ANOVAs were carried out to investigate whether the
types of writing tasks, dietary restraint and self-compassion have an
impact on their scores on body satisfaction and positive affect.
Regardless of the writing task, participants did not differ on body
satisfaction, or positive affect.
Dennis Relojo. (2016) Moderating Effects of Dietary Restraint and Self-Compassion in an Expressive Writing Intervention in Southeast Asian Population, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 26, Issue 2.
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