TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-Rumination of Fat Talk and Weight Control Practices
T2 - An Application of Confirmation Theory
AU - Arroyo, Analisa
AU - Segrin, Chris
AU - Harwood, Jake
AU - Bonito, Joseph A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2017/4/3
Y1 - 2017/4/3
N2 - Grounded in confirmation theory, the current research sought to explore the relationship between co-rumination of fat talk and weight control practices (i.e., binging and purging, exercising, and healthy eating behaviors), with a particular interest in whether perceptions of friends’ responses during these interactions exacerbate or mitigate this relationship. Female friendship dyads completed online questionnaires at three time points across 2 weeks. Multilevel modeling analyses revealed that (a) co-rumination was positively associated with binging and purging and exercising, (b) women who perceived their friends as accepting reported less binging and purging, more exercising, and more healthy eating behaviors, (c) acceptance and challenge interacted to predict binging and purging, (d) acceptance moderated the relationships between co-rumination and binging and purging, and (e) challenge moderated the relationship between co-rumination and healthy eating behaviors.
AB - Grounded in confirmation theory, the current research sought to explore the relationship between co-rumination of fat talk and weight control practices (i.e., binging and purging, exercising, and healthy eating behaviors), with a particular interest in whether perceptions of friends’ responses during these interactions exacerbate or mitigate this relationship. Female friendship dyads completed online questionnaires at three time points across 2 weeks. Multilevel modeling analyses revealed that (a) co-rumination was positively associated with binging and purging and exercising, (b) women who perceived their friends as accepting reported less binging and purging, more exercising, and more healthy eating behaviors, (c) acceptance and challenge interacted to predict binging and purging, (d) acceptance moderated the relationships between co-rumination and binging and purging, and (e) challenge moderated the relationship between co-rumination and healthy eating behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2016.1140263
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2016.1140263
M3 - Article
C2 - 27315429
AN - SCOPUS:84975105558
SN - 1041-0236
VL - 32
SP - 438
EP - 450
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
IS - 4
ER -