Do diet and selflessness predict disordered eating?

What is it about?

Personality traits and diet can be used to predict if a person is predisposed to disordered eating. Results of this study demonstrate a strong significant relationship between the personality trait of selflessness, diet group, and disordered eating.

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Photo by Dan-Cristian Pădureț on Unsplash

Photo by Dan-Cristian Pădureț on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Results of the current study imply that the role of selflessness on disordered eating, when broken down across diet group, may be more complex than first thought. If replicated, these results suggest that targeted treatment of selflessness in different diet groups may improve treatment outcomes for disordered eating. Further research should explore why diet groups differ in terms of selflessness and how this impacts disordered eating.