Psychological mechanism of eating disorder: from the view point of self-consciousness

本研究的目的是(1)编制异常进食行为量表(AEBS)；(2)考察进食障碍出现和维持的心理机制。本研究的研究对象为大学生和职业学校学生，他们是饮食失调的患者。该量表由3个因素、19个条目组成，并设定了一个分界点，调查了不正常饮食行为、身体形象不满意和自我意识。研究结果显示，公众自我意识与对他人对自己身体的不满意、公众自我意识与饮食行为之间存在一定的关系。特别是，在公众自我意识较高、对他人对自己身体的看法强烈不满的情况下，出现了类似进食障碍的心理问题和行为。此外，心理模型还包括“身体形象不满意的循环”和“不正常饮食行为的连续性”。

The purpose of study was to (1) develop an Abnormal Eating Behavior Scale (AEBS) and (2) examine the psychological mechanism of appearance and maintenance of eating disorders. The subjects of this study were college and vocational school students who were patients of eating disorders.AEBS was developed. The scale has 3 factors and 19 items, and setting a cut-off point.Further, abnormal eating behavior, body image dissatisfaction, and self- consciousness were investigated. The results of this study indicated a relation between public self-consciousness and dissatisfaction with other people's opinion of one's body, public self-consciousness, and diet behavior. In particular, psychological problem and behavior that resembled eating disorder emerged in the case of high public self-consciousness and strong dissatisfaction with other people's opinion of one's body. In addition, the psychological model contained "circle of body image dissatisfaction" and "continuity of abnormal eating behavior."