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

本研究旨在（1）发展一套异常饮食行为量表（AEBS）及（2）探讨饮食失调发生与维持的心理机制。本研究以大专及职业学校学生为对象，以进食障碍患者为研究对象，编制了AEBS量表。该量表包含3个因素19个项目，并设置了一个分界点，进一步调查了异常饮食行为、体像不满、自我意识等。本研究结果显示，公众自我意识与对他人身体评价的不满、公众自我意识与饮食行为之间存在关系。特别是在公众自我意识强烈、对他人对自己身体评价强烈不满的情况下，出现了类似进食障碍的心理问题和行为。此外，心理模式包含“体像不满循环”与“异常饮食行为的持续性”。"

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."