This study examined whether rumination, shame, self-criticism, and perfectionism mediate the previously established link between self-compassion and both eating and body image concerns. A cross-sectional online survey was completed by a community sample of non-clinical adult women (n = 369) and men (n = 201). Participants completed standardised measures of self-compassion (predictor), rumination, external shame, perfectionism and self-criticism (mediating variables), and eating pathology and body image (criterion variables). Path analyses confirmed that higher self-compassion was serially linked to lower eating pathology and body dissatisfaction through comparative self-criticism and external shame. Compared with women, the association between higher self-compassion and lower body dissatisfaction was weaker in men. However, there were no mediating effects of rumination, perfectionism, or internalized self-criticism. Overall results indicate notable similarities between women and men, and emphasise the potential value of targeting external shame during eating disorder prevention and treatment. Longitudinal study of these constructs is warranted in future research.

这项研究检查了反省，羞耻，自我批评和完美主义是否能调解先前建立的自我同情与饮食和身体形象问题之间的联系。通过社区非临床成年女性（n = 369）和男性（n= 201）。参与者完成了自我同情（预测因素），沉思，外在羞耻，完美主义和自我批评（中介变量）以及饮食病理和身体形象（准则变量）的标准化测量。路径分析证实，较高的自我同情通过比较的自我批评和外在的羞耻感，与较低的饮食病理和对身体的不满意感呈系列关系。与女性相比，男性较高的自我同情与下半身不满之间的关联较弱。但是，没有任何反省，完美主义或内在的自我批评的中介作用。总体结果表明，男女之间存在显着相似之处，并强调了在饮食失调预防和治疗过程中针对外在羞耻的潜在价值。