Document Type : Research Paper
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University faculty member, University faculty member, Department of Psychology, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch.
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PHD student,Department of Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.‎
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University faculty member,‎ ‎Department of Psychology, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch.
Abstract
Introduction: The present study was conducted to predict pathological eating patterns based on primary object relations and personality organization.
Methodology: Research methodology was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of undergraduate students of Payame Noor University and Islamic Azad University of Qom who were studying in the second semester of the academic year 2016-2017. To this end, 888 undergraduate and post-graduate students from Payame Noor University of Qom and Islamic Azad University of Qom were selected using multi-stage cluster random sampling method. To collect data, Object Relations Inventory, Kernberg’s Inventory of Personality Organization and Garner's Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) were used and to analyze the data, multiple regression analysis was used.
Results: The results showed that the primary object relations explained 0.23 and personality organization explained 0.17 of the variance of the pathological eating patterns. The regression coefficient for the primary object relations in the dimensions of inadequacy and insecurity, with beta coefficients (β=0.29) and (β=0.28) respectively, and regression coefficient for primary mental defenses, identity confusion and borderline personality disorder (BPD), with beta coefficients (β=0.70), (β=0.16) and (β=0.18) respectively, are predicted positively and suggest the pathological eating patterns at level of 0.1%.
Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that the primary object relations and personality organization can predict pathological eating patterns.
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