Ever since I can remember myself: Implications of attachment and perceived maternal feeding practices on adult women's body dissatisfaction.

CONCLUSIONS: In the presence of restrictive feeding practices in childhood, insecure attachment styles moderate women's adult body dissatisfaction indices. Avoidant attachment style plays a protective role while anxious attachment style exacerbates body dissatisfaction indices. PMID: 29916402 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29916402?dopt=Abstract

Source: Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci Source Type: research