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Journal Title
Title of Journal: Eat Weight Disord
Abbravation: Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
DOI
10.1007/s00066-015-0886-3
ISSN
1590-1262
Shame is thought to be a ubiquitous and destructive psychological process associated with psychiatric and medical conditions This study examined its nature in two contrasting health problems that influence women’s selfevaluations of their bodies and attractiveness namely an eating disorder a psychiatric disorder with medical implications or vulvodynia ie vulvar pain a newly identified medical condition with psychiatric implications A community sample of adult women without medical conditions served as an additional comparison group Participants were 203 adult females 72 with DSMIVdefined Binge Eating Disorder BED 57 with vulvodynia and 74 nonpatient controls The three study groups differed significantly the BED group reported greater shame than the vulvodynia group and the BED and vulvodynia groups reported greater shame than the control group Higher levels of shame were associated with higher levels of symptomatic functioning within each group