Relationship shame, Self-compassion and Intolerance of Uncertainty with eating Attitudes in female students

Research findings show that adolescent girls are susceptible to develop various forms of eating behaviors, because they are sensitive to challenges related to size, shape and physical appearance. This study aimed to investigate the role of shame, self-Compassion and intolerance of uncertainty in pathology of eating Attitudes among female students. This study was descriptive and correlational and the statistical society of the study included all third year high school female students in Birjand in the academic year of 1395-1396. Given to the society volume and on the basis of krejcie-morgan sample size table, sample volume was assessed 259. data was collected by Body-image shame scale (Duarte et al, 2015), Other as shamer scale (Matos et al, 2015), short form of the Self-compassion scale (Raes et al, 2011), Intolerance of uncertainty scale (Carleton et al, 2007) and Eating attitude test (Garner et al, 1979). In order to examine the research hypotheses, multiple regression analysis was used. Multiple regression analysis showed that body-image shame, adaptive self-compassion and Shame from others predict eating Attitudes, but maladaptive self-compassion and Intolerance of Uncertainty did not play a role in explaining this relationship. These findings emphasize on the facilitating role of self-compassion abilities and pathogenic effects of shame in pathology of eating Attitudes.