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August 22, 2026Body ImageOpen Access

Path analysis exploring extensions of the Identity Disruption Model of body dissatisfaction: Incorporating peer bullying and emotion regulation

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LVLenny R. VartanianMPMahika Parmar

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Overview

Path analysis demonstrates that childhood adversity and peer bullying link to body dissatisfaction via emotion regulation and self-concept clarity in women, highlighting distinct mechanisms.

Key Points

  • To evaluate extensions of the Identity Disruption Model by testing peer bullying as a childhood adversity and emotion regulation difficulties as an alternative pathway to weight and shape dissatisfaction.
  • Surveyed 316 women using self-report questionnaires assessing family adversity, peer bullying, self-concept clarity, appearance internalization and comparison, emotion regulation, and weight/shape dissatisfaction.
  • Conducted path analysis to examine direct and indirect structural pathways between childhood adversities and body image outcomes.
  • Family adversity, but not peer bullying, was associated with lower self-concept clarity, which was linked to increased appearance ideal internalization and appearance comparisons, predicting greater weight/shape dissatisfaction.
  • Both family adversity and peer bullying were significantly associated with greater emotion regulation difficulties, which in turn predicted greater weight/shape dissatisfaction.

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Vartanian et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895eaeca7ade938187ccd5https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2026.102164
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