Onderzoeksverslag 'research in psychopathology' - low self-esteem and eating behavior

Is high self-esteem necessary to prevent eating problems?

The association between self-esteem and eating behavior, subdivided into sex



Keywords: low self-esteem, high self-esteem, eating behavior, eating

problems, sex differences, RSE, NVE

, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML)

Bachelor Health Sciences – Block code GGZ2023




Author: L.B.A. Eichhorst

Student number: i6158979

PBL-number: 4

Word count: 3375

Date of submission: 4th February 2019

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between the degree of self-esteem and eating behavior

and has taken sex differences into account. The first hypothesis is that there is a negative

association between self-esteem and eating behavior. The other hypothesis is that this

association is stronger for women than for men. A number of 110 students in the second year

of the Health Sciences course at Maastricht University participated in this research. All

participants have completed the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSE) and the Dutch

Questionnaire for Eating Behavior (NVE). The results show that there is a negative

correlation between self-esteem and eating behavior, and this correlation is stronger for

women than for men. However, no current sex differences were found with respect to these

variables. Although there were a number of implications, such as the chosen research design,




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, the disproportionate division of sex, and certain aspects of the measuring scales, this research

contributed to the existing knowledge regarding self-esteem and eating behavior.




Index


Introduction 4



Method 7

Participants and Design 7

Measurement instruments 8

Self-esteem 8

Eating behavior 9

Sex 10

Procedure 10



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