Weight Bias, Shame, and Self-Compassion: Risk/Protective Mechanisms of Depression and Anxiety in Prebariatic Surgery Patients.
Tosca D BraunDiane M QuinnAndrea StoneAmy A GorinJennifer FerrandRebecca M PuhlJessica SierraDarren TishlerPavlos PapasavasPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)
The findings suggest a potentially important role for weight bias and shame in psychological health among BSC and implicate self-compassion, a trainable affect-regulation strategy, as a protective factor that may confer some resiliency. Future research using longitudinal and causal designs is warranted.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- body mass index
- physical activity
- weight loss
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- weight gain
- mental health
- coronary artery bypass
- patient reported outcomes
- cross sectional
- body weight
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- surgical site infection
- human health