Présence d'insatisfaction corporelle et de schémas précoces mal adaptés spécifiques parmi les femmes pratiquant les recommandations du Programme national nutrition santé

The objective of this study was to verify whether women expressing specific early maladaptive schemas and body dissatisfaction more often adopted the preventive messages of the Programme National Nutrition Santé concerning food and physical activities than other women. Our sample was composed of one hundred female students who completed the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), the Young Schema Questionnaire (Short version, YSQ-S1), and the Sick-Control-One-Stone-Fast-Food (SCOFF Questionnaire). Results show significant differences between women; those who modified their eating and physical activity habits suffered from body dissatisfaction and had a higher early maladaptive schema mistrust/abuse, as opposed to the other women. An additional and significant relationship appeared between body dissatisfaction and early maladaptive schemas. The results suggest that early experiences made women more vigilant towards criticism regarding weight, and that these women were more receptive to the preventive messages. Further studies are necessary in order to evaluate the nature and the intensity of the modifications, as well as to better understand the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and body dissatisfaction.