The hidden pathways to internalized weight bias: from insecure attachment to depressive self-schemas
Findings highlighted cognitive depressive symptoms as a central pathway linking insecure attachment to IWB, while suggesting a paradoxical protective role for alexithymic difficulties in emotional expression. We emphasized the importance of considering individual vulnerability factors-particularly relational insecurity and depressive cognitions-in theoretical models of IWB and in the design of targeted clinical interventions.
Authors
- Cinzia Niolu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-2684)
- Alberto Siracusano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8406-093X)
- Ester Longo
- Emanuela Bianciardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-6953)
- Giorgio Di Lorenzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0576-4064)
- Rossella Mattea Quinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3826-7187)
- Federica De Angelis
Institutions
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- European University of Rome (IT)
- Policlinico Tor Vergata (IT)
- Fondazione Santa Lucia (IT)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1703650
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00