Is there a relationship between self-compassion and food addiction in women with dysfunctional eating behaviors?

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the relationship between self-compassion and food addiction in women with disordered eating behavior. Methods: Women from a support group completed the binge eating scale, cognitive restraint, self-compassion, modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0), and Hay's questionnaire for compensatory practices. The prevalence of “food addiction” and symptoms, according to YFAS, was identified. To be included, participants should achieve binge eating scores, and for analysis, they were divided according to the presence of compensatory practices. The group was analyzed using Pearson's correlation tests between variables of interest, and the bulimic and compulsive groups were compared with Student's t-test (p