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Conclusion<br />

The hypotheses investigated in this project included looking at the relationship between<br />

inflexibility and body image acceptance (from an ACT perspective) and eating disorder<br />

risk (EDR), inflexibility was found to be significantly higher in the high eating disorder<br />

risk group. Body image acceptance was also associated with flexibility as was<br />

hypothesised. Depression and anxiety were found to be associated with inflexibility and<br />

higher EDR. These findings have provided evidence for both the ACT model and a<br />

transdiagnostic approach. The study suffered from various limitations primarily the<br />

cross–sectional design that disallows any firm conclusions about cause and effect and<br />

does not allow one to see the progression <strong>of</strong> a disorder.<br />

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