Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The present study compared the behavioral and psychological presentation of bulimia nervosa (BN), anorexia nervosa-binge/purge subtype (AN-B/P), and purging disorder (PD) patients. Data were collected from large multi-site centers in the US. Subjects (N = 2966) included current anorexia-binge/purge subtype (n = 138), current bulimia nervosa (n = 854), and current purging disorder (n = 41) patients. General demographic information from the PD group is provided, along with differences in behavioral symptomatology among the three groups. Results indicated that some PD subjects may have a history of objective binge eating episodes and have comparable or less severe psychopathology and behavioral symptoms of eating disorders when compared to AN-B/P and BN patients. Future research should consider investigating diagnostic crossover among the three groups to better determine if the disorders represent a continuing cycle of changing psychopathology or discrete diagnostic entities.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Psychology
- Year
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Marino, Joanna
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.und.edu/theses/1015
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.und.edu:theses-2017