Psychological correlates of eating disorders: Exploring the continuum perspective.

Psychological and behavioral characteristics of female undergraduates with varying levels of disordered eating, as measured by the Questionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnoses (Q-EDD; Mintz, O'Halloran, Mulholland, & Schneider, 1997), were investigated. Results suggest that the Q-EDD is an appropriate instrument for measuring eating disorder symptomatology. Greater disordered eating was associated with more bulimic, dieting, and weight fluctuation symptoms, higher impression management and approval-seeking needs, more dichotomous thinking, self control, and rigid weight regulation, and increased concern with body shape and dissatisfaction with facial features. Eating-disordered and symptomatic women evidenced more severe eating disorder behaviors and psychological distress than asymptomatic women. Findings are congruent with a redefined discontinuity perspective of eating disorder symptomatology. Treatment implications and campus-wide preventions are suggested.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Cohen, Diane L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Petrie, Trent A.
• Sewell, Kenneth W.
• Kaminski, Patricia L.

• Eating disorders in women -- Psychological aspects.
• Women college students -- Psychology.
• eating disorders
• continuum
• personality
• cognition
• negative affect

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Cohen, Diane L.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50668530
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