“…The majority of eating disorder studies was conducted following the romantic adult attachment perspective. This approach conceives attachment as a personality style related to satisfaction in romantic love and in adult relationships (i.e., marriage and dating; Kenny and Hart, 1992;Friedberg and Lyddon, 1996;Chassler, 1997;Sharpe et al, 1998;Ward et al, 2000;Broberg et al, 2001;Latzer et al, 2002;Orzolek-Kronner, 2002;Pierrehumbert et al, 2002;Tasca et al, 2004Tasca et al, , 2006aEvans and Wertheim, 2005;Troisi et al, 2005Troisi et al, , 2006Kiang and Harter, 2006;Eggert et al, 2007). In this perspective, attachment style was assessed using self-report questionnaires that identified secure, avoidant, ambivalent, and for some measures, fearful attachment styles.…”