Body image and personality predictors of eating disorder symptoms during the college years

Cooley, Eric; Toray, Tamina

doi:10.1002/eat.1051

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“…Individuals might also use radical compensatory behaviors, such as vomiting, to reduce anxiety about impending weight gain consequent to overeating or because they believe that purging serves as an emotional catharsis. In support of this assertion, negative affect and temperamental emotionality have been found to predict future onset of bulimic pathology (Killen et al, 1996;Stice & Agras, 1998) and increases in bulimic symptoms (Cooley & Toray, 2001;Stice, 2001). Depressive symptoms have also been found to predict onset of binge eating (Stice, Presnell, & Spangler, 2002) and general eating pathology (Johnson, Cohen, Kotler, Kasen, & Brook, 2002).…”

Section: Bulimia Nervosa and Depressionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Prospective Relations Between Bulimic Pathology, Depression, and Substance Abuse: Unpacking Comorbidity in Adolescent Girls.

Stice

Burton

Shaw

2004

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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To elucidate the processes that contribute to the comorbidity between bulimic pathology, depression, and substance abuse, we tested the temporal relations between these disturbances with prospective data from adolescent girls (N = 496). Multivariate analyses indicated that depressive symptoms predicted onset of bulimic pathology, but not substance abuse, bulimic symptoms predicted onset of depression, but not substance abuse, and substance abuse symptoms predicted onset of depression, but not bulimic pathology. Results suggest that the comorbidity arises because certain disorders are risk factors for the other disorders. Findings also provide support for select etiologic theories and further establish the clinical significance of these conditions by showing that they increase risk for onset of other psychiatric disturbances.

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Section: Bulimia Nervosa and Depressionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Prospective Relations Between Bulimic Pathology, Depression, and Substance Abuse: Unpacking Comorbidity in Adolescent Girls.

Stice

Burton

Shaw

2004

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

156

169

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“…1,2 This theory also suggests that individuals might use radical compensatory behaviors, such as vomiting or laxative abuse, to reduce anxiety about impending weight gain consequent to overeating or because they believe that purging provides an emotional catharsis. In support of this theory, depressive symptoms and negative affect have been found to predict future increases in bulimic symptoms, 3,4 as well as onset of binge eating, 5 bulimic pathology, [6][7][8] and general eating pathology. 9 Although several prospective studies have reported null findings for these relations (e.g., 1, 10-11), these studies were more likely to have used smaller samples and focused on general eating pathology outcomes.…”

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confidence: 81%

Experimental test of the affect‐regulation theory of bulimic symptoms and substance use: A randomized trial

Burton

Stice

Bearman

et al. 2006

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective: Conduct a randomized trial to test whether a cognitive behavioral intervention designed to decrease depressive symptoms produces subsequent decreases in bulimic and substance use symptoms.Method: Female participants (N ¼ 145) with elevated depressive symptoms were randomly assigned to a 4-session depression intervention or a measurement-only condition and assessed through 6-month follow-up.Results: Relative to control participants, intervention participants showed decreases in depressive symptoms. Intervention participants also showed significantly greater reductions in bulimic symptoms, but not substance use, and change in depressive symptoms mediated this effect for bulimic symptoms. Conclusion:The results provide experimental support for the theory that affect disturbances contribute to bulimic pathology, but do not support the affect regulation theory of substance use. V V C 2006 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Researchers found increase disordered eating behaviors and depression among adolescents who had bulimic problems 14 .There is inconsistent findings concerning the relationship between obesity and depression. Some studies included that there was no relation between obesity and depression 15 , while others reported that obese people had higher risk of depression 16 . Goodman and Whitaker showed that depressed adolescents are at increased risk to the development and persistence of obesity later in their life.…”

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Association between Puberty, Bulimia Nervosa and Depression

Stankovska

Osmani

Pandilovska

et al. 2015

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Background: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN) are diseases characterized by an eating disorder, distorted weight regulation and distorted perception of one's body. In the period of puberty adolescents are becoming increasingly vulnerable to eating disorders. Objective: The target of this study was to examine the prevalence of possible eating disorder (bulimia nervosa) and depression in the period of puberty. Methods: The study group included 233 students from secondary schools, of whom 128 were boys and 105 girls, with an average mean age of 14 years. The Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) and Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) were applied to the entire study population. Also we calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI); a parameter defines as the ratio of human body weight and height. Results: According to the EAT, 73 (32%) students had a EAT score indicating a possible diagnosis of bulimia nervosa. The authors observed statistically significant increased frequency of depressive thoughts in the study group. 188 (81%) students had emotional symptoms of depression Correlation results indicated that depressed mood scores positively correlated with bulimia scores. Conclusions: We observed high prevalence of bulimia nervosa and depression in the period of puberty.

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Body image and personality predictors of eating disorder symptoms during the college years

Abstract: Findings are discussed in the context of the value of longitudinal designs in identifying risk factors. Dissatisfaction with one's figure seems to be consistently related to worsening eating pathology.

Cited by 186 publications

References 26 publications

Prospective Relations Between Bulimic Pathology, Depression, and Substance Abuse: Unpacking Comorbidity in Adolescent Girls.

Prospective Relations Between Bulimic Pathology, Depression, and Substance Abuse: Unpacking Comorbidity in Adolescent Girls.

Experimental test of the affect‐regulation theory of bulimic symptoms and substance use: A randomized trial

Association between Puberty, Bulimia Nervosa and Depression

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