Self-recognition of disordered eating among women with buimic-type eating disorders: a commmunity-based study
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Mond, J M; Hay, Phillipa J; Owen, Cathy; Rodgers, Bryan
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Objective: Self-recognition of eating-disordered behavior was examined in a community sample of young adult women (n = 158) with bulimic eating disorders. Method: A vignette was presented describing a fictional person meeting diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa. Participants were asked whether they might currently have a problem such as the one described. Scores on measures of eating disorder psychopathology, functional impairment and general psychological distress were compared between...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Mond, J M | |
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dc.contributor.author | Hay, Phillipa J | |
dc.contributor.author | Owen, Cathy | |
dc.contributor.author | Rodgers, Bryan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:11:22Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1098-108X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/29761 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Self-recognition of eating-disordered behavior was examined in a community sample of young adult women (n = 158) with bulimic eating disorders. Method: A vignette was presented describing a fictional person meeting diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa. Participants were asked whether they might currently have a problem such as the one described. Scores on measures of eating disorder psychopathology, functional impairment and general psychological distress were compared between participants who recognized a problem with their eating and those who did not. Results: Participants who recognized a problem with their eating (n = 86, 51.9%) had higher levels of eating disorder psychopathology and general psychological distress, were more likely to engage in self-induced vomiting, and tended to be heavier, than those who did not (n = 72, 48.1%). In addition, participants who recognized a problem were more likely to have received treatment for an eating or weight problem. In multivariate analysis, the occurrence of self-induced vomiting and higher body weight were the only variables significantly associated with recognition. Conclusion: Poor recognition of eating-disordered behavior may be conducive to low or inappropriate treatment seeking among individuals with bulimic-type eating disorders. The perception that only disorders involving self-induced vomiting are pathological may need to be addressed in prevention programs. | |
dc.publisher | Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH | |
dc.source | International Journal of Eating Disorders | |
dc.subject | Keywords: adult; article; attitude to health; attitude to illness; Australia; body weight; bulimia; community; distress syndrome; eating disorder; female; functional disease; human; major clinical study; mental health; multivariate analysis; priority journal; scori Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Mental health literacy; Recognition | |
dc.title | Self-recognition of disordered eating among women with buimic-type eating disorders: a commmunity-based study | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 39 | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111714 - Mental Health | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4054856xPUB68 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Mond, J M, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hay, Phillipa J, James Cook University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Rodgers, Bryan, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Owen, Cathy, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 8 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 747 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 753 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1002/eat.20306 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-08T07:40:39Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-33751241447 | |
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