Relevance of Social and Self-standards in Eating Disorders

Autor: Katarina Gunnard, Roser Granero, Andreas Karwautz, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Eva Penelo, Janet Treasure, José M. Menchón, David A. Collier, Kate Tchanturia, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Isabel Krug
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: European Eating Disorders Review. 20:271-278
ISSN: 1072-4133
Popis: Objective To compare the importance given to self/other standards by eating disorder (ED) patients and healthy controls. Methods A total of 392 individuals (240 consecutively referred and 152 healthy controls) took part in this study. All subjects were diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision criteria and were female patients. Participants completed the Family Style, Self-Expectations and Emotional related subscales of the Cross-Cultural Questionnaire. Results Three domains (namely, family standards, self-achievement and physical appearance) were associated with ED. Family standards scores discriminated for the presence of an ED (area under receiver operating characteristic curve equals 0.89), the main predictors being a higher level of importance of physical appearance (p
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