Bulimic psychopathology and attentional biases to ego threats among non-eating-disordered women
| Autor: | Glenn Waller, Victoria Shuck, Helen Watkins, Freda McManus |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Models Psychological Attentional bias Developmental psychology Surveys and Questionnaires Id ego and super-ego medicine Humans Personality Attention Bulimia Defense Mechanisms media_common Ego Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Self-esteem medicine.disease Self Concept Cognitive bias Psychiatry and Mental health Eating disorders Attitude Female Psychology Prejudice Stroop effect Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Eating Disorders. 20:169-176 |
| ISSN: | 1098-108X 0276-3478 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199609)20:2<169::aid-eat7>3.0.co;2-e |
| Popis: | Objective It has been proposed that bulimic psychopathology is associated with responsiveness to ego threats, rather than to physical threat. However, the concept of ego threat is a heterogeneous one, and needs to be more clearly defined. This study examined the relationship between bulimic attitudes and attentional biases to different forms of threat. Method: The participants were 80 non-eating-disordered women, drawn from school and University populations. Each woman completed a Stroop task, measuring attentional biases toward five different forms of threat. Their times to complete these tasks were associated with scores on the Eating Disorders Inventory. Results: Bulimic (but not restrictive) attitudes were specifically associated with an attentional bias toward ego threats that are self-directed, rather than with ego threats that are perceived to come from others. Discussion: It is suggested that there is a complex relationship between attention to self-directed ego threats, poor self-esteem (ineffectiveness), and bulimic psychopathology, although the causal structure of the relationship remains to be established. The results require replication with an eating-disordered sample. © 1996 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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