TY - JOUR
AU1 - Killen, Joel D.
AU2 - Taylor, C. Barr
AU3 - Hayward, Chris
AU4 - Haydel, K. Farish
AU5 - Wilson, Darrell M.
AU6 - Hammer, Larry
AU7 - Kraemer, Helena
AU8 - Blair-Greiner, Anne
AU9 - Strachowski, Diane
AB - The authors examined factors prospectively associated with age of onset of partial syndrome eating disorders over a 4-year interval in a community sample (N= 877)of high school-age adolescent girls. Four percent developed a partial syndrome eating disorder over the interval. A measure of weight concerns was significantly associated with onset in a multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis (p< .001). Girls scoring in the highest quartile on the measure of weight concerns had the highest incidence (10%) of partial syndrome onset, whereas none of the girls in the lowest quartile developed eating disorder symptoms. This finding is consistent with both theoretical and clinical perspectives and may represent a useful step toward the establishment of a rational basis for the choice of a prevention intervention target.
TI - Weight Concerns Influence the Development of Eating Disorders: A 4-Year Prospective Study
JF - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.64.5.936
DA - 1996-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/weight-concerns-influence-the-development-of-eating-disorders-a-4-year-VBMlzgEF9T
SP - 936
EP - 940
VL - 64
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -