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Pregnancy and early parenthood: Factors in the development of anorexia nervosa?
Author(s) -
BentonHardy Lisa Renee,
Lock James
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199809)24:2<223::aid-eat12>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , anorexia , pregnancy , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , eating disorders , medicine , biology , genetics
Most psychologic and social theories of anorexia focus on the developmental pressures that challenge adolescent girls. Pregnancy, which causes profound physical, emotional, and cognitive changes, could represent an amplification of these developmental pressures. In this case study, pregnancy is suggested as a possible contributor to the development of anorexia in a 17‐year‐old female. Although she has other factors associated with the development of anorexia, the psychological and physical changes of pregnancy appear to be the crucial changes which precipitated anorexia nervosa. © 1998 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 24: 223–226, 1998.