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Smoking and body image concerns in adolescent girls
Author(s) -
Wiseman Claire V.,
Turco Robin M.,
Sunday Suzanne R.,
Halmi Katherine A.
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(199812)24:4<429::aid-eat10>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - anorectic , psychology , eating disorders , anorexia nervosa , psychopathology , eating disorder inventory , bulimia nervosa , incidence (geometry) , psychiatry , body weight , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , physics , optics
Objective Use of cigarettes has increased dramatically among adolescent females. Because young women use smoking as a weight control strategy, increased drive for thinness and body dissatisfaction may be associated with smoking. This study examined the relationship between smoking and body image concerns among adolescent females with and without eating disorders. Methods Incidence of smoking and Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI) scores were compared among 411 nonclinical females and 82 eating disorder females with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa aged 11 to 18. Results Of the three groups, anorectic‐restrictors were the least likely and bulimics the most likely to smoke. After covarying age, both eating disorder and nonclinical smokers had significantly greater psychopathology on Drive for Thinness, Body Dissatisfaction, and Interoceptive Awareness than nonsmokers. Discussion Despite high levels of body image disturbance, anorectic‐restrictors did not use smoking as a weight control strategy. Body image concerns were more prevalent in smokers than in nonsmokers. © 1998 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 24: 429–434, 1998.