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The processing of threat‐related information in female dieters and non‐dieters
Author(s) -
Quinton Stephanie
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0968(199812)6:4<266::aid-erv223>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - psychology , stroop effect , eating disorders , population , bulimia nervosa , clinical psychology , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , psychotherapist
It has been suggested that bulimic attitudes and behaviours serve the function of reducing awareness, especially where a situation is perceived as threatening. Considering a non‐clinical population of female dieters and non‐dieters, this study tested the prediction that a higher level of bulimic attitudes would be associated with an attentional bias to ‘threat’ information. Using a Stroop task, interference in the colour‐naming of ‘threat’ information was positively and significantly associated with the level of bulimic attitudes in dieters only. This finding supported ‘escape from awareness’ models of bulimia. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.