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A study of the association of current social pressures with abnormal eating attitudes
Author(s) -
JohnsonSabine Eric,
Wood Kathryn,
Mann Anthony,
Wakeling Anthony
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.1002/1098-108x(198502)4:1<101::aid-eat2260040111>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , cohort , eating disorders , cohort study , psychology , prospective cohort study , epidemiology , population , psychiatry , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , medicine , environmental health , psychotherapist
An unsele'cted schoolgirl population was screened by questionnaire to identify three cohorts: one “index” cohort with abnormal eating attitudes, one cohort without abnormal eating attitudes but with other mild psychiatric morbidity, and one cohort of normal subjects. Investigators, blind to screen scores, assessed the cohorts by interview for risk factors implicated in the development of anorexia nervosa. There was no association between perceived social stress and reported abnormal eating attitudes. This is one preliminary finding in a planned prospective study of putative risk factors in anorexia nervosa. The feasibility of undertaking an epidemiological study in a schoolgirl population is discussed.