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Binge eating and associated habit patterns within college student and identified bulimic populations
Author(s) -
Leon Gloria R.,
Carroll Kathleen,
Chernyk Benita,
Finn Stephen
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<43::aid-eat2260040106>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - binge eating , psychology , clinical psychology , binge drinking , eating behavior , young adult , eating disorders , affect (linguistics) , habit , developmental psychology , obesity , psychiatry , medicine , injury prevention , poison control , social psychology , communication , environmental health
The purpose of this study was to assess commonalities in binge eating and other problem behavior patterns in male and female college students, and in a group of women diagnosed as bulimic. Both males and females in the college student group reported a substantial frequency of eating an excessive amount of food in a relatively short period of time. A family history of substance abuse was significantly related to reported binge behavior for college females, but not for college males. Marked similarities were found among the college and clinical group women in the emotional antecedents and consequents of the eating binge, and in the foods consumed. The males reported a significantly greater proportion of positive affect after a binge episode. A general pattern of impulse‐control problems was reported by a significant number of the clinically identified bulimic group.