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Social impairment in bulimia
Author(s) -
Herzog David B.,
Keller Martin B.,
Lavori Philip W.,
Ott Ingrid L.
Publication year - 1987
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(198711)6:6<741::aid-eat2260060607>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - psychology , marital status , population , clinical psychology , social class , developmental psychology , psychiatry , demography , sociology , political science , law
The Social Adjustment Scale‐Self‐Report (SAS‐SR) was used to compare the social adjustment of 30 bulimic women with 30 female controls of similar age, level of education, economic class, and marital status. The bulimic population was significantly more impaired than the control group on the work, social/leisure, extended family, and overall subscales of the SAS‐SR. There were 68% of the bulimics who scored within the clinically impaired range on at least one of the subscales compared with 13% of the controls.