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Marital relationships and conflict resolution skills of bulimics
Author(s) -
van Buren Dorothy J.,
Williamson Donald A.
Publication year - 1988
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(198811)7:6<735::aid-eat2260070602>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - psychology , dysfunctional family , developmental psychology , interpersonal communication , interpersonal relationship , conflict resolution , clinical psychology , social psychology , political science , law
Twelve bulimic couples were compared to 14 maritally distressed couples and 15 normal control couples on measures of relationship satisfaction, conflict resolution styles, and beliefs about intimate relationships. Bulimics reported global relationship dissatisfaction with their marriages similar to that felt by women seeking marital therapy. Bulimics were also similar to females in distressed marriages in their reported use of few problem‐solving skills and withdrawal from conflict. Bulimics and maritally distressed females subscribed to the dysfunctional belief that “partners cannot change.” These results provide support for the contention that bulimics experience dissatisfaction with their interpersonal relationships and that this dissatisfaction is accompanied by self‐reported deficiencies in conflict resolution skills.