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Risk factors, correlates, and markers in early‐onset bulimia nervosa and EDNOS
Author(s) -
Day Jemma,
Schmidt Ulrike,
Collier David,
Perkins Sarah,
Van den Eynde Frederique,
Treasure Janet,
Yi Irene,
Winn Suzanne,
Robinson Paul,
Murphy Rebecca,
Keville Saskia,
JohnsonSabine Eric,
Jenkins Mari,
Frost Susie,
Dodge Liz,
Berelowitz Mark,
Eisler Ivan
Publication year - 2011
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/eat.20803
Subject(s) - bulimia nervosa , psychology , subclinical infection , menarche , eating disorders , age of onset , clinical psychology , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , psychiatry , anorexia nervosa , risk factor , developmental psychology , medicine , disease
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the specific risk factors, correlates, and markers associated with the development of symptomatology of early‐onset BN and subclinical BN. Method: Two semi‐structured interviews were used to examine symptomatology and antecedent factors of bulimic symptoms in a sample of British adolescents. Results: Adolescents with early‐onset eating pathology were significantly more likely to report an earlier age of menarche than those developing the disorder at the typical age, and were found to have a different pathway of symptom development. Discussion: Increased awareness of this may help identify those particularly at risk for developing an early‐onset of eating pathology. © 2010 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2011; 44:287–294)