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Predictors of eating psychopathology in adolescent girls
Author(s) -
Wood Alison,
Waller Glen,
Gowers Simon
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.2400020103
Subject(s) - psychopathology , eating disorders , psychology , intervention (counseling) , clinical psychology , self esteem , predictive value , psychiatry , medicine
As part of a prospective study of the development of eating symptomatology, adolescent girls completed measures of eating attitudes and self‐esteem. At two‐year follow‐up, the predictive validity of those measures was tested. Abnormal eating attitudes at baseline predicted both unhealthy eating attitudes and partial syndrome eating disorder (PSED) at follow‐up. Poor self‐esteem at baseline predicted unhealthy eating attitudes, but was not significantly associated with PSED. The results suggest that measures of both eating attitudes and self‐esteem have potential value as screening instruments for subsequent eating problems, assisting in targeting intervention at an early stage.