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Body‐Image Disturbances in Adolescent Female Binge–Purgers: A Brief Report of the Results of a National Survey in the U.S.A.
Author(s) -
Brown Timothy A.,
Cash Thomas F.,
Lewis Robin J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00272.x
Subject(s) - psychology , discriminant function analysis , binge eating , body weight , weight control , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , obesity , eating disorders , medicine , statistics , mathematics
A sample ( N =114) of adolescent female binge‐pursers were among the respondents to a nationwide survey on body‐image. Relative to female controls ( N =114) who were matched on age, height and weight, binge‐purgers evaluated their physical appearance, fitness and health much less favourably. However, they reported being man? appearance‐oriented and fitness‐oriented than controls. Regardless of actual weight, binge‐purgers more often distorted their body size as heavier than did controls, displayed more anxious preoccupation about their weight and weight gain and reported much more frequent eating restraint to lose weight, Binge‐purgers also considered themselves to be more poorly psychosocially adjusted, with a reported childhood history of appearance‐related conflicts. Discriminant function analysis indicated that the above variables were very accurate in classifying the two groups.