Bulimia: multivariate predictors of life impairment.
The current study investigated the ability to predict life impairment in a group of women who reported frequent binge eating episodes. Results indicated that a combination of feeling out of control when binge eating, frequent binge episodes, frequent use of laxatives for weight control, plus early age at onset, guilt feelings after binging, and a history of low weight best predicted life impairment. Implications of these findings are discussed with respect to refining DSM-III criteria for bulimia.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D002400:Cathartics; D004435:Eating; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011379:Prognosis; D011599:Psychopathology
D002400:Cathartics