title: [Self concept and need for social approval in bulimia patients].
abstract: The present work concerns the relation between the need for social approval (assessed as social desirability) and bulimia with respect to gender-differences. Since bulimia is mainly a female issue, a relationship was predicted between the development of bulimia and the internalization of a socially desired feminine sex-stereotype with respect to the self-concept. The need for approval was assessed for male subjects, female subjects not suffering from eating-disorders, and female bulimic subjects. The results show that bulimic women have significant higher self-ratings concerning the need for approval. Without neglecting multicausal explications, the results suggest that social desirability as an expression of social approval should receive more attention as a facilitating factor in the development of bulimia.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft Universität Bielefeld.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steins
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Remy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012649:Self Concept; D012928:Social Desirability; D013240:Stereotyping
vernacular_title: Selbstkonzept und Bedürfnis nach sozialer Anerkennung bei Bulimikerinnen.