title: Reports of stress: a comparison between eating disordered and non-eating disordered adolescents.
abstract: This study utilizes a unique method to examine reports of stressful life events provided by eating disordered and non-eating disordered adolescents. Subjects (all females) participated in a standardized procedure to obtain reports of stressful life events. The Life Events and Coping Inventory (LECI) was used to categorize reported stressors. Eating disorder subjects discussed more stressors than non-eating disorder subjects only when eating disorder events were included. Furthermore, eating disorder subjects reported more events that could not be classified within the LECI and were rated as non-normative. The findings point to the importance of qualitative rather than purely quantitative approaches to stressful life events assessment with adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ryst
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hinshaw
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*