title: Subclinical eating disorders in adolescent women: a test of the continuity hypothesis and its psychological correlates.
abstract: Subclinical eating disorders are common in adolescent women. In this study the severity of disturbed eating and its psychological correlates were examined in 207 college freshmen. The results indicated that 9% fell into the probable bulimic or dieter at-risk categories, 23% were classified as intensive dieters, 17% as casual dieters, and over half (51%) of the sample was classified as non-dieters. Depression, dysfunctional thinking, and disturbed eating attitudes were found to correlate with the severity of eating pathology. Support was found for the continuity hypothesis of eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth 02747-2300, USA. dfranko@umassd.edu
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Franko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omori
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D008404:Massachusetts; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015431:Weight Loss