title: Self-image of anorexic and bulimic female adolescents.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the self-concept using the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ) in groups of Finnish adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and a normal control group without an eating disorder. A total of 135 adolescent girls aged 16-21 (10 with anorexia nervosa, 10 with bulimia nervosa and 115 normal controls) were investigated using the OSIQ. In comparisons, girls with bulimia nervosa differed significantly from both girls with anorexia nervosa and normal controls with regard to severity on almost all of the OSIQ scales. Girls with anorexia nervosa differed from normal controls only in Emotional Tone and Sexual Attitudes. The findings suggest that anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa should be handled as different groups in assessing self-image with the OSIQ.
authors.affiliation: University of Turku, Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic, FI 20700 Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Ritva K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Erkolahti
authors.forename: Simo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saarijärvi
authors.forename: Tuula
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ilonen
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000855:Anorexia / Q000523:psychology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires