Parental bonding and bulimic psychopathology: the mediating role of mistrust/abuse beliefs.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether the previously reported relationship between parental bonding and bulimic psychopathology is mediated by the development of unhealthy core beliefs.


METHODS
One hundred and two nonclinical women completed the Parental Bonding Instrument, the short form of the Young Schema Questionnaire, and the Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh.


RESULTS
Mistrust/abuse beliefs were found to be a partial mediator in the relationship between paternal overprotection and the severity of bulimic attitudes.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings suggest that the development of mistrust/abuse beliefs is important in determining the effect that paternal overprotection has on bulimic attitudes.
Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, England. C.Meyer@warwick.ac.uk
Caroline
C
Meyer
Kirsty
K
Gillings
D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035502:Trust