title: Perfectionism, body dissatisfaction, and self-esteem in predicting bulimic symptomatology: lack of replication.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Few prospective studies have tested multivariate models of bulimic pathology development, but two studies have found support for a Perfectionism x Body Dissatisfaction x Self-Esteem etiologic model (Vohs, K.D., Bardone, A.M., Joiner, T.E., Abramson, L.Y., & Heatherton, T.F., 1999;108:695-700; Vohs et al., 2001;20:476-497). The current study sought to provide an independent replication of these promising findings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 496 adolescent girls that were followed prospectively over a 1-year period were used to test this predictive model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although our study should have provided a more sensitive test of this model because we used a sample at higher risk for bulimic symptom increases, more sensitive diagnostic interviews, a longer follow-up period, and a larger sample, the three-way interaction did not predict subsequent increases in bulimic symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that the predictive power of this interactive model may not be as robust as previously believed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Heather E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stice
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Springer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires