title: Anger and bulimic psychopathology: gender differences in a nonclinical group.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study addressed the link between anger and bulimic psychopathology between young adult men and women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Volunteers (125 males and 125 females) completed two self-report questionnaires measuring anger (State Trait Anger Inventory [STAXI]) and bulimic attitudes and behaviors (Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh [BITE]).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although overall levels of anger did not differ broadly across genders, bulimic attitudes were associated with state anger in men but with anger suppression in women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Men appear to engage in bulimic behaviors to reduce anger states, whereas women appear to use such behaviors to reduce the likelihood of anger states from arising. Further experimental validation of these findings is required in both clinical and nonclinical groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. c.meyer@warwick.ac.uk
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Newman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paice
authors.forename: Janie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001290:Attitude; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012737:Sex Factors