title: Perceptions of gender ideals predict outcome of eating disorders in adolescent girls.
abstract: Clinical features have low predictive value for the outcome of eating disorders. This study focuses on the possible predictive value of gender ideals. Data was from adolescent girls thoroughly assessed both at presentation and at a three-year follow up. Few variables differed between the outcome groups. However, perceptions of gender ideals, as measured by the Three Questions of Ideals, were found to contribute to the prediction of outcome. A discriminant analysis showed that gender ideals, maturity fears, sexual debut, and vomiting were significant discriminators in a set of factors, which correctly classified the outcome for 75.3% of the sample.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. barbro.thurfjell@bupinst.uu.se
authors.forename: Barbro
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thurfjell
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eliasson
authors.forename: Ingemar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Swenne
authors.forename: Anne-Liis
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: von Knorring
authors.forename: Ingemar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Engström
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden