title: Predicting eating disorder group membership: an examination and extension of the sociocultural model.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to examine and extend portions of the sociocultural model of bulimia nervosa (Stice, E. (1994). Review of the evidence for a sociocultural model of bulimia nervosa and an exploration of the mechanisms of action. Clinical Psychology Review, 14, 633-661; Stice, E., & Agras, W. S. (1998). Predicting onset and cessation of bulimic behaviors during adolescence: A longitudinal grouping analysis. Behavior Therapy, 29, 257-276). Participants were women who reported engaging in binge eating at baseline and the 1-year follow-up (n = 26), women who began binge eating between these 2 points (n = 25), and women who did not report binge eating during the course of the study (n = 199). Results of the first discriminant function analysis provided support for the sociocultural model. However, the results of subsequent analyses suggest that additional variables, including stress, escape-avoidance coping, and interoceptive awareness, emerged as important. Implications of these findings for our understanding of the development and maintenance of binge eating are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA. Patricia_Engler@brown.edu
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Engler
authors.forename: Janis H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Crowther
authors.forename: Ginnie
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sanftner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D003469:Culture; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires