title: Cigarette smoking is associated with body shape concerns and bulimia symptoms among young adult females.
abstract: Elevated rates of cigarette smoking have been reported among individuals with Bulimia Nervosa. However, little is known about eating disorder symptoms within non-clinical samples of smokers. The purpose of the present study was to compare the eating disorder symptoms of young adult female smokers (n=184) and non-smokers (n=56), to determine whether smokers were more likely to endorse bulimic symptoms and report greater body shape concern than non-smokers. Analyses indicated that smokers scored significantly higher than non-smokers on the Body Shape Questionnaire, p=.03, and the Bulimia Test-Revised, p=.006. In addition, a higher proportion of smokers than non-smokers scored > or = 85 on the Bulimia Test-Revised, p=.05, suggesting the possibility that Bulimia Nervosa diagnoses were more prevalent among smokers. No differences were found between smokers and non-smokers on other measures of eating behavior. Overall, findings suggest that smoking is specifically associated with symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa and body shape concern among young adult females.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, 236 Audubon Hall, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States. dkendzor@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Darla E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kendzor
authors.forename: Claire E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Diana W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Lauren E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Baillie
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Copeland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult