title: The relation between the lack of control attributional style for indulgent food consumption and bulimic symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study examined the potential link between the lack of control attributional style for indulgent food consumption and bulimic symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and 77 undergraduates (145 female; mean age=19 years-2 months) were administered the Eating Attributional Style Questionnaire and the Sterling Eating Disorder Scales across a five-month period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  SEM analyses confirmed that: (1) uncontrollability attributions for indulgent food consumption were concurrently associated with bulimic symptoms, and (2) external locus of control and uncontrollability attributions for indulgent food consumption predicted changes in bulimic symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings yielded support for the conclusion that the lack of control attributional style for indulgent food consumption is a probable cause of bulimic symptoms.
authors: School Psychology, Keele University, Keele, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG UK. k.j.rotenberg@keele.ac.uk
authors: Ken J
authors: KJ
authors: Rotenberg
authors: Paula
authors: P
authors: Costa
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Trueman
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Lattimore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008019:Life Style; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult