title: Self-esteem and social anxiety in an adolescent female eating disorder population: age and diagnostic effects.
abstract: This study explored symptoms of social anxiety and multidimensional self-esteem in a clinical, adolescent female eating disorder population. Using self-report measures, data from 344 females revealed significant negative relationships between dimensions of self-esteem and social anxiety. A diagnostic difference emerged, with the restricting subgroup reporting significantly higher perceived physical appearance and global self-worth than those with binge/purge symptoms or bulimia nervosa. No significant age differences or age by diagnosis interaction effects emerged. These findings suggest that in clinical samples of adolescent eating disorders, self-esteem and social anxiety share a significant inverse relationship and seem to remain fairly constant across adolescence.
authors: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Regional Eating Disorder Program, Canada. nobeid@cheo.on.ca
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Obeid
authors: Annick
authors: A
authors: Buchholz
authors: Katelynn E
authors: KE
authors: Boerner
authors: Katherine A
authors: KA
authors: Henderson
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Norris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires