title: Internalizing antecedents and consequences of binge-eating behaviors in a community-based, urban sample of African American females.
abstract: The etiology of problem-eating behaviors is often overlooked in research as it typically shares many symptoms with other more common psychiatric illnesses. Binge-eating problems are at the forefront of the popular media because of the connection to obesity; therefore, increased knowledge of binge eating problems, particularly the internalizing antecedents and consequences will have implications in a multitude of domains, including prevention programs aimed at physical and mental health. The current study examines the antecedents of binge-eating behaviors by exploring how the growth of internalizing symptoms influences the proximal outcome of a binge-eating inventory in a longitudinal sample of African American girls. Additional consequences of binge-eating problems are also explored. This study focuses on binge-eating problems in order to present valuable information for prevention scientists who wish to develop target individuals at high risk for internalizing problems such as suicide.
authors.affiliation: Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, rmusci@jhsph.edu.
authors.forename: Rashelle J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Musci
authors.forename: Shelley R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ialongo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044383:Black People; D002032:Bulimia / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014505:Urban Population; D001741:Black or African American