title: Compensatory weight control behaviors of women in emerging adulthood: associations between childhood abuse experiences and adult relationship avoidance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine correlates of compensatory weight control behaviors among women in transition between adolescence and adulthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors recruited a sample of undergraduate women (N = 759) at a large northwestern university during the 2009-2010 academic year.
  
  
  METHODS
  Logistic regression was used to assess relations among childhood abuse, psychosocial functioning, adult dating relationship factors, and women's endorsement of compensatory weight control behaviors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The final model reliably distinguished between participants who endorsed versus denied use of compensatory behaviors (χ(2)[5, N = 747] = 36.37, p < .001), with global psychosocial functioning and relationship avoidance accounting for the most variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings illustrate the importance of considering childhood abuse histories and adult relationships while assessing young women's compensatory weight control behaviors.
authors.affiliation: a Psychology Service, VA Boston Healthcare System , Boston , Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bankoff
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Valentine
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Schacht
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Pantalone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities