Onset of dieting in childhood and adolescence: implications for personality, psychopathology, eating attitudes and behaviors of women with eating disorder.
OBJECTIVE
This study examined the MMPI-2 and EDI-2 scores of 205 Korean women with eating disorders to identify difference between early and adulthood onset of dieting groups.


METHODS
101 women had started dieting in their childhood to adolescence (EARLYdieting group) and 104 had started dieting in their adulthood (ADULTdieting group).


RESULTS
Both of the MMPI-2 and EDI-2 scores were significantly different between the two groups before and after adjusting for the duration since the onset of eating disorder. EARLYdieting group scored higher in the MMPI-2 clinical scales 1, 3, 0 and the EDI-2 bulimia scale. EARLYdieting group tended to use a more varied dieting strategy.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings suggested that starting to diet early in life may be related to more severe psychopathology and dieting behaviors in adulthood.
Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea.
Young In
YI
Chung
Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea.
Jin Kyoung
JK
Kim
Yonsei L Eating Disorder Clinic, Severance Hospital, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea.
Jung-Hyun
JH
Lee
Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea. eugenejung@yuhs.ac.|Yonsei L Eating Disorder Clinic, Severance Hospital, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea. eugenejung@yuhs.ac.|Department of Psychiatry, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea. eugenejung@yuhs.ac.
Young-Chul
YC
Jung
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult
EDI-2; Eating Disorder Inventory-2; Eating disorders; MMPI-2; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2; Onset of dieting