title: Psychological predictors of eating pathology in older adult women.
abstract: Eating pathology is generally considered to affect females during adolescence and early adulthood. However, in recent years, there has been an increased recognition that disordered eating occurs in middle-aged and elderly women and that the presentation is similar to that of eating disorders in younger women. In the research presented here, results of an Internet survey of older adult women (N = 245; aged 60-90 years) indicate that the factors significantly associated with eating pathology-perfectionism, depression, and sociocultural pressures to be thin-closely parallel those reported for both younger and middle-aged women.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology , Teachers College, Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Midlarsky
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology , Teachers College, Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Ashley Kronen
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Marotta
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology , Teachers College, Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pirutinsky
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology , Teachers College, Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Ruth T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology , Teachers College, Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McGowan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072639:Perfectionism; D012307:Risk Factors; D012925:Social Conformity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Disordered eating; late life; perfectionism; women