Understanding Disordered Eating at Midlife and Late Life.
Current knowledge regarding disordered eating beyond the period of emerging adulthood is limited. Guided by a life-span approach, the present study examined a model of disordered eating that used age, gender, body mass index (BMI), eating-related cognitions, and dissatisfaction with appearance as pr...
| Published in: | Journal of General Psychology Vol. 136; no. 1; pp. 5 - 21 |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
January 2009
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=510743698&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 510743698 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00221309 JGP jtl: Journal of General Psychology issn: 00221309 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: January 2009 vid: 136 iid: 1 pid: 58221 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 510743698 10.3200/GENP.136.1.5-20 ppf: 5 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 2.7MB tig: atl: Understanding Disordered Eating at Midlife and Late Life. aug: au: Patrick, Julie Hicks Stahl, Sarah T. su: Gender differences (Psychology) Eating disorders Geriatric psychology Middle-aged persons -- Psychology sug: subj: Gender differences (Psychology) Eating disorders Geriatric psychology Middle-aged persons -- Psychology ab: Current knowledge regarding disordered eating beyond the period of emerging adulthood is limited. Guided by a life-span approach, the present study examined a model of disordered eating that used age, gender, body mass index (BMI), eating-related cognitions, and dissatisfaction with appearance as predictors of disordered eating. Participants were 125 adults in 4 age groups who completed measures. With the exception of BMI (i.e., men and middle-aged adults higher), no mean group differences emerged. No other mean age differences emerged. The authors tested the relations among model constructs using a path analysis. Results indicated that age exerted direct effects on disordered eating. The authors discuss results in terms of life-span development and the need to target understudied groups in research and clinical work. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|