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Body dissatisfaction, bulimia, and depression among women: the mediating role of drive for thinness

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Depression is a key correlate of body dissatisfaction among women with clinical eating disorders, according to research into links between body dissatisfaction, depression and bulimia. Indeed, depression may be more significant than bulimia in predicting body image disturbance. Drive for thinness was a unique predictor of body dissatisfaction beyond bulimia or depression when added to the multivariate model. It is possible that incorporation of cultural views about thinness as the equivalent of female beauty prompts greater drive for thinness. This then leads to a hypercritical view of the individual's own body.

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Laxative abuse among women with eating disorders: an indication of psychopathology?

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Women with eating disorders appear to use laxatives for three different psychopathological reasons. One group of abusers constitutes individuals with rigid views who use laxatives to relieve tension and fear of retaining food in their bodies. Another group that comprises anorexia nervosa patients uses laxatives to draw attention to their disorder. The third group constitutes bulimia nervosa patients with a history of sexual abuse. The history of the use of laxatives is unrelated to factors such as body weight or age, history of stealing, and interpersonal distrust.

Usage, Women, Laxatives

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Body dissatisfaction and sexuality among women with bulimia nervosa

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The relationship between sexuality and body image is examined using a large sample of adult women who suffer from bulimia nervosa, purging type. The sample answered questions relating to coital and masturbation experience, age of onset of these activities, and self-rated satisfaction with current sexual activity. Results revealed that body dissatisfaction was unrelated to coital experience. Current body dissatisfaction was also found to be predictive of lower incidence, and later onset, of masturbation even as it was also marginally related to self-rated satisfaction with one's current sex life.

Research, Demographic aspects, Bulimia, Sex (Psychology), Sexuality

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