Conscious and preconscious processing of food, body weight and shape, and emotion-related words in women with anorexia nervosa
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Researchers used the Stroop color-naming test with women with anorexia nervosa and with women with restrained and unrestrained diets. They used words connected with fatness and thinness, and words for foods with high and low calorific values. They controlled for valence effects and presented the stimuli under masked and unmasked conditions. The women with anorexia nervosa displayed delayed color-naming in words relating to both body shapes and, to a lesser degree, to high calorie food words. The restrained and unrestrained eaters in the sample did not have delayed color-naming latencies.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 1998
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Measuring self-esteem in dieting disordered patients: The validity of the Rosenberg and Coopersmith contrasted
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There have been few studies into comparisons of self-esteem levels of anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN) and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). A study contrasted the validities of the rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES) and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI), as measures of self-esteem in dieting disordered patients. No significant differences were found among the AN, BN and EDNOS groups, and previous reports that dieting disordered patients have low self-esteem are confirmed.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 1999
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Fluid restriction in anorexia nervosa: a neglected symptom or new phenomenon?
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An Australian study of seven anorexics aged 20 or under indicates that the occurrence of self-deprivation of fluids to control weight is greater than assumed. Lack of fluid consumption is more dangerous than lack of food consumption as it can cause dehydration. Those involved in the care of anorexics should pay attention to fluid consumption as patients tend to hide fluid deprivation. There is a need for further research on the subject, including a study of the relationship between food and fluid intake.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 1999
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