Perceptions of parental relationships in the eating disorders: the relevance of depressed mood

Article Abstract:

In order to examine relationships between depression, family functioning and eating disorders, women between 18 and 34 years diagnosed with either anorexia nervosa (11 women), bulimia nervosa (26 women) or bulimic-anorexia (10 women), and 29 volunteers with no eating disorders (the control group) were studied. The women took the 1983 version of Benjamin's Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB), a test based on interpersonal theory and designed to assess perceived family functioning among patients with eating disorders. They were also administered a self-report measure of depression. The eating-disordered and control groups were divided into high- and low-depression groups and compared on four SASB interpersonal modes of relating: attack, hostile withdrawal, control and submission. Since previous literature has characterized families of bulimic children as being relatively hostile, and families of anorexic children as controlling, it was expected that both bulimic groups would tend to view their parents as attacking and see themselves as tending toward hostile withdrawal, and that the anorexic group would rate their parents as controlling and see themselves as submissive. Contrary to expectations, when level of depression was factored into the data analysis, these predictions were not validated. The only significant finding was that when compared with the control group, the bulimic-anorexic group rated their fathers as being much more controlling. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Social aspects, Complications and side effects, Risk factors, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Eating disorders, Bulimia, Anorexia nervosa, Parent and child, Parent-child relations

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The Pain Catastrophizing Scale: development and validation

Article Abstract:

Four studies examining the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) are conducted. The first study explores the development and psychometric characteristics of the measure, while the second investigates its validity by assessing the linkage between participants' PCS scores and their reports of catastrophizing ideation. The third study determines the validity of the test using data from a clinical sample of individuals undergoing an aversive electrodiagnostic medical procedure. The final test compares PCS with measures of associated constructs. The results are discussed.

Analysis, Psychological tests, Pain Catastrophizing Scale

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