Attitudes and knowledge regarding bulimia and anorexia nervosa

Extract: The current study investigated general knowledge of the symptoms, causes, and treatment of bulimia and anorexia nervosa, as well as attitudes toward anorexics and bulimics. High school and college students, 15 to 25 years of age, were administered an anonymous questionnaire. Adequate defini...

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Published in:The International journal of eating disorders 1986-03, Vol.5 (3), p.545-553
Main Authors: Smith, M.C, Pruitt, J.A, Mann, L.M, Thelen, M.H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
6SSURCONSOMMATION ALIMENTAIRE
ALIMENTACION EXCESIVA
APETITO
APPETIT
Attitude towards mental illness
Biological and medical sciences
ELEVE
ESTUDIANTES
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
SINTOMAS
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
SYMPTOME
TERAPIA
THERAPEUT
TRASTORNOS DEL SISTEMA NERVIOSO
TROUBLE DU SYSTEME NERVEUX
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Summary:Extract: The current study investigated general knowledge of the symptoms, causes, and treatment of bulimia and anorexia nervosa, as well as attitudes toward anorexics and bulimics. High school and college students, 15 to 25 years of age, were administered an anonymous questionnaire. Adequate definitions of bulimia and anorexia were provided by 44% and 71% of the subjects, respectively. Females demonstrated more knowledge than did males. Emotional problems were seen as the most likely cause of both disorders, and psychotherapy was considered the most effective treatment. The subjects were more rejecting of an anorexic female, an obese female, and an average weight vomiter than an average weight binger. Over 41% of the males were rejecting of an anorexic, obese, or purger female as a dating partner.(author)
ISSN:0276-3478
1098-108X
DOI:10.1002/1098-108X(198603)5:3<545::AID-EAT2260050311>3.0.CO;2-M