Single and married patients with eating disorders

Forty married and 22 unmarried female patients with eating disorders were studied to elucidate the relationship between eating disorders and marriage. Eating disorders developed in 14 patients before marriage (premarital onset) and in 26 patients at or after marriage (postmarital onset). The postmar...

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Published in:Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 1998-12, Vol.52 (S6), p.S306-S308
Main Authors: KIRIIKE, NOBUO, NAGATA, TOSHIHIKO, MATSUNAGA, HISATO, NISHIURA, WATARUTOBITAN, NISHIURA, TAKEHIKO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
anorexia nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa - epidemiology
Anorexia Nervosa - psychology
Bulimia - epidemiology
Bulimia - psychology
bulimia nervosa
Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology
Female
Humans
Japan - epidemiology
Life Change Events
marriage
Marriage - psychology
Marriage - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Single Person - psychology
Single Person - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Forty married and 22 unmarried female patients with eating disorders were studied to elucidate the relationship between eating disorders and marriage. Eating disorders developed in 14 patients before marriage (premarital onset) and in 26 patients at or after marriage (postmarital onset). The postmarital onset group was a significantly higher age at onset, but similar in age and duration of illness compared with the group of 22 unmarried patients. However, the various clinical features of the three groups did not differ. Four premarital onset patients showed exaggerated clinical features after marriage, but the other patients showed no change in clinical features after marriage. In the postmarital onset group, eating disorders were triggered in 18 (69%) patients by marital problems, separation or divorce. In contrast, eating disorders were triggered by dieting to be slim in eight (57%) patients of the premarital onset group and 12 (55%) patients of the unmarried group. These results suggest that marital discord plays an important role in the development and maintenance of eating disorders among married women.
ISSN:1323-1316
1440-1819
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb03253.x