Identification of "binge-prone" women: an experimentally and psychometrically validated cluster analysis in a college population.
Addict Behav
; 20(4): 451-62, 1995.
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This study investigated the escape model of binge eating through a cluster analysis using standardized measures. A sample of 126 undergraduate women underwent a manipulation of their level of cognition and were asked to "taste-test" several flavors of ice cream. Questionnaire data from these women were entered into a cluster analysis. Two groups emerged: women in the "binge-prone" group were significantly more depressed, had lower self-esteem, had more chaotic and extreme eating patterns, and were more self-conscious than those in the control group. In validation work, binge-prone women were shown to report elevated levels of bulimic symptomatology and, when in the presence of a food they enjoyed, to respond to increases in level of cognition by eating more. These results were consistent with some, but not all, of the components of the escape model.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Determinação da Personalidade
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Bulimia
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Hiperfagia
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Addict Behav
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article