Conference Proceedings
A psychosocial risk factor model for female eating disorders: A European multicentre project
I Krug, M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, S Mitchell, F Fernandez-Aranda, A Karwautz, G Wagner, M Anderluh, L Bellodi, B Nacmias, V Rica, S Sorbi, K Tchanturia, D Collier, J Treasure, N Micali
Journal of Eating Disorders | Published : 2014
Abstract
Aim To investigate through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), the relationship between parenting styles, teasing about body weight/shape or eating, internalization of the thin ideal and body dissatisfaction amongst eating disorders (EDs) and controls and to see whether the risk factor model differed across various European countries and ED subtypes. Method The total sample comprised 1373 participants(ED patients=618).The Cross-Cultural Questionnaire (CCQ) was used to assess the above-mentioned risk factors. Results SEM analyses showed that the best fitting model was one allowing risk paths to vary across countries [x2(425) =2105.271,p<.0001,RMSEA,=022,CFI=980]. In all countries teasing abo..
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