Journal article

A new social-family model for eating disorders: A European multicentre project using a case-control design

Isabel Krug, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Marija Anderluh, Laura Bellodi, Silvia Bagnoli, David Collier, Fernando Fernandez-Aranda, Andreas Karwautz, Sarah Mitchell, Benedetta Nacmias, Valdo Ricca, Sandro Sorbi, Kate Tchanuria, Gudrun Wagner, Janet Treasure, Nadia Micali

APPETITE | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2015

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine a new socio-family risk model of Eating Disorders (EDs) using path-analyses. METHOD: The sample comprised 1264 (ED patients = 653; Healthy Controls = 611) participants, recruited into a multicentre European project. Socio-family factors assessed included: perceived maternal and parental parenting styles, family, peer and media influences, and body dissatisfaction. Two types of path-analyses were run to assess the socio-family model: 1.) a multinomial logistic path-model including ED sub-types [Anorexia Nervosa-Restrictive (AN-R), AN-Binge-Purging (AN-BP), Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and EDNOS)] as the key polychotomous categorical outcome and 2.) a path-model assessing whether..

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