Journal article
A new social-family model for eating disorders: A European multicentre project using a case-control design
I Krug, M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M Anderluh, L Bellodi, S Bagnoli, D Collier, F Fernandez-Aranda, A Karwautz, S Mitchell, B Nacmias, V Ricca, S Sorbi, K Tchanuria, G Wagner, J Treasure, N Micali
Appetite | 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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Awarded by European Commission
Funding Acknowledgements
Financial support was received from the European Union (Framework-V Multicenter Research Grant, QCK1-1999-916). CIBERobn is an initiative of ISCIII.