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| Title |
Body-Related Social Comparison and Disordered Eating among Adolescent Females with an Eating Disorder, Depressive Disorder, and Healthy Controls
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| Published in |
Nutrients, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.3390/nu4091260 |
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| Authors |
Andrea E. Hamel, Shannon L. Zaitsoff, Andrew Taylor, Rosanne Menna, Daniel Le Grange |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between body-related social comparison (BRSC) and eating disorders (EDs) by: (a) comparing the degree of BRSC in adolescents with an ED, depressive disorder (DD), and no psychiatric history; and (b) investigating whether BRSC is associated with ED symptoms after controlling for symptoms of depression and self-esteem. Participants were 75 girls, aged 12-18 (25 per diagnostic group). To assess BRSC, participants reported on a 5-point Likert scale how often they compare their body to others'. Participants also completed a diagnostic interview, Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI-2), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE). Compared to adolescents with a DD and healthy adolescents, adolescents with an ED engaged in significantly more BRSC (p ≤ 0.001). Collapsing across groups, BRSC was significantly positively correlated with ED symptoms (p ≤ 0.01), and these associations remained even after controlling for two robust predictors of both ED symptoms and social comparison, namely BDI-II and RSE. In conclusion, BRSC seems to be strongly related to EDs. Treatment for adolescents with an ED may focus on reducing BRSC. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 112 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 25 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 17% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 28 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 37 | 33% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 34 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
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