Relationship between Parental Attachment and Eating Disorders in an Inpatient and a College Sample.

Kenny, Maureen E.; Hart, Kathleen

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ERIC Number: EJ454108

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Relationship between Parental Attachment and Eating Disorders in an Inpatient and a College Sample.

Kenny, Maureen E.; Hart, Kathleen

Journal of Counseling Psychology, v39 n4 p521-26 Oct 1992

Examined relationship between parental attachment and eating disorder symptoms for 68 inpatient women with eating disorders and for 162 college women. College women described themselves as more securely attached to parents and reported lower levels of weight and dieting preoccupation, bulimic behavior, and feelings of ineffectiveness. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Bulimia, College Students, Eating Habits, Higher Education, Institutionalized Persons, Parent Child Relationship, Patients

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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