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Eating disorders among adolescents: patterns and prevalence.

D M Kagan, R L Squires

    Adolescence
    |January 1, 1984
    PubMed
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    This study found that 2% of adolescents exhibit disordered eating behaviors. Dieting and uncontrollable eating emerged as distinct patterns, both linked to feelings of failure and psychosocial constraint.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Adolescent Health
    • Eating Disorders

    Background:

    • Disordered eating behaviors are a growing concern among adolescents.
    • Understanding the prevalence and patterns of these behaviors is crucial for intervention.
    • Psychosocial factors may influence the development and maintenance of disordered eating.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To estimate the prevalence of disordered eating habits in adolescents.
    • To examine the relationship between bingeing-dieting cycles and psychosocial constraint.
    • To identify distinct behavioral patterns within disordered eating.

    Main Methods:

    • A 71-item questionnaire was administered to 2,004 high school students.
    • Disordered eating was defined to include bingeing, restrictive dieting, emotional eating, and purging.
    • Factor analysis was used to identify behavioral constellations.

    Main Results:

    • A distinct syndrome of disordered eating was identified in 2% of subjects.
    • Emotional eating was prevalent in 7% of subjects (11% of females).
    • Individual behaviors varied: bingeing (20%), purging (5%), feeling out of control (27%).
    • Bingeing-dieting cycles were not a major pattern; dieting and uncontrollable eating were separate.
    • Dieting correlated with regulation and constraint; both dieting and compulsive eating related to failure.

    Conclusions:

    • Disordered eating is present in a small but significant percentage of adolescents.
    • Dieting and uncontrollable eating represent distinct behavioral patterns, not a unified binge-purge cycle.
    • Both dieting and compulsive eating are associated with negative psychosocial experiences, including feelings of failure.

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