Purging Disorder: An Exploratory Investigation of Phenomenology, Psychological Correlates, and Distinctiveness as a Diagnostic Category

Purging Disorder: An Exploratory Investigation of Phenomenology, Psychological Correlates, and Distinctiveness as a Diagnostic Category

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Main Author: Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth
Language:English
Published: Kent State University / OhioLINK 2011
Subjects:
Psychology
purging disorder
eating disorder
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1301337284
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-kent13013372842021-08-03T05:37:26Z Purging Disorder: An Exploratory Investigation of Phenomenology, Psychological Correlates, and Distinctiveness as a Diagnostic Category Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Psychology purging disorder eating disorder Purging Disorder (PD) is an understudied pattern of behaviors within the Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) diagnostic category. Although such categorization suggests PD is not as clinically significant as other eating disorders, recent evidence has suggested otherwise. However, it remains to be determined if PD is distinct from other clinically significant eating disorder categories. Thus, the present study sought to assess the phenomenology, clinical significance, and distinctiveness of PD. Group scores on measures of eating pathology, body image disturbance, and psychological correlates were compared (using MANOVA) among a female undergraduate sample (N= 91) of PD (n= 17), Bulimia Nervosa (BN; n=35), restrained eaters (n=18), and healthy controls (n=21). Results indicated the PD group both differed from and resembled the BN and restrained eater groups on different variables. Findings support the conceptualization of PD as existing along a spectrum of bulimic spectrum disorders rather than as a distinct diagnostic category. 2011-04-12 English text Kent State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1301337284 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1301337284 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Psychology
purging disorder
eating disorder
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purging disorder
eating disorder
Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth
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title_short Purging Disorder: An Exploratory Investigation of Phenomenology, Psychological Correlates, and Distinctiveness as a Diagnostic Category
title_full Purging Disorder: An Exploratory Investigation of Phenomenology, Psychological Correlates, and Distinctiveness as a Diagnostic Category
title_fullStr Purging Disorder: An Exploratory Investigation of Phenomenology, Psychological Correlates, and Distinctiveness as a Diagnostic Category
title_full_unstemmed Purging Disorder: An Exploratory Investigation of Phenomenology, Psychological Correlates, and Distinctiveness as a Diagnostic Category
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