Stages of change in anorexic and bulimic disorders: the importance of illness representations.

Journal article

This study investigated the relationship between illness representations and stage of change in women with anorexic (N=33) and women with bulimic (N=36) disorders. A cross-sectional design was employed and participants were asked to complete a set of questionnaires. The relationship between illness representations and stage of change was explored in the two groups separately using hierarchical multiple regression analyses. A number of different items from the illness representations measure, ...

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Authors: Cooper, M; Stockford, K; Turner, H

• Journal: Eating behaviors
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 474-484
• Publication date: 2007-12-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.01.003
• EISSN: 1873-7358
• ISSN: 1471-0153
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Bulimia Nervosa; Humans; Severity of Illness Index; Cognition; Adult; Social Support; Female; Questionnaires; Anorexia Nervosa; Self Concept; Body Mass Index