Psychosocial Influences on Bulimic Symptoms: Investigation of an Emprical Model
Description:
The emerging consensus among investigators seems to be that bulimia is a multidetermined disorder with a number of contributing factors, including biological components, sociocultural factor, personality, and family characteristics (Garfinkel & Garner, 1982). An etiological model was examined in this study integrating two important theoretical perspectives in the bulimia literature: the stress-coping perspective (Cattanach & Rodin, 1988) and the family systems perspective (Minuchin et al., 1978…
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Date:
August 1996
Creator:
Owen-Nieberding, Amy