Prevalence and Characteristics of Binge Eating in an Adolescent Community Sample

Autor/inn/en	Goossens, Lien; Soenens, Bart; Braet, Caroline
Titel	Prevalence and Characteristics of Binge Eating in an Adolescent Community Sample
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38 (2009) 3, S.342-353 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Eating Disorders; Pathology; Adolescents; Adjustment (to Environment); Psychological Patterns; Questionnaires; Self Control; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Body Weight; Body Composition; Self Concept; Age Differences; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Depression (Psychology); Belgium; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; Self Perception Profile for Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Appetite disorder; Essstörung; Pathologie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Fragebogen; Selbstbeherrschung; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Körpergewicht; Selbstkonzept; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Belgien
Abstract	The objective of this article was to investigate the prevalence and psychological correlates of binge eating among adolescents. Self-report questionnaires were administered to a community sample of 708 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14 years). Adolescents reporting loss of control over eating (17% of the sample) reported more eating pathology and more general maladjustment compared to those without loss of control. The combined presence of subjective and objective binge episodes was related to the most severe pattern of eating pathology. The results suggest that loss of control over eating is a relatively frequent experience among adolescents from the general population and it is related to eating pathology and maladjustment. (Contains 2 footnotes and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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