Eating Disorders
Sociotropy found to be predictor of bulimia
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 10th, 2003
"The authors tested the generalizability of A. Sugarman, D. Quinlan, and L. Devenis' (1982) psychodynamic account of eating disturbances, which posits that overt autonomy strivings associated with eating problems are a defense against unconscious dependency concerns, and evaluated the degree to which autonomy and sociotropy had unique associations with eating disturbances," in recent research from the United States.
"Canadian female college students (N=286) completed self report measures of autonomy, sociotropy, depression, and bulimia as well as the Rorschach Inkblot Test."
The researchers concluded: "Findings suggest, contrary to Sugarman and...
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