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The relationship between eating disorder psychopathology and quality of life within a nonclinical sample

Recently researchers have begun investigating the impact of eating disorders on quality of life (QOL). The present study examines the impact of eating disorder psychopathology on QOL within a non-clinical sample. Two hundred and fourteen women completed questionnaires assessing eating disorder symptoms, body dissatisfaction, body checking and body avoidance behaviours and general psychopathology. The results indicated that eating disturbance and body image dissatisfaction were associated with a poorer QOL. In addition, eating disorder psychopathology uniquely predicted QOL above and beyond the variance accounted for by general psychopathology. These results indicate that eating disorder psychopathology is negatively impacting on the lives of women within the community. The results imply that early intervention and detection could reduce the negative impact of eating disorder psychopathology in women's lives and protect individuals with mild eating disorder symptoms from a further reduction in their QOL.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/273681
Date January 2006
CreatorsVallance, Joanna
PublisherUniversity of Canterbury. Psychology
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsCopyright Joanna Vallance, http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/etheses_copyright.shtml

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