This study explored the relationships among separation-individuation, bulimia, social characteristics, and perceived parenting style in a sample of 192 non-bulimic and 39 bulimic college females. There was support for the hypothesis that bulimics are underseparated from their parents when compared to non-bulimic subjects. The bulimic women exhibited a distinctly different pattern of social qualities characterized by higher levels of depression, lower self-esteem, higher private and public self-consciousness, and higher social anxiety than the non-bulimic subjects. It was not possible to discriminate between bulimic and non-bulimic subjects based on the parental rearing styles they experienced. However, there were strong relationships between type of parenting style received and level of independence; the warm and flexible authoritative parenting style was most closely linked to a supportive relationship between parent and child that is free from undercurrents of anger and resentment. Suggestions for future research are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UMASS/oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:dissertations-7645 |
| Date | 01 January 1996 |
| Creators | Markosian, Nahid |
| Publisher | ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst |
| Source Sets | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest |
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