Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Disordered eating is a pervasive problem among people of all different backgrounds.Researchers believe the schemas a person has about the self will influence that individual's behavior.Implicit measurement of self-schemas has been used in various samples, but very few studies have examined eating disorder symptoms.The current investigation uses the Implicit Associations Test to measure implicit beliefs about social isolation, an explicit measure of 18 negative self-schemas (including social isolation), and a measurement of eating disorder symptoms.Results indicated that individuals with higher scores on the eating disorder measure had a higher prevalence of explicit negative-self schemas, the implicit measure of social isolation was also correlated with the explicit measure of social isolation.Finally, there was not a significant relationship between eating disorder symptoms and the implicit measure of social isolation.
Author: Justine Michelle Ray
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2199568774