Childhood emotional abuse and disordered eating among undergraduate females: Mediating influence of alexithymia and distress

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 393-407

  Hund, Anita R ^a   Espelage, Dorothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Child emotional abuse; Depression; Eating disorders; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD EMOTIONAL ABUSE; CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33747622777     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Bagby R.M., Parker J.D.A., and Taylor G.J. The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale-I: Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 38 (1994) 23-32
2. Baron R.M., and Kenny D.A. The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51 (1986) 1173-1182
3. Berenbaum H. Childhood abuse, alexithymia and personality disorder. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 41 (1996) 585-595
4. Bernstein D.P., and Fink L. Childhood trauma questionnaire: A retrospective self-report: Manual (1998), The Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, TX
5. Bollen K.A. Structural equations with latent variable (1989), John Wiley, New York
6. Bruch H. Eating disorders: Obesity, anorexia nervosa, and the person within (1973), Basic Books, New York
7. Clark L.A., and Watson D. Tripartite model of anxiety and depression: Psychometric evidence and taxonomic implications. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 100 (1991) 316-336
8. Dansky B.S., Brewerton T.D., Kilpatrick D.G., and O'Neil P.M. The national women's study: Relationship of victimization and posttraumatic stress disorder to bulimia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders 21 (1997) 213-228
9. Derogatis L.R. BSI: Administration, scoring, and procedures manual for the Brief Symptom Inventory. 3rd ed. (1993), National Computer Systems, Minneapolis, MN
10. Espelage D.E., Mazzeo S.E., Aggen S.H., Quittner A.L., Sherman R., and Thompson R. Examining the construct validity of the Eating Disorder Inventory. Psychological Assessment 15 (2003) 71-80
11. Follette V.M., Ruzek J.I., and Abueg F.R. A contextual analysis of trauma: Theoretical considerations. In: Follette V.M., Ruzek J.I., and Abueg F.R. (Eds). Cognitive-behavioral therapies for trauma (1998), Guilford Press, New York
12. Garner D.M. Eating Disorder Inventory - 2: Professional Manual (1991), Psychological Assessment Resources, Odessa, FL
13. Garner D.M., Olmsted M.P., Bohr Y., and Garfinkel P.E. The eating attitudes test: Psychometric features and clinical correlates. Psychological Medicine 12 (1982) 871-878
14. Gleaves D.H., Lowe M.R., Snow A.C., Green B.A., and Murphy-Eberenz K.P. Continuity and discontinuity models of bulimia nervosa: A taxometric investigation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 109 (2000) 56-68
15. Heatherton T.F., and Baumeister R.F. Binge eating as an escape from self-awareness. Psychological Bulletin 110 (1991) 86-108
16. Hu L., and Bentler P.M. Fit indices in covariance structure modeling: Sensitivity to underparameterized model misspecification. Psychological Methods 3 (1998) 424-453
17. Jöreskog K.G., and Sörbom D. Lisrel 8. 54 [Computer Software] (2003), Scientific Software International, Inc., Chicago
18. Kent A., and Waller G. Childhood emotional abuse and eating psychopathology. Clinical Psychology Review 20 (2000) 887-903
19. Kent A., Waller G., and Dagnan D. A greater role of emotional than physical or sexual abuse in predicting disordered eating attitudes: The role of mediating variables. International Journal of Eating Disorders 25 (1999) 159-167
20. Killen J.D., Taylor C.B., Hayward C., Haydel K.F., Wilson D.M., Hammer L., Kraemer H., Blair-Greiner A., and Strachowski D. Weight concerns influence the development of eating disorders: A 4-year prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 64 (1996) 936-940
21. Leung F., Schwartzman A., and Steiger H. Testing a dual-process family model in understanding the development of eating pathology: A structural equation modeling analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders 20 (1996) 367-375
22. Mazzeo S.E., and Espelage D.L. Association between childhood physical and emotional abuse and disordered eating behaviors in female undergraduates: An investigation of the mediating role of alexithymia and depression. Journal of Counseling Psychology 49 (2002) 86-100
23. Nemiah, J. C., & Sifneos, P. E. (1970). Affect and fantasy in patients with psychosomatic disorders. In O. W. Hill (Ed.), Modern trends in psychosomatic medicine (Vol. 2, pp. 26-34). London: Butterworth.
24. Quintana S.M., and Maxwell S.E. Implications of recent developments in structural equation modeling for counseling psychology. The Counseling Psychologist 27 (1999) 485-527
25. Radloff L.S. The CES-D Scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement 1 (1977) 385-401
26. Rorty M., and Yager J. Speculations on the role of childhood abuse in the development of eating disorders among women. In: Schwartz M.F., and Cohn L. (Eds). Sexual abuse and eating disorders (1996), Brunner/Mazel, New York 23-35
27. Sanders B., and Becker-Lausen E. The measurement of psychological maltreatment: Early data on the Child Abuse and Trauma Scale. Child Abuse & Neglect 19 (1995) 315-323
28. Schoemaker C., van Strien T., and van der Staak C. Validation of the Eating Disorder Inventory in a nonclinical population using transformed and untransformed responses. International Journal of Eating Disorders 15 (1994) 387-393
29. Schwartz M.F., and Gay P. Physical and sexual abuse and neglect and eating disorder symptoms. In: Schwartz M.F., and Cohn L. (Eds). Sexual abuse and eating disorders (1996), Brunner/Mazel, New York 22-35
30. Shrout P.E., and Bolger N. Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: New procedures and recommendations. Psychological Methods 7 (2002) 422-445
31. Spielberger C.D. Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory: STAI: (Form Y) (1983), Consulting Psychologists Press, Palo Alto, CA
32. Stice E., Killen J.D., Hayward C., and Taylor C.B. Age of onset for binge eating and purging during late adolescence: A 4-year survival analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 107 (1998) 671-675
33. Striegel-Moore R.H., and Cachelin F.M. Etiology of eating disorders in women. The Counseling Psychologist 29 (2001) 635-661
34. Taylor G.J., Parker J.D.A., Bagby R.M., and Bourke M.P. Relationships between alexithymia and psychological characteristics associated with eating disorders. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 41 (1996) 561-568
35. Tylka T.L., and Subich L.M. Exploring the construct validity of the eating disorder continuum. Journal of Counseling Psychology 46 (1999) 268-276
36. Valdiserri S., and Kihlstrom J.F. Abnormal eating and dissociative experiences: A further study of college women. International Journal of Eating Disorders 18 (1995) 145-150
37. Watson D., Weber K., Assenheimer J.S., Clark L.A., Strauss M.E., and McCormick R.A. Testing a tripartite model: I. Evaluating the convergent and divergent validity of anxiety and depression symptom scales. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 104 (1995) 3-14
38. Williamson D.A., Womble L.G., Smeets M.A.M., Netemeyer R.G., Thaw J.M., Kutlesic V., and Gleaves D.H. Latent structure of eating disorder symptoms: A factor analysis and taxometric investigations. American Journal of Psychiatry 159 (2002) 218-412