UNSPECIFIED. (2003) Anger and core beliefs in the eating disorders. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS, 34 (1). pp. 118-124. ISSN 0276-3478

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Abstract

Objective: The link between emotion and eating pathology has long been established, but relatively little is known about the role of anger, partly because the existing literature has tended to concentrate on anger as a unitary construct. Nor is there any understanding of the cognitive factors that drive this affect in the eating disorders. This study had two aims. to determine levels of different facets of anger across eating disorder diagnoses and behaviors; and to investigate whether facets of anger are related to the individual's negative core beliefs. Method: The sample consisted of 140 women who met DSM-IV criteria for eating disorders, and 50 female control participants (university undergraduates). The women completed self-report questionnaires of anger levels and unhealthy core beliefs, and the presence of bulimic behaviors was recorded at assessment. Results: The eating-disordered women had higher levels of state anger and anger suppression, particularly if the diagnosis included bulimic symptoms. Different aspects of anger were associated with specific bulimic behaviors. Unhealthy core beliefs were associated with higher levels of trait anger in both groups but with anger suppression in the clinical women only. Discussion: Suggestions are made regarding ways in which state anger and anger suppression might be understood and treated in women with eating disorders. (C) 2003 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Journal or Publication Title:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
Publisher:	JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
ISSN:	0276-3478
Date:	July 2003
Volume:	34
Number:	1
Number of Pages:	7
Page Range:	pp. 118-124
Identification Number:	10.1002/eat.10163
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/9681

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