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- Title
Comparison of DSM-III and DSM-III-R Bulimia Nervosa Classifications for Psychopathology and Other Eating Behaviors.
- Authors
Lancelot, Cynthia; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Warren, Michelle P.; Newman, Denise L.
- Abstract
Although recent studies on bulimia nervosa have yielded lower incidence rates for the disorder when using the DSM-IIIR, rather than the DSM-III criteria, none measured differences in emotional disturbances between those bulimics who meet the revised criteria and those why do not. Young women (50 ballet dancers and 56 non dancers) from a larger study on the complications of amenorrhea were grouped into three categories; non bulimics, DSM-III bulimics, and DSM-IIIR (revised criteria) bulimics. Women were surveyed for eating disturbance, concurrent psychopathology, past histories of anorexia nervosa, and family history of emotional and eating disorders. Differences between bulimic groups were found for non dancers, as DSM-IIIR bulimics scored significantly higher than non bulimics on measures of bulimic thought and behaviors, depression, and emotional disturbance. In addition, a significantly higher proportion of DSM-IIIR bulimics than non bulimic reported that they had anorexia nervosa in the past and that they had relatives with bulimia nervosa. For dancers, other than the measure of interpersonal distrust, no significant differences were found between the three groups. Results of the study indicate that bulimia nervosa as defined by the revised criteria (DSM-IIIR) is associated with more emotional problems than is bulimia nervosa according to the DSM-III.
- Subjects
BULIMIA; COMPULSIVE eating; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; WOMEN; FEMALES; HUMAN beings
- Publication
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1991, Vol 10, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
0276-3478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/1098-108X(199101)10:1<57::AID-EAT2260100107>3.0.CO;2-T