Author/Editor		Krug, Isabel; Penelo, Eva; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Anderluh, Marija
Title		Low social interactions in eating disorder patients in childhood and adulthood: a multi-centre European case control study
Type		članek
Source		J Health Psychol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 18, št. 1
Publication year		2013
Volume		str. 26-37
Language		eng
Abstract		The objective of this article was to the examine lifestyle behaviours in eating disorder (ED) patients and healthy controls. A total of 801 ED patients and 727 healthy controls from five European countries completed the questions related to lifestyle behaviours of the Cross-Cultural Questionnaire (CCQ). For children, the ED sample exhibited more solitary activities (rigorously doing homework [p<0.001] and watching TV [p<0.05] and less socializing with friends [p<0.05]) than the healthy control group and this continued in adulthood. There were minimal differences across ED sub-diagnoses and various cross-cultural differences emerged. Reduced social activities may be an important risk and maintaining factor for ED symptomatology.
Descriptors		LIFE STYLE EATING DISORDERS ANOREXIA NERVOSA BULIMIA INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS QUESTIONNAIRES RISK FACTORS CASE-CONTROL STUDIES MULTICENTER STUDIES EUROPE CHILD ADULT