Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 139-148Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20674
Keywords
perfectionism; eating disorders; recovery
Funding
- NIH [1 R03MH074861-01A1]
- University of Missouri
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Objective: This Study examined perfectionism in relation to recovery from eating disorders by comparing different conceptualizations of perfectionism across healthy controls and fully recovered, partially recovered. and active eating disorder cases, where full recovery was defined using physical, behavioral, and psychological Indices Method: Participants were primarily young adult females, 53 active eating disorder cases, 15 partially recovered cases, 20 fully recovered cases, and 67 healthy controls Participants completed questionnaires assessing trait perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation style, and frequency of perfectionism cognitions. as well as a diagnostic Interview to determine lifetime and Current eating disorder diagnoses Results: A robust pattern emerged whereby the fully recovered individuals and healthy controls had similar levels of perfectionism that were significantly lower than the perfectionism levels of the partially recovered and active individuals with eating disorder, who were comparable to each other Discussion: These findings have implications for more clearly defining eating disorder recovery and for the role perfectionism may play in achieving full recovery (C) 2009 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc
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