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Psychosocial Factors in Eating Disorders by David G Parra is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This review article examines psychosocial risk factors for eating disorders based on literature findings. It finds that: 1) Epidemiological, cross-cultural, and longitudinal studies emphasize the importance of idealizing thinness and resulting weight concerns as key risk factors. 2) Personality factors like negative emotionality and perfectionism may indirectly increase risk by making people more susceptible to internalizing the thin ideal or selecting peer environments that reinforce it. 3) Peer cont
- Author
- David G Parra
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- EN