von Soest Tilmann, Wichstrøm Lars
Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo, Norway.
Int J Eat Disord. 2006 Sep;39(6):484-91. doi: 10.1002/eat.20273.
This current study examines the relationship between cohabitation and changes in bulimic symptoms in young adults.
A sample of 2601 initially noncohabitating adolescents was followed over a 5-year period and growth curve analyses were conducted.
Females who over the course of the study moved in with a partner had greater decreases in bulimic symptoms compared with female noncohabitators. This difference was highly significant, even if small in size. No such effect was found in males. When examining the frequency of bulimic behaviors in females, the most socially unacceptable bulimic behaviors were those most reduced by cohabitation, whereas less obtrusive bulimic behaviors were not reduced.
The results give some indication that social control exercised in close relationships may account for decreased bulimic symptoms in female cohabitators. Further studies are needed to confirm the importance of social control and to examine how it affects symptom reduction.
本研究探讨了同居与年轻成年人贪食症状变化之间的关系。
对2601名最初未同居的青少年进行了为期5年的跟踪调查，并进行了生长曲线分析。
在研究过程中与伴侣同居的女性，与未同居女性相比，贪食症状的减轻更为明显。这种差异非常显著，尽管幅度较小。在男性中未发现此类影响。在研究女性的贪食行为频率时，同居对社会上最不可接受的贪食行为减少最多，而较不明显的贪食行为则未减少。
研究结果表明，亲密关系中实施的社会控制可能是同居女性贪食症状减轻的原因。需要进一步研究以证实社会控制的重要性，并探讨其如何影响症状减轻。
