Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2012 Jul;45(5):704-10. doi: 10.1002/eat.22004. Epub 2012 Feb 13.
This study investigated the use and frequency of multiple methods of compensatory behaviors and how they relate to eating-related and general psychopathology for youth with eating disorders (ED).
Participants were 398 referrals to a pediatric ED treatment program (91.2% female; M age = 14.9 ± 2.2). ANOVA and chi-square tests compared participants reporting multiple methods of compensatory behaviors, single method of compensatory behaviors, and no compensatory behaviors on measures of ED and general psychopathology. Partial correlations examined associations between compensatory behavior, frequency and severity of ED and general psychopathology.
Participants reporting multiple methods of compensatory behaviors had significantly greater ED and general psychopathology than the other groups (ps < .001). Frequency of compensatory behaviors was associated with ED psychopathology (partial r = .14; p = .007) but not with general psychopathology.
Engaging in multiple methods of compensatory behaviors is related to greater ED and general psychopathology, whereas frequency is only related to greater ED symptom severity.
本研究调查了患有饮食障碍（ED）的青少年使用和频繁使用多种补偿行为的方法，以及这些方法与饮食相关和一般精神病理学的关系。
参与者为 398 名儿科 ED 治疗项目的转介者（91.2%为女性；M 年龄=14.9±2.2）。方差分析和卡方检验比较了报告多种补偿行为、单一补偿行为和无补偿行为的参与者在 ED 和一般精神病理学方面的测量结果。偏相关检验了补偿行为、ED 和一般精神病理学的频率和严重程度之间的关联。
报告多种补偿行为的参与者的 ED 和一般精神病理学明显高于其他组（p<.001）。补偿行为的频率与 ED 精神病理学相关（偏 r=.14；p=.007），但与一般精神病理学无关。
参与多种补偿行为与更大的 ED 和一般精神病理学有关，而频率仅与更大的 ED 症状严重程度有关。
