Longitudinal Predictors of Restrictive Eating and Bulimic Tendencies in Three Different Age Groups of Adolescent Girls

摘要: This study examined longitudinal predictors of future eating problems in 435 female adolescents Grades 7, 8, and 10, who were tested at two time points 8 months apart. Restrictive bulimic tendencies found to be relatively stable from Time 1 2, particularly older grade levels. Partial correlations predicting 2 restrictive indicated a role body dissatisfaction, depression, weight-related teasing, with findings being most clear Grade 7. Path analyses that the relationships among more complex some mediated by other variables.