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dc.contributor.authorZimmer-Gembeck, MJ
dc.contributor.authorWebb, HJ
dc.contributor.authorKerin, J
dc.contributor.authorWaters, AM
dc.contributor.authorFarrell, LJ
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-09T04:00:08Z
dc.date.available2020-09-09T04:00:08Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0954-5794
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0954579420000188
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/397238
dc.description.abstractAdolescent dieting and disordered eating (DE) are risks for clinical eating disorders. In this five-wave longitudinal study, we tested gender-specific models linking early risk factors to temporal patterns of DE, considering appearance anxiety as a mediator. Participants were 384 Australian students (age 10 to 13; 45% boys) who reported their purging and skipping meals, experience with appearance-related teasing, media pressure, and appearance anxiety. Parents reported pubertal maturation and height/weight was measured. Gender differences in temporal patterns of DE were found and predictive models were tested using latent-variable growth curve and path models. Boys' DE was generally stable over time; girls showed stability in purging but an average increase in skipping meals. Peer teasing, media pressure, and pubertal maturation were associated with more elevated initial DE in girls, and pubertal maturation was associated with a steeper increase in DE. For boys, body mass index had a direct positive association with DE. Appearance anxiety was associated with more DE, but there was only one significant indirect effect via anxiety, which was for boys' pubertal maturation. Findings support the dominant role of social interactions and messages, as well as pubertal maturation, for girls' DE and the prominence of physical risk factors for explaining boys' DE.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
dc.relation.ispartofjournalDevelopment and Psychopathology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.subject.keywordsappearance
dc.subject.keywordsbody dysmorphic symptoms
dc.subject.keywordsbody image
dc.subject.keywordsdisordered eating
dc.subject.keywordseating disorders
dc.titleRisk factors and temporal patterns of disordered eating differ in adolescent boys and girls: Testing gender-specific appearance anxiety models
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationZimmer-Gembeck, MJ; Webb, HJ; Kerin, J; Waters, AM; Farrell, LJ, Risk factors and temporal patterns of disordered eating differ in adolescent boys and girls: Testing gender-specific appearance anxiety models, Development and Psychopathology, 2020
dc.date.updated2020-09-09T03:59:15Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorFarrell, Lara J.
gro.griffith.authorWaters, Allison M.
gro.griffith.authorZimmer-Gembeck, Melanie


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