TY - JOUR
T1 - Anxiety, alexithymia, and depression as mediators of the association between childhood abuse and eating disordered behavior in African American and European American Women
AU - Mazzeo, Suzanne E.
AU - Mitchell, Karen S.
AU - Williams, Larry J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Institutes of Health grants MH-068520 (principal investigator, Mazzeo) and MH-20030 (Mitchell). A version of this article was presented at the 2005 meeting of the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC. We gratefully acknowledge Jessica Reich, Nat Wade, Tony Ciafardini, Sara Trace, Sarah Kammerer, and Kathryn Ross for their assistance with data collection and entry.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - This study evaluated structural equation models of the associations among family functioning, childhood abuse, depression, anxiety, alexithymia, and eating disorder symptomatology in a sample of 412 European American and 192 African American female undergraduates. Additionally, the specific roles of anxiety, depression, and alexithymia as mediators were assessed. Each of these variables was a significant mediator of the association between childhood abuse and disordered eating. Finally, a test of invariance between the African American and European American subsamples was significant, highlighting the need for additional cross-cultural eating disorder research.
AB - This study evaluated structural equation models of the associations among family functioning, childhood abuse, depression, anxiety, alexithymia, and eating disorder symptomatology in a sample of 412 European American and 192 African American female undergraduates. Additionally, the specific roles of anxiety, depression, and alexithymia as mediators were assessed. Each of these variables was a significant mediator of the association between childhood abuse and disordered eating. Finally, a test of invariance between the African American and European American subsamples was significant, highlighting the need for additional cross-cultural eating disorder research.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00435.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00435.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49549102687
SN - 0361-6843
VL - 32
SP - 267
EP - 280
JO - Psychology of Women Quarterly
JF - Psychology of Women Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -