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College women show a connection between internal attribution and eating disorder.(Brief Article)
2003 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- College women show a connection between internal attribution and eating disorder.
According to a study from the United States, "individuals deemed high in personal control tend to attribute life events to internal, rather than external causes. A lack of perceived personal control has been linked repeatedly to deficiencies in mental and physical health. Many scholars and practitioners have suggested that eating disorders are yet another problem stemming from a perceived lack of personal control."
"However, empirical research linking attributional tendencies and eating disorders is limited. In the present study, it is argued that eating disorders actually could be associated with a tendency to make internal attributions of responsibility for events," wrote T.T. Watt and coauthors, Southwest Texas State University, Department of Sociology.
"Using a sample of college females, this study offers preliminary support for this assertion. Results offer a unique challenge to the view ...
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