The present study examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES), ethnicity, body dissatisfaction, and eating behaviours of 10- to 18-year-old children and adolescents. The study participants (N = 768) were categorised as Caucasian (74.7%), Chinese or Vietnamese (18.2%), and Italian or Greek (7.0%), and high (82%), middle (8.6%), and low SES (9.4%) according to parents' occupations...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...

Previous empirical studies have shown that the personality trait of shyness, either alone or in combination with varying levels of sociability (i.e., a socially-conflicted profile--high shyness with high sociability) to be a reliable predictor of various psychopathologies, including substance abuse and mood disorders. Extending these findings to other forms of dysregulated behaviours, we examin...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...

OBJECTIVE To determine temperament and character among adolescents with type 1 diabetes with and without disordered eating. METHOD A clinical sample of 199 adolescents from multiple centers with a mean age of 14.1 (SD, 2.5) years were screened and diagnosed for eating disorders. Assessed were temperament and character as conceptualized by Cloninger, glycemic control, and depression. RESULTS...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...

Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses involving frequent and severe atypical eating behaviors. They can be triggered by complex psychological turmoil, stemming from negative body image issues, life?s daily stressors, feelings of helplessness, problems with school or work, or relationship troubles. To cope with these stressors, individuals may restrict or increase their food intake to exhib...