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ERIC Number: EJ1234556
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Pilot Study of a Personality-Based Approach to Assessing Eating Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Symptom Risk in College Men and Women
Hellberg, Samantha N.; Ladis, Ilana E.; Shepherd, Caitlin B.
Journal of American College Health, v67 n8 p801-816 2019
Objective: To conduct a pilot test of the validity of using empirically derived personality types to characterize eating disorder (ED) risk in college students and resolve discrepancies regarding the role of perfectionism and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms. Participants: Man and woman undergraduate students (N = 169) at a small, private university. Data were collected from February to May 2016 and 2018. Methods: Participants completed self-report measures of personality (perfectionism, impulsivity, and effortful control) and psychopathology (EDs, OCD). Results: Our analyses replicated three validated personality types: overcontrolled, undercontrolled, and resilient. Analysis of variances demonstrated perfectionism, ED, and OCD symptoms were significantly elevated in the overcontrolled subtype. There was no interaction by sex. Conclusions: These findings suggest that personality types may be useful for classifying ED risk and OCD symptoms in college students across sexes. Further study and relevance to prevention and intervention efforts to reduce the burden of EDs on college campuses will be discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Eating Disorder Inventory
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