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Childhood Emotional Abuse and Disordered Eating among Undergraduate Females: Mediating Influence of Alexithymia and Distress
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Hund, Anita R.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: Drawing from stress-vulnerability and trauma theory (e.g., Rorty & Yager, 1996), this paper presents a model of associations among child emotional abuse (CEA), alexithymia, general distress (GD), and disordered eating (DE). This study extended previous research on psychological outcomes of child physical and sexual abuse to explore…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Undergraduate Students, Females, Eating Disorders