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Mayer, Birgit; Muris, Peter; Meesters, Cor; Zimmermann-van Beuningen, Ritine – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
This study explored correlations between risk factors and eating behavior problems in late adolescent, non-clinical females (N = 301). Participants completed questionnaires for assessing eating problems, the closely associated factors of Body Mass Index (BMI) and body dissatisfaction, and a number of other risk variables that are thought to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Body Composition, Females, Eating Disorders
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Muris, Peter; Maas, Anneke – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2004
The current study examined attachment style, strengths, and difficulties in institutionalized and non-institutionalized children with below-average intellectual abilities. Parents/caregivers and teachers of the children completed a brief measure of attachment style and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, which assesses the most important…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Caregivers, Prosocial Behavior, Attachment Behavior
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van Brakel, Anna M. L.; Muris, Peter; Bogels, Susan M.; Thomassen, Charlotte – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
There has been limited research examining the additive and interactive effects of multiple factors on the development of anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders in youths. This study was an attempt to examine the reciprocal connections among temperament, attachment, and rearing style, and their unique and interactive relations to anxiety symptoms.…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Questionnaires, Parent Child Relationship, Etiology