Abstract
The objective of this article was to examine lifestyle behaviours in eating disorder (ED) patients and healthy controls. A total of 801 ED patients and 727 healthy controls from five European countries completed the questions related to lifestyle behaviours of the Cross-Cultural Questionnaire (CCQ). For children, the ED sample exhibited more solitary activities (rigorously doing homework [p<0.001] and watching TV [p<0.05] and less socializing with friends [p<0.05]) than the healthy control group and this continued in adulthood. There were minimal differences across ED sub-diagnoses and various cross-cultural differences emerged. Reduced social activities may be an important risk and maintaining factor for ED symptomatology.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 26-37 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2013 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Case-Control Studies
- Cultural Characteristics
- Eating Disorders
- Europe
- Female
- Health Behavior
- Humans
- Interpersonal Relations
- Male
- Questionnaires
- Young Adult