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2131 – A Prospective Evaluation Of The Three-factor Interactive Model Of Bulimic Symptomatology Among Men

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

A. Dakanalis ,
A.M. Zanetti ,
A.C. Timko ,
G. Riva ,
M. Clerici  and
F. Madeddu
A. Dakanalis
Affiliation:
Humanistic Studies, Section of Psychology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
A.M. Zanetti
Affiliation:
Humanistic Studies, Section of Psychology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
A.C. Timko
Affiliation:
Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA
G. Riva
Affiliation:
Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan
M. Clerici
Affiliation:
Neurosciences and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan Psychiatry, S. Gerardo Hospital Mental Health Care Trust, Monza
F. Madeddu
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Abstract

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Introduction

Prospective studies have supported the validity of Vochs and colleagues’ three-factor interactive etiologic model of bulimic symptomatology (BS) among female undergraduates.

Objectives

Given the comparable rate of binge eating between young adult men and women, we sought to examine for the first time the validity and sensitivity of the interactive model of BS in men.

Aims

We examined whether the interaction between Perfectionism x Male Body Dissatisfaction x Low Self-Esteem predicted increases in BS over 1-year (Study 1) and over 6-weeks (Study 2). Two different samples of college men were used. Time-1 BS scores as well as Time-1 and Time-2 Body Mass Index, Depression and Social Desirability scores were controlled for.

Methods

Data from college men (Study 1: N = 308, Mage = 21.04; Study 2: N = 344; Mage = 20.87) were analysed using hierarchical multiple regression/correlation procedure on participants’ Time-2 BS scores.

Results

Both studies revealed that an increase of BS in men was predicted by the Perfectionism x Male Body Dissatisfaction x Low Self-Esteem interaction. BS increased in men who initially had high levels of BS and perfectionism, low levels of selfesteem, and were dissatisfied with their body. However, men with initially low or average levels of BS did not have an increase in BS even if they were perfectionistic, body dissatisfied and had low self-esteem.

Conclusions

The results support the interactive model's ability to predict increases of BS; however, the support is in regard to the maintenance of BS, not the onset of BS.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E1305
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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