@article{ref1,
title="Self-denigratory beliefs following sexual abuse: association with the symptomatology of bulimic disorders",
journal="International journal of eating disorders",
year="1993",
author="Pitts, Claudia and Waller, G.",
volume="13",
number="4",
pages="407-410",
abstract="Reported sexual abuse is associated with bulimic symptomatology. It has been suggested that this association might be due to impaired self-esteem. However, from the evidence to date, it appears that general self-esteem may be too &quot;blunt&quot; a construct, and that more specific psychological mediators need to be considered. This study compares the values of a measure of general self-esteem and a measure of specific self-denigratory beliefs consequent upon sexual abuse in predicting levels of eating psychopathology in eating-disordered women. Self-esteem was associated with the level of general eating attitudes, whereas specific self-denigratory beliefs were associated with the frequency of vomiting. Neither variable adequately predicted the frequency of binging.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0276-3478",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}