TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Sexual abuse and body-image distortion in the eating disorders
JO  - British journal of clinical psychology
A1  - Waller, G.
A1  - Hamilton, Karen
A1  - Rose, Nikolas
A1  - Sumra, J.
A1  - Baldwin, G.
SP  - 350
EP  - 352
VL  - 32
IS  - Pt 3
N2  - It has been suggested that there is a link between sexual abuse and bodily self-deprecation in women with eating disorders. In order to test that model, this study considers whether reported sexual abuse is associated with body-image distortion in anorexia and bulimia nervosa. There was no association with the reported presence of a history of abuse. However, the nature of any abuse was important. In particular, women who reported more recent abuse had a substantially greater level of bodysize overestimation. The clinical implications of this finding are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0144-6657
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -