The role of attributional style in the development of depression in college females with pathological eating practices
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jill Whisnant (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
- Advisor
- Carrie Clements
Abstract: In this experiment, participants were randomly assigned to receive either stressful
false feedback or non-stressful false feedback following a weight-related fictional test.
Participants were assessed on eating disorder measures to determine their degree of
eating pathology. Those with a higher degree of eating pathology reported more body
dissatisfaction and higher levels of clinical depression. In addition they made more
depressogenic attributions and became more depressed, anxious, and hostile following
stressful false feedback.
The role of attributional style in the development of depression in college females with pathological eating practices
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- College students--Health and hygiene, College students--Mental health, Eating disorders in women, Women college students--Psychology
- Subjects
- College students -- Mental health
- College students -- Health and hygiene
- Eating disorders in women
- Women college students -- Psychology