Factors associated with treatment seeking in a community sample of European American and Mexican American women with eating disorders
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The purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with treatment seeking in a community sample of European American and Mexican American women with eating disorders. We also explored which variables were associated with receiving treatment. Participants were 190 women with eating disorders (80 Mexican American, 110 European American) who were diagnosed using the SCID‐IV and Eating Disorder Examination. Results indicated that treatment seeking is associated with ethnicity (i.e. being European American), suffering from bulimia nervosa and more frequent purging, longer duration of disorder and psychiatric comorbidity and, for Mexican American women, higher degree of acculturation. Detection and treatment of eating disorder was associated with ethnicity (European American), earlier age of onset and lower BMI. Given the debilitating and chronic nature of eating disorders, further knowledge of factors that impede or facilitate help seeking and detection and treatment is needed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
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- Authors
- Cachelin, F. M., Striegel‐Moore, R. H., & Regan, P. C.
- Affiliations
- California State University Los Angeles (US)
- Wesleyan University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cachelin, Fary M.
- ORCID
- Cachelin, Fary M.
- Venue
- European Eating Disorders Review
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-09-07
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 422-429
- ISSN
- 1072-4133 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0968
- OpenAlex
- W2050997875
- Cited by
- 38
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- 42
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- FWCI
- 1.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- European Eating Disorders Review (publishedVersion)
- WESLEYAN
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- treatment seeking, help-seeking, eating disorders, bulimia nervosa, Mexican American women, European American women, acculturation, ethnicity, psychiatric comorbidity, purging, age of onset, body mass index
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