Resum
The objective of this article was to examine lifestyle behaviours in eating disorder (ED) patients and healthy controls. A total of 801 ED patients and 727 healthy controls from five European countries completed the questions related to lifestyle behaviours of the Cross-Cultural Questionnaire (CCQ). For children, the ED sample exhibited more solitary activities (rigorously doing homework [p<0.001] and watching TV [p<0.05] and less socializing with friends [p<0.05]) than the healthy control group and this continued in adulthood. There were minimal differences across ED sub-diagnoses and various cross-cultural differences emerged. Reduced social activities may be an important risk and maintaining factor for ED symptomatology. © 2012 The Author(s).
| Idioma original | Anglès |
|---|---|
| Pàgines (de-a) | 26-37 |
| Revista | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Volum | 18 |
| Número | 1 |
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| Estat de la publicació | Publicada - 1 de gen. 2013 |