Three to four year prospective evaluation of personality and behavioral risk factors for later disordered eating in adolescent girls and boys

Gloria R. Leon, Jayne A. Fulkerson, Cheryl L. Perry, Pamela K. Keel, Kelly L. Klump

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166 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)181-196
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume28
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1999

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant 1RO1-HD24700 to the first author. We thank Laura Smith, Michelle de Guzman, Trevor Dorr, Dave Hofgren, Teri Johnson, Chad Koch, Kelli Komro, Lisa Lilenfeld, Kristin Long, Ian Luepker, Kathryn Miller, Sandy Muellner, Dawn Pueschold, Mary Ramirez, Chris Rissel, Wendy Sandberg, Michael Staufacker, Traci Toomey, Joan Urban, Terry Yanchar, Davida Zelinsky and Angela Zinsli for their extensive efforts in data collection. We also thank Robert Cudeck and Geoffrey Maruyama for their statistical consultation. We most gratefully acknowledge the excellent cooperation of Donald Sension and the teachers and staff of the Hopkins School district. 1 Professor of Psychology,University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,Minnesota. Received Ph.D. inMental Health Psychology from the University of Maryland. Major research interests are personality and eating disorders, and stress and coping in extreme environments. To whom correspondence should be addressed at Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455. 2Senior Research Scientist, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Saint Paul. Received Ph.D. in Personality Research Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Major research interests are adolescent eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, and assessment issues. 3Professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. Received Ph.D. in Educational Design and Evaluation from Stanford University.Major research interests are in designing, developing, and evaluating communitywide health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents. 4Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University,Boston, Massachusetts. Received Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Major research interests arelongitu-dinal studies of eating disorders and compliance studies in diabetesmellitus. 5Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellow, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Received Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Major research interests are the etiology of eating-disordered behavior from a behavioralgenetic perspective.

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