The dismantling of a myth: A review of eating disorders and socioeconomic status
International Journal of Eating DisordersPublished 1 July 1996
Maisie C. E. Gard, C. P. Freeman
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It was found that existing research fails to support this stereotype for eating disorders as a whole, that the relationship between anorexia nervosa and high socioeconomic status remains to be proved, and that there is increasing evidence to suggest that the opposite relationship may apply to bulimia nervosa.
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The powerful influence of clinical impression, sources of bias in referral procedures, methodological problems in existing research, and the failure to adequately separate anorexia nervosa from bulimia nervosa when referring to common predisposing factors, are discussed in relation to why the stereotype exists.
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