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Ambivalent attachment in female adolescents: Association with affective instability and eating disorders

International Journal of Eating DisordersPublished 1 April 1997
Judith P. Salzman
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TL;DR

Coded data revealed two striking correlates of ambivalent attachment not anticipated by the study's hypotheses: reports of affective instability in 9 of 11 ambivalent subjects and histories of anorexia, sometimes followed by bulimia, in 7 of 11Ambivalent subjects.

Abstract

A provisional understanding of possible links among ambivalent attachment, affective instability, and anorexia is offered.

Keywords

PsychologySocial Sciences