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Bulimic disorders and sociocentric values in north India

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric EpidemiologyPublished 13 March 2000
D. Bhugra, Kamaldeep Bhui, Kesho Ram Gupta
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TL;DR

Three key factors emerged; these were related to the constructs of compulsive activity, impulsivity/sociocentric avoidance and associated attitudinal responses and depressive thinking with features of helplessness and feelings of failure and Sociocentrism and impulsivity account for a significant amount of the variance.

Abstract

Sociocentrism and impulsivity account for a significant amount of the variance. The role of sociocentrism in influencing patterns of eating deserves to be studied further.

Keywords

Psychology