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Bingeing Tendencies: Cross-Generational Similarities Between Mothers And Daughters, Kimberly K. Bushman
Bingeing Tendencies: Cross-Generational Similarities Between Mothers And Daughters, Kimberly K. Bushman
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study was an investigation of the relationship between 146 mothers' and daughters' (sixth and seventh grade) eating and dieting behaviors. Subjects completed the Bulimia Test-Revised (BUILT-R), Revised Dietary Scales (Restraint Scale), and Food Avoidance Conflict Inventory. The inventories completed by the daughters were slightly modified for better comprehension. The present researcher created an additional subscale (Critical Binge subscale) from the BUILT-R as a means of assessing actual bingeing behavior.
A significant correlation was found between mothers' and daughters' scores on the BUILT-R, including the Total and Binge Control subscale. There failed to be a significant relationship between mothers' and …