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Stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs toward bulimia nervosa: the importance of knowledge and eating disorder symptoms
Citation
Rodgers, RF and Paxton, SJ and McLean, SA and Massey, R and Mond, JM and Hay, PJ and Rodgers, B, Stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs toward bulimia nervosa: the importance of knowledge and eating disorder symptoms, The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 203, (4) pp. 259-63. ISSN 0022-3018 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
DOI: doi:10.1097/NMD.0000000000000275
Abstract
Widely held stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs toward bulimic eating disorders may lead to self-blame and reduced treatment seeking. Knowledge and familiarity with mental disorders may help decrease associated stigma. However, these relationships are not well understood in bulimia nervosa (BN). A community sample of 1828 adults aged 18 to 70 years completed a survey assessing stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs toward BN, knowledge and familiarity with the disorder, as well as levels of eating disorder symptoms. Knowledge of BN was negatively associated with three dimensions of stigmatization, personal responsibility (ρ = -0.28), unreliability (ρ = -0.19), and advantages of BN (ρ = -0.23). Familiarity revealed no association with stigmatization. Both men and women with high levels of eating disorder symptoms perceived BN as less serious than the participants with low levels of symptoms. Increasing community knowledge about bulimia may help mitigate stigmatization and perceived barriers to treatment.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Mond, JM (Dr Jon Mond) |
ID Code: | 112107 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 16 |
Deposited By: | UTAS Centre for Rural Health |
Deposited On: | 2016-10-27 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-03 |
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