Psychological predictors of eating pathology in older adult women

Elizabeth MidlarskyDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Ashley Kronen MarottaDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Steven PirutinskyDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Ruth T. MorinDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Joseph C. McGowanDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

ABSTRACT

Eating pathology is generally considered to affect females during adolescence and early adulthood. However, in recent years, there has been an increased recognition that disordered eating occurs in middle-aged and elderly women and that the presentation is similar to that of eating disorders in younger women. In the research presented here, results of an Internet survey of older adult women (N = 245; aged 60–90 years) indicate that the factors significantly associated with eating pathology—perfectionism, depression, and sociocultural pressures to be thin—closely parallel those reported for both younger and middle-aged women.

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