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Identity
An International Journal of Theory and Research
Volume 1, 2001 - Issue 2
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Binge Eating As a Means for Evading Identity Issues: The Association Between an Avoidance Identity Style and Bulimic Behavior

Pages 161-178 | Published online: 12 Nov 2009

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Andrew B. Moynihan, Eric R. Igou & Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg. (2021) Existential escape of the bored: A review of meaning-regulation processes under boredom. European Review of Social Psychology 32:1, pages 161-200.
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Rita Žukauskienė, Inga Truskauskaitė-Kunevičienė, Goda Kaniušonytė & Elisabetta Crocetti. (2018) How do Lithuanian adolescents address identity questions? A four-wave longitudinal study on change and stability in identity styles. European Journal of Developmental Psychology 15:1, pages 41-60.
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ErinA. Kaufman, MarilynJ. Montgomery & SheilaE. Crowell. (2014) Identity-Related Dysfunction: Integrating Clinical and Developmental Perspectives. Identity 14:4, pages 297-311.
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Fiorenzo Laghi, Francesca Liga, Emma Baumgartner & Roberto Baiocco. (2012) Identity and conformism among Italian adolescents who binge eat and drink. Health, Risk & Society 14:4, pages 361-376.
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Elisabetta Crocetti & Omid Shokri. (2010) Iranian Validation of the Identity Style Inventory. International Journal of Testing 10:2, pages 185-199.
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MichaelD. Berzonsky & JosephR. Ferrari. (2009) A Diffuse-Avoidant Identity Processing Style: Strategic Avoidance or Self-Confusion?. Identity 9:2, pages 145-158.
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Arnaud Wisman. (2006) Digging in Terror Management Theory: To Use or Lose the Symbolic Self?. Psychological Inquiry 17:4, pages 319-327.
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Michael D Berzonsky. (2004) Identity processing style, self-construction, and personal epistemic assumptions: A social-cognitive perspective. European Journal of Developmental Psychology 1:4, pages 303-315.
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Michael D. Berzonsky. (2003) Identity Style and Well-Being: Does Commitment Matter?. Identity 3:2, pages 131-142.
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Gerald R. Adams, Brenda Munro, Maryanne Doherty-Poirer, Gordon Munro, Anne-Mette R. Petersen & Joy Edwards. (2001) Diffuse-Avoidance, Normative, and Informational Identity Styles: Using Identity Theory to Predict Maladjustment. Identity 1:4, pages 307-320.
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Margaux Verschueren, Laurence Claes, Amarendra Gandhi & Koen Luyckx. (2019) Identity and Psychopathology: Bridging Developmental and Clinical Research. Emerging Adulthood 8:5, pages 319-332.
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Samantha Wilson. (2020) Fear of self in eating disorders. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 27, pages 100562.
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Nina Palmeroni, Koen Luyckx, Margaux Verschueren & Laurence Claes. (2020) Body Dissatisfaction as a Mediator between Identity Formation and Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Adolescents and Emerging Adults. Psychologica Belgica 60:1, pages 328-346.
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