Attachment to God/Higher Power and Bulimic Symptoms Among College Women

The authors examined the relationship between avoidant and anxious attachment to God/Higher Power and bulimia symptoms among 599 female college student participants. After controlling for body mass index, the authors found a positive association between both attachment variables and bulimia. When en...

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Published inJournal of college counseling Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 124 - 137
Main Authors Buser, Juleen K., Gibson, Sandy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2016
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects
Anxiety
Attachment Behavior
attachment to God
Beliefs
Body Composition
bulimia
College Students
Correlation
Counseling Services
Eating Disorders
Females
Regression (Statistics)
Religious Factors
spirituality
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Summary:The authors examined the relationship between avoidant and anxious attachment to God/Higher Power and bulimia symptoms among 599 female college student participants. After controlling for body mass index, the authors found a positive association between both attachment variables and bulimia. When entered together in a regression, anxious attachment to God/Higher Power had a stronger relationship with bulimia than did avoidant attachment to God/Higher Power. The authors discuss implications for college counseling.
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ArticleID:JOCC12036
ISSN:1099-0399
2161-1882
DOI:10.1002/jocc.12036