Social Context, Gender Identity and Eating Disorders in Western and Eastern Europe: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study

• Published in: European eating disorders review Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 100 - 106
• Main Authors: Catina, Ana, Boyadjieva, Svetlana, Bergner, Michaela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: West Sussex John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.06.1996

The present paper reports preliminary results of a pilot study carried out on two samples of females living in two different European countries. The onset of eating disorders is considered to result from females' difficulties in developing a gender‐specific identity in a specific social context...