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    Anxiety as a mediator between perfectionism and eating disorders.

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    Authors
    Egan, Sarah
    Watson, Hunna
    Kane, Robert
    McEvoy, P.
    Fursland, A.
    Nathan, P.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Egan, Sarah and Watson, Hunna and Kane, Robert and McEvoy, Peter and Fursland, Anthea and Nathan, Paula. 2013. Anxiety as a mediator between perfectionism and eating disorders. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 37: pp. 905-913.
    Source Title
    Cognitive Therapy and Research
    DOI
    10.1007/s10608-012-9516-x
    ISSN
    0147-5916
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24724
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    There is a strong link between perfectionism and eating disorders, yet little research to date has examined mediators of this relationship. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of anxiety on the relationship between perfectionism and eating pathology in a clinical sample (N = 370, M age = 25.04, 99 % female) of treatment-seeking eating disorder patients (bulimia nervosa—41 %; eating disorder not otherwise specified—41 %; anorexia nervosa—18 %). Results from structural equation modeling indicated that anxiety partially mediated the relationship between self-oriented perfectionism and eating disorder psychopathology. The findings suggest the role of anxiety and perfectionism within cognitive-behavioral models of eating pathology, and have implications for the treatment of eating disorders.

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