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Hunger games: Associations between core eating disorder symptoms and responses to rejection by peers during competition.

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Individuals with eating disorder (ED) symptoms are sensitive to social threat and report maladaptive interpersonal styles that may contribute to and exacerbate negative evaluation from others. Research in this area has relied primarily on self-report. The current study examined associations between behavioral responses to social threat and core ED symptoms using a behavioral paradigm. Based on previous findings that individuals with binge-eating report being more reactive and confrontational, whereas individuals with dietary restriction tend to be more submissive and avoidant of conflict, we hypothesized that binge eating would be associated with a greater tendency to retaliate against rejection perpetrators, whereas dietary restriction would be associated with a lower tendency to retaliate when rejected.

Year of Publication
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2021
Journal
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The International journal of eating disorders
Volume
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54
Issue
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5
Number of Pages
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802-811
ISSN Number
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0276-3478
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23487
DOI
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10.1002/eat.23487
Short Title
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Int J Eat Disord
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