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SUBMITTER: Glasofer DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3938189 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Glasofer Deborah R DR Haaga David A F DA Hannallah Louise L Field Sara E SE Kozlosky Merel M Reynolds James J Yanovski Jack A JA Tanofsky-Kraff Marian M
The International journal of eating disorders 20130723 7
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the relationship between self-related agency beliefs and observed eating behavior in adolescent girls with loss of control (LOC) eating.<h4>Method</h4>One-hundred eleven adolescent girls (14.5 ± 1.7 years; BMI: 27.1 ± 2.6 kg/m(2)) were administered the General Self-Efficacy Scale and the Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire (WEL). Adolescents then participated in a laboratory test meal.<h4>Results</h4>Greater general and eating self-efficacy were associated with f ...[more]