The presence of binge eating behavior in early middle school predicts future diagnoses and
health difficulties. We showed that this early binge eating behavior can be predicted by risk …

Binge eating and purging behaviors are associated with significant harm and distress
among adolescents. The process by which these behaviors develop (often in the high …

The authors tested the following risk model for disordered eating in late elementary school-
age boys: Pubertal status is associated with increases in negative urgency, that is, the …

One's expectancies for reinforcement from eating or from thinness are thought to represent
summaries of one's eating-related learning history and to thus influence the development of …

Objective This study tested this risk model for disordered eating in preadolescent girls:
pubertal onset is associated with increases in negative urgency (the personality tendency to …

The authors applied person–environment transaction theory to test the acquired
preparedness model of eating disorder risk. The model holds that (a) middle-school girls …

Objective The very early engagement in bulimic behaviors, such as binge eating, may be
influenced by factors that dispose individuals to impulsive action as well as by factors that …

Prospective studies have identified risk factors that predict future onset of eating disorders,
but none has provided a test of the temporal sequencing of the emergence of risk factors …

This prospective study examined age of onset for binge eating and purging among girls
during late adolescence and tested whether dieting and negative affectivity predicted these …

This article presents the 2-year findings of a prospective investigation of the precursors to
the later development of an eating disorder in adolescents. The sample consisted of 852 …