Behavioral symptoms of eating disorders among adopted adolescents and young adults in the United States: Findings from the Add Health survey.

Setareh M Rossman¹, Kamryn T Eddy^2,3, Debra L Franko^2,4, Jennifer Rose⁵, Russell DuBois⁶, Ruth Striegel Weissman⁵, Lisa C Dierker⁵, Jennifer J Thomas^2,3

¹Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

²Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

³Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

⁴Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

⁵Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA.

⁶Department of Clinical Research, Blueprint Health, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

PubMed DOI

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: More adopted individuals report experiencing general psychopathology, poor parental attachment, and early childhood eating difficulties than nonadopted individuals, yet little is known about disordered eating in this population. This study sought to describe the relationship between adoption status and behavioral eating-disorder (ED) symptoms, and to examine potential correlates of ED s…

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Mentioned Companies

Blueprint Health
affiliation

Other Funding

NICHD NIH HHS(P01 HD031921)
United States
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development(P01-HD31921)

MeSH Terms

Adolescent0Child0Feeding and Eating Disorders0Female0Health Surveys0Humans0Longitudinal Studies0Male0Risk Factors0Surveys and Questionnaires0United States0

Keywords

Add Healthadoptionbinge eatingdisordered eatingeating disordersextreme weight loss behaviorsfeeding and eating disordersfoster carelongitudinal study

Article Info

PMID: 32701179
DOI: 10.1002/eat.23334
Received: December 5, 2019
Accepted: June 9, 2020

How to Cite

Rossman SM et al. Behavioral symptoms of eating disorders among adopted adolescents and young adults in the United States: Findings from the Add Health survey. Int J Eat Disord2020;53(9):1515-1525. doi:10.1002/eat.23334

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