OBJECTIVE Women entering college (N = 118) were longitudinally followed for 3 years with assessments of eating pathology (Restraint and Bulimia). METHOD Measures taken at Time 1 included timing of onset of puberty, Figure Dissatisfaction, Ineffectiveness, Public Self-Consciousness, and mood states (Profile of Mood States). Measures were evaluated as predictors of changes in Restraint and Buli...

The concept and realization of family gender issues in socialist Poland was generally a contested topic. had remained core institution society—and yet, it underwent significant transformation due to changing life-style models social expectations. In the late 1960s, crisis officially acknowledged, as new expectations increasingly conflicted with shortage economic resources, systemic limitations....

This study tested the hypotheses that dietary restraint scores are associated with greater reward sensitivity and cognitive bias for food-related cues, which might result in chronic overeating and efforts to curb this tendency through dietary restriction. Participants (N=63) with high versus low scores on the DEBQ-R did not differ on attentional bias for pictorial food-related cues on a visual ...

The purpose of this study was to use empirical classification based on Latent Profile Analysis to identify subgroups of binge eating disorder (BED) and to evaluate the extent to which these subgroups were predictive of treatment outcome in group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE), Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, and Inventory of Depressive Sympto...

the islamic fast during the month of ramadan is strictly observed worldwide by millions of muslims. ramadan is the 9th month of the islamic lunar calendar and fasting during ramadan is the religious duty of all healthy adult muslims. a whole month of intermittent fasting, from dawn to dusk, every year is particular only to islam and considering that islam has over 1.5 billion followers worldwid...

Four studies examined how impulse-control beliefs—beliefs regarding one’s ability to regulate visceral impulses, such as hunger, drug craving, and sexual arousal—influence the self-control process. The findings provide evidence for a restraint bias: a tendency for people to overestimate their capacity for impulse control. This biased perception of restraint had important consequences for people...