Date of Award
6-2016
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Marriage and Family Therapy: M.S.
Department
Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
College
School of Health and Human Services
First Advisor
Jennifer Connor
Second Advisor
Michael Mayhew
Third Advisor
Kathryn Mayhew
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Disordered eating, attachment, body dissatisfaction
Abstract
This study will examine the relationship between attachment patterns and disordered eating, and whether body dissatisfaction impacts this relationship. This is a correlational design. Emphasis will be placed on gender in this sample because past research has not focused on studying males. It is expected that a relationship between insecure attachment patterns and disordered eating will be found, and that body dissatisfaction will impact how disordered eating and attachment patterns are related.
Recommended Citation
Biegel, Rachel, "Attachment and Disordered Eating: The Mediating Impact of Body Dissatisfaction" (2016). Culminating Projects in Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. 25.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cpcf_etds/25
Comments/Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my thesis committee, Dr. Kathy Mayhew, Dr. Mick Mayhew, and especially Dr. Jennifer Connor, my thesis chair, for their tireless support for this project and seeing it through from its inception to completion. I would also like to thank my family for their unwavering support in my pursuit of my educational goals.