TY - JOUR
T1 - Disordered eating among African American and African Caribbean women
T2 - The influence of intimate partner violence, depression, and PTSD
AU - Lucea, Marguerite B.
AU - Francis, Lucine
AU - Sabri, Bushra
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
AU - Campbell, Doris W.
PY - 2012/8/1
Y1 - 2012/8/1
N2 - We assessed the influence of intimate partner violence (IPV), depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on disordered eating patterns (DE) among women of African descent through a comparative case-control study (N = 790) in Baltimore, MD, and St. Thomas and St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, from 2009-2011. IPV, depression and PTSD were independent risk factors in the full sample. The relationship between IPV and DE was partially mediated by depression. The influence of risk for lethality from violence was fully mediated by depression. IPV should be considered in research and treatment of DE and both IPV and DE should be assessed when the other or depression is detected.
AB - We assessed the influence of intimate partner violence (IPV), depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on disordered eating patterns (DE) among women of African descent through a comparative case-control study (N = 790) in Baltimore, MD, and St. Thomas and St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, from 2009-2011. IPV, depression and PTSD were independent risk factors in the full sample. The relationship between IPV and DE was partially mediated by depression. The influence of risk for lethality from violence was fully mediated by depression. IPV should be considered in research and treatment of DE and both IPV and DE should be assessed when the other or depression is detected.
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U2 - 10.3109/01612840.2012.687037
DO - 10.3109/01612840.2012.687037
M3 - Article
C2 - 22849778
AN - SCOPUS:84864569360
VL - 33
SP - 513
EP - 521
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
SN - 0161-2840
IS - 8
ER -