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Perfectionist Fathers Can Reinforce Tendencies Towards Anorexia, Bulimia And
Other Clinical Illnesses

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Main Category: Pediatrics News
Article Date: 05 May 2006 - 5:00am (PDT)

Perfectionist fathers can reinforce disordered eating among college-age young
people already preoccupied over their physical looks and subject to the
demanding expectations of peers and media, according to a Penn State study.

A survey of 424 college students revealed that, with sons and daughters
alike, the father, not the mother, is more likely to create pressures leading
college-age children to indulge in erratic eating habits that in turn can
lead to anorexia, bulimia and other clinical illnesses, says Dr. Michelle
Miller-Day, associate professor of communication arts and sciences.

"Another finding was that food itself was not the issue with students who
reported disordered eating behaviors," Miller-Day notes. "Personal
perfectionism, reinforced by peer and parental expectations of perfection in
combination with the allure of advertising, may cause many young people to
feel that they are not in control of their own lives and bodies. Eating then
becomes an area in which they DO have a sense of personal control."

"These findings make clear that treatment for maladaptive eating must extend
to a patient's relational network and not just focus on the individual
patient," she adds. "A specific focus on the patient's history of
communication with parents might provide insights into the development of
negative eating behaviors. Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa have a
very high mortality rate. The mortality rate associated with anorexia is 12
times higher than the death rate of other causes of death for females 15-24
years old."

Miller-Day and Jennifer D. Marks, a doctoral student at Penn State, presented
their fdinings in the paper, "Perceptions of Parental Communication
Orientation, Perfectionism and Disordered Eating Behaviors of Sons and
Daughters," in the spring issue of the journal Health Communication.

In a survey of 424 college students, the Penn State researchers measured the
relationship between self- and parentally-prescribed perfectionism and
perceptions of personal control and maladaptive eating behavior. Their data
revealed that 17 percent of the overall sample participated in maladaptive
eating patterns including such behaviors as vomiting because of feeling
uncomfortably full.

The Penn State study indicated that father-child communicative interaction
marked by high paternal standards might increase young people's risk of
unwholesome eating behaviors, in part, perhaps, by socializing the adolescent
to be compliant with externally imposed messages of what is considered
"ideal." In this way, adolescents may become more vulnerable to media and
peer group portrayals of ideal body images.

"Our analysis also suggested that perceived loss of personal control might
lead to negative eating patterns," say the researchers. "If an individual
feels out of control of his or her life, focusing on food intake may be one
of the few arenas where he or she can assert personal control. The more young
people felt in control of their lives, particularly when positively
reinforced by fathers, the less likely they were to engage in maladaptive
eating behaviors."

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Contact: Vicki Fong
Penn State


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