Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Research Paper Anna Mills Hofstra University PSY 456 February 15, 2014
The effects of puberty on genetic risk for disordered Eating: evidence for a sex difference It is customarily known that girls are more affected with Eating Disorders (ED) than boys. Does it mean that boys do not deal with the same issues as girls? In this study the researchers try to discover the variance between both the sexes that minimizes boys from ED. Eating disorder is classified as having 0% genetic influence before puberty, but 50%genetic influence during and after puberty (Klump et al, 2000, 2003, 2007, Culbert et al.2009). Accumulating research states that increases in ovarian hormone is the key factor that separates the sexes apart. Therefore, if during puberty girls already are faced with 50% heredity plus the increase in ovarian hormones suggest the difference. Based on this do women show different incidence of eating disorder than men? Method Participants and Instruments. There were 1006 participants of male and female twins from 10 to 28 years old (634 female twins, 374 males; Table 1). In order to locate these people they used an archival method. Using the Michigan State University Twin Registry (MSTUR) as well as different methods to enlist subjects like classified ads (Klump et al. 2010). Interestingly all the participant were of the same region. In order to determine the accuracy of the twins questionnaires were given to examine physical similarities and those that seemed inaccurate were reviewed by MSTUR through pictures and other correspondence. Procedure The Minnesota Eating Behavior
The effects of puberty on genetic risk for disordered Eating: evidence for a sex difference It is customarily known that girls are more affected with Eating Disorders (ED) than boys. Does it mean that boys do not deal with the same issues as girls? In this study the researchers try to discover the variance between both the sexes that minimizes boys from ED. Eating disorder is classified as having 0% genetic influence before puberty, but 50%genetic influence during and after puberty (Klump et al, 2000, 2003, 2007, Culbert et al.2009). Accumulating research states that increases in ovarian hormone is the key factor that separates the sexes apart. Therefore, if during puberty girls already are faced with 50% heredity plus the increase in ovarian hormones suggest the difference. Based on this do women show different incidence of eating disorder than men? Method Participants and Instruments. There were 1006 participants of male and female twins from 10 to 28 years old (634 female twins, 374 males; Table 1). In order to locate these people they used an archival method. Using the Michigan State University Twin Registry (MSTUR) as well as different methods to enlist subjects like classified ads (Klump et al. 2010). Interestingly all the participant were of the same region. In order to determine the accuracy of the twins questionnaires were given to examine physical similarities and those that seemed inaccurate were reviewed by MSTUR through pictures and other correspondence. Procedure The Minnesota Eating Behavior