Using network analysis to identify central eating disorder symptoms among men.
Lauren N ForrestNatalie M PerkinsJason M LavenderApril R SmithPublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2019)
The centricity of body dissatisfaction items in the networks supports some components of cognitive behavioral theories of EDs. However, the findings also suggest the importance of muscularity- and leanness-oriented concerns, which have been traditionally neglected from leading ED theories that tend to focus on thinness pursuits as a main driver of body dissatisfaction.