Identity processes and eating disorder symptoms during university adjustment: a cross-sectional study.
Aoife-Marie ForanOrla T MuldoonAisling T O'DonnellPublished in: Journal of eating disorders (2021)
The findings imply that affiliative identities have a positive impact on ED symptoms during university adjustment, because the social support derived from affiliative identity is associated with how people perceive norms around disordered eating. Our discussion emphasises the possibility of identity processes being a social cure for those at risk of ED symptoms.