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Differences in Disordered Eating Patterns According to the Attachment Style to Parents

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine differences in disordered eating patterns of adolescent regarding to the type of attachment to parents. The survey is conducted on a sample of 898 high school students from the Tuzla Canton (488 female and 410 male). The average age of adolescents is 17.5 years. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) is used to measure disordered eating patterns, and modified version of Brenan’s Experiences in close Relations Inventory (ECR) is used to measure attachment patterns to parents. About two-thirds of the students are allocated in a type of secure attachment to their parents, and the rest of students are classified along the three categories: fearful, avoidant and preoccupied attachment. A total of about 10% of adolescents are classified as individuals with disordered eating patterns. According to the modalities in the set of disordered eating habits, the most frequent is the dieting, and the least manifested is bulimia. The results of the study show that family attachment has an effect on disordered eating patterns as a whole (EAT scale): F (3, 892) = 7.79, p <.001, ω2 = .02), and the same is detected for all the dimensions: dieting F (3, 892) = 4.60, p <.005, ω2 = .01), bulimia F (3,892) = 5.93, p <.001,ω2 = .01) and oral control F (3, 892) = 4.02, p <.01, ω2 = .01). Adolescents with secure attachment have significantly less symptomatology of disordered eating patterns, dieting and bulimia, than adolescents with insecure attachment styles.

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