Evolutionary Psychology of Eating Disorders: An Explorative Study in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

Prior research on non-clinical samples has lent support to the sexual competition hypothesis for eating disorders (SCH) where the drive for thinness can be seen as an originally adaptive strategy for women to preserve a nubile female shape, which, when driven to an extreme, may cause eating disorder...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Johanna Nettersheim, Gabriele Gerlach, Stephan Herpertz, Riadh Abed, Aurelio J. Figueredo, Martin Brüne
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Subjects:	eating disorders anorexia nervosa bulimia life history strategy executive functioning mate value
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02122/full