Identity formation and eating disorder symptomatology in community and clinical samples KU Leuven
Eating disorders (EDs) are prevalent in adolescents and emerging adults and have a devastating influence on many life domains. Importantly, identity formation appears to be a particularly salient developmental challenge experienced by many patients with an ED. Patients with an ED have been found to experience more identity confusion, where ED symptoms could function as a maladaptive source of identity construction. Similarly, subclinical ...