Adolescent female vomiters and alcohol abuse: differences on violence measures.

From: American Journal of Health Studies | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Nagy, M. Christine; Nagy, Stephen; Yerby, Lea G. | Copyright information

Abstract: Numerous studies on adolescent risk behaviors have defined bulimic behavior by examining responses to paper-and-pencil measures on vomiting behaviors. Alcohol abuse among adolescent populations is a common practice and can be a factor in vomiting behaviors. Few studies have differentiated between groups that abuse alcohol and also display vomiting behavior. The purpose of this study was to compare vomiting and alcohol abuse female groups (N = 1170) on violence measures us...

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