Pathological dieting and alcohol use in college women—a continuum of behaviors

Interaction between Disinhibition and restraint: Implications for body weight and eating disturbance

“…This behavior of increased alcohol consumption may seem counterintuitive as it would conflict with efforts to control body weight. However, evidence suggests that dieting frequency is positively associated with alcohol consumption (44) and that previous dieting behavior is predictive of future alcohol intake (45). It is unclear as to whether it is a high Restraint or a high Disinhibition which promotes a higher alcohol consumption, however Higgs and Eskenazi (43) propose that it is the combination of the tendency to restrict intake coupled with the tendency to disinhibit which leads to a higher alcohol intake, due partly to the greater preoccupation with thoughts of alcohol in this group.…”

A Cross-Lagged Evaluation of Eating Disorder Symptomatology and Substance-Use Problems

“…Numerous investigations of the association between disordered eating and substance use in clinical and subclinical populations report women who engage in disordered eating behaviors have a higher rate of substance use than their asymptomatic counterparts and there is a higher frequency of problematic eating behaviors in individuals with substanceuse disorders (Corcos et al, 2001;Holderness et al, 1994;Krahn et al, 2005;Schuckit et al, 1996). However, many of these studies suffer from methodological problems, resulting in variable prevalence rates.…”

Comorbidade entre dependência de substâncias psicoativas e transtornos alimentares: perfil e evolução de mulheres em um tratamento específico para dependência química

“…Com relação ao álcool, Krahn et al (2005), além de observarem a mesma relação, notaram também que o aumento da intensidade do seu uso estava positivamente associado com o agravamento da severidade da dieta e dos episódios de comer compulsivo.…”

“…Pesquisas com adolescentes observaram uma correlação positiva entre distúrbios alimentares e uso de álcool e drogas (Sinha, O'Malley, 2000;Field et al, 2002;Stice et al, 2004;Krahn et al, 2005). Contudo, como existem poucos estudos sobre a seqüência de aparecimento desses comportamentos, permanece pouco claro quando a ocorrência de um pode constituir-se como fator de risco para a ocorrência do outro (Sinha, O'Malley, 2000).…”