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Subjective and objective binge eating in relation to eating disorder symptomatology, negative affect, and personality dimensions†

  1. Lisa M. Brownstone MA1,
  2. Anna M. Bardone-Cone PhD1,*,
  3. Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft MA1,
  4. Katherine S. Printz BA1,
  5. Daniel Le Grange PhD2,
  6. James E. Mitchell MD3,
  7. Scott J. Crow MD4,
  8. Carol B. Peterson PhD4,
  9. Ross D. Crosby PhD3,
  10. Marjorie H. Klein PhD5,
  11. Stephen A. Wonderlich PhD3,
  12. Thomas E. Joiner PhD6

Article first published online: 25 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1002/eat.22066

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International Journal of Eating Disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volume 46, Issue 1, pages 66–76, January 2013

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Brownstone, L. M., Bardone-Cone, A. M., Fitzsimmons-Craft, E. E., Printz, K. S., Le Grange, D., Mitchell, J. E., Crow, S. J., Peterson, C. B., Crosby, R. D., Klein, M. H., Wonderlich, S. A. and Joiner, T. E. (2013), Subjective and objective binge eating in relation to eating disorder symptomatology, negative affect, and personality dimensions. Int. J. Eat. Disord., 46: 66–76. doi: 10.1002/eat.22066

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  1. 1

    Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

  2. 2

    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

  3. 3

    Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of North Dakota, North Dakota, Fargo, ND

  4. 4

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  5. 5

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  6. 6

    Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Florida, Tallahassee, FL

*Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

  1. †

    Supported by NIH 1 R01-MH/DK58820; NIH 1 R01-DK61973; NIH 1 R01-MH59100; NIH 1 R01-MH66287; NIH P30-DK50456; K02 MH65919; R01 MH 59234 from John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and by University of Missouri Research Council; Walden W. and Jean Young Shaw Foundation.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 25 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 AUG 2012

Funded by

  • John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Grant Numbers: NIH 1 R01-MH/DK58820, NIH 1 R01-DK61973, NIH 1 R01-MH59100, NIH 1 R01-MH66287, NIH P30-DK50456, K02 MH65919, R01 MH 59234
  • Walden W. and Jean Young Shaw Foundation

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