l measures were taken of a variety of subject traits and characteristics, e.g. intellectual confidence, assertiveness, etc. It seems reasonable to suggest that, at minimum, the authors should have used the ANCOVA statistic so as to parcel out possible variance from these other factors on the relationship of interest. Best would have been to try to predict eating behavior from all of the data collected using MANCOVA.
With respect to continuing work done on the relationship of eating disorders and self-concept as it relates to the transition from high school to college and during the college years, no work could be found by the same author in a search of the PsyInfo database. However, Leon, Fulkerson, Perry and Cudeck (1993) found that in addition to low self-concept adolescent girls are placed at risk for eating disorders through a variety of personality variables. Nassar, Hodges and Ollendick (1992), observed that not only self-concept but an active involvement or interest in dieting also predisposed adolescent girls to the development of eating disorders. These findings suggest that personality and interest in dieting variables should probably examined in future replications of the study.
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