Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among anxiety, depression, self-esteem, weight and eating styles in adult working women. A comparative, descriptive and correlational survey design was used to investigate the relationships among the variables Anxiety, Depression, Self-Esteem, Weight and Eating Styles in adult women. Eating styles comprise beliefs about eating, weight, and actual eating behaviors. It includes restrained eating, which is dieting and going off the diet frequently because of a disinhibition, something that causes the dieter to break the diet and develop binge eating patterns when their self control is interrupted. Restrained eaters, appeared to be significantly related to low Self-Esteem, Anxiety, and Depression in young college age females. This study examined these variables in the adult female population.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9121206; ProQuest document ID: 303896163. The author still retains copyright.

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Posthumous submission

Author Details

Frances Gloria Schwartz, EdD

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Adult Women, Eating Patterns, Cognitive Control, Self-Esteem, Anxiety, and Depression

Advisor

Marilyn Rawnsley

Second Advisor

Elizabeth Tucker

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Teachers College, Columbia University

Degree Year

1991

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-12-09

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