Attachment to God/Higher Power and Bulimic Symptoms Among College Women. Issue 2 (1st July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Buser, Juleen K.; Gibson, Sandy
• Is Part Of: Journal of college counseling. Volume 19:Issue 2(2016:Jul.)
• Page Start: 124
• Page End: 137
• Publication Date: 2016-07-01
• Subjects: attachment to God -- spirituality -- bulimia; Counseling in higher education -- Periodicals; Counseling in higher education -- United States -- Periodicals; 378.194
• DOI: 10.1002/jocc.12036
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1099-0399

Abstract

Abstract : The authors examined the relationship between avoidant and anxious attachment to God/Higher Power and bulimia symptoms among 599 female college student participants. After controlling for body mass index, the authors found a positive association between both attachment variables and bulimia. When entered together in a regression, anxious attachment to God/Higher Power had a stronger relationship with bulimia than did avoidant attachment to God/Higher Power. The authors discuss implications for college counseling.