ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2018
Shoplifting and eating disorders: an anonymous self-administered survey.
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- The validity and reliability of the "Factors Related to Theft by Patients with Eating Disorders Questionnaire".Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Shoplifting Behavior Among Patients With an Eating Disorder at a Medical Correctional Center in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- High prevalence of shoplifting in patients with eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeTo explore the characteristics of eating disorders related to shoplifting behavior and identify the risk and protective factors related to shoplifting among patients with eating disorders.
methodsEighty females with eating disorders were recruited from an eating disorders clinic. They were asked to complete anonymous self-report questionnaires on demographic characteristics, shoplifting behavior, psychological characteristics and eating disorder symptomology. We investigated differences in clinical characteristics between those with and without shoplifting history or a current drive to shoplift.
resultsThe response rate was 92.5%. Of the respondents, 37.8% reported a history of shoplifting and 16.2% a current drive for shoplifting. The patients with shoplifting history had lower socioeconomic status (SES), higher impulsivity and higher symptom severity of eating disorders compared with those without this history. The patients with a current drive for shoplifting had more depressive symptoms, more severe anxiety, more obsessional traits, and higher symptom severity of eating disorders.
conclusionsSeverity of illness and SES seem to have a serious impact on shoplifting behavior among eating disordered patients. These findings may suggest risk and protective factors related to shoplifting among eating disordered patients.
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