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SynthesisJournal of abnormal psychology2017

A review of purging disorder through meta-analysis.

Kathryn E Smith, Janis H Crowther, Jason M Lavender

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Synthesis in Journal of abnormal psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Habitual behavioural control moderates the relation between daily perceived stress and purging.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kathryn E SmithNeuropsychiatric Research Institute.
Janis H CrowtherDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University.
Jason M LavenderNeuropsychiatric Research Institute.
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute · USKent State University · US

Funding

Regional Postdoctoral Training Grant in Eating Disorders ResearchT32MH082761 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CAROL B. PETERSON · 2009 to 2026
$6.2M
NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH082761
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although a growing body of research has examined Purging Disorder (PD), there remains a lack of conclusive evidence regarding the diagnostic validity of PD. This meta-analysis compared PD to

Indexed as

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFeeding and Eating DisordersHumansPrognosisSeverity of Illness Index

Identifiers

PMID28691846
PMCPMC5741973
OpenAlexW2735778666

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.