ArticleJournal of eating disorders2023
It's not all about control: challenging mainstream framing of eating disorders.
Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Childhood Trauma and Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviours in Adulthood: Investigating the Role of Daily Stress and Daily Perfectionistic Thinking.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- Women's eating disorder origins as responses to childhood trauma and negative social self: a qualitative study exploring lived experience perspectives.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- A Bifactor Measure of Societal Stigma Toward Eating Disorders and Obesity: Scale Development and Validation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Observational
- Experiences of having an eating disorder and perceptions of its etiology: A qualitative study to inform genetic counseling practice.Journal of genetic counseling · 2025Article
- Discordant conceptualisations of eating disorder recovery and their influence on the construct of terminality.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe concept of control has long been suggested as a central factor in eating disorder (ED) aetiology. The concept is now so mainstream that it risks being used in a potentially reductionist, stigmatising or otherwise harmful manner. In this paper, we explore and discuss our positions on the use of control-related terminology for EDs.
methodsThe authors of this auto-ethnographic position paper include academic researchers, individuals with lived experience and clinicians (not mutually exclusive). In sharing our experiences and observations, we aim to raise awareness of the wider impacts that control framing can have on ED perceptions, treatment, recovery and individuals' lived experience.
resultsWe argue that although control can play a role in some ED experiences, an overemphasis upon this factor to the exclusion of other conceptualisations is not beneficial.
conclusionsTo mitigate against pathologisation of an individual, it is important to challenge a discourse that can lead to EDs being perceived as something 'wrong' with the individual, rather than a consequence of life events or other environmental influences. We identify priorities for the future for researchers, clinicians, policy makers and the wider public.
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