First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This volume is the result of the 1991 Third Annual Kent Psychology Forum and it investigates the ways families affect and are affected by health and illness.

In large part, this volume is a product of the 1989 Kent Psychology Forum, where the volume's contributors presented their ideas about various facets of later-life families, challenged the ideas of others, and had their own ideas challenged in return. In planning this book, the authors' goal was to invite outstanding scholars in three areas related to social gerontology - stress, social support, and caregiving. This work includes some of the best and most creative thinkers in each of the three content areas and focuses their collective attention on a problem of growing social concern - how older adults and their families cope with the vicissitudes of later life.

Contents:
Epidemiology of bulimia nervosa, J.H. Crowther, et al. Part 1 Developmental and familial factors: overview, P.A. Crawford and D. Watts; developmental issues in the study of eating problems and disorders, I. Attie and J. Brooks-Gunn; toward a model of the developmental psychopathology of eating disorders - the example of early adolescence, M.P. Levine and L. Smolak; body image, weight control and eating disorders among children, M.H. Thelen, et al; relationship of family and personality factors in bulimia, S. Wonderlich. Part 2 Individual factors: overview, D.S. Rosch and K.L. Shepherd; chronic dieting and eating disorders - a spiral model, T.F. Heatherton and J. Polivy; body-image disorder - definition, development, and contribution to eating disorders, J.C. Rosen; personality characteristics as a risk factor in the development of eating disorders, C. Johnson and S. Wonderlich. Part 3 Future directions: overview, D.L. Zotter and N.E. Sherwood; prevention of bulimia nervosa - questions and challenges, R.H. Striegel-Moore; aetiology of bulimia nervosa - conceptual, research and measurement issues, J.H. Crowther and J.S. Mizes.