Aspects of Health Psychologuy

Aspects of Health Psychology

Many researchers over the years have been carrying out research to find out why eating disorders occur. An example of this is a journal paper on “ Attachment Research On Eating Disorders”. The journal paper will be briefly identified and evaluated critically. Then using the journal paper as a starting point the role of psychological processes in health will be reviewed.
The journal paper outlines the fact that insecure attachment is common in the disordered population. The historical perspective was considered, stating the ‘broad clinical literature on eating disorders predating the development of attachment theory but replete with references to abnormal familial or mother-daughter interactions’ ( Ward & Ramsay & Treasure 2000).

It is within the family structure and mainly the mother-daughter relationship, that a girl first learns her outlines of her social role. During adolescence the mother-daughter relationship loses none of its intensity...