BODY PERCEPTIONS OF BULIMIC AND NONBULIMIC GROUPS

A brief survey measuring satisfaction with the body, concern for physi cal appearance, and motivations for selection of clothing was administ ered to 30 women in a university-sponsored support group for bulimic s tudents and 30 women randomly selected from a college campus. No mean differences were found between the groups on concern for physical appe arance when in a social setting, but mean differences were significant on satisfaction with weight, satisfaction with body image, and concer n for physical appearance when alone.