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Samantha Proctor 12 Ward Psychology Essay Outline and evaluate the psychological explanation of one or more eating disorders (18 marks) There are various explanations of eating disorders, both regarding anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Psychological explanations of anorexia nervosa include the psychodynamic approach, that is Freud's theory that eating substituted sexual activity, therefore acting as a means of repressing sexual thoughts and desires and to reduce sexual maturity. Starvation in adolescence acts as a means of halting the development of an adult body, restricting food can lead to the prevention of menstruation and the development of breasts and enlarged hips (secondary sexual characteristics). Thus, an adolescent is attempting to prevent their adulthood. Bruch (1980) suggested a more recent psychodynamic explanation which was that it may be poor parenting and a struggle for autonomy cause anorexia. This suggests that the origins of anorexia are found within early childhood. It may be that the Mother (or...

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