The Presence of P’s in an Eating Disorder Study

P’s place prominently in the title of this study on in an eating disorders:

“Persistence, Perseveration and Perfectionism in the Eating Disorders,” Glenn Waller, Tonya Shaw, Caroline Meyer, Michelle Haslam, Rachel Lawson and Lucy Serpell, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, epub 2012. The authors, at King’s College London, UK, at Karen Surgery, Nairobi, Kenya, at Loughborough University, UK, at Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand, and at University College London, UK, explain:

“Perseveration, persistence and perfectionism are traits that have been suggested to be relevant to the eating disorders. his study explored the levels and correlates of these three traits in the eating disorders and control groups.”