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We also test the association between laxative misuse and binge eating to examine the assumption that laxative misuse is intended to compensate for binge eating.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Participants were 2,295 ED treatment\u2010seeking adults (29.5\u2009\u00b1\u200910.5) who self\u2010reported their disordered eating behaviors on the Eating Disorder Questionnaire. Participants met DSM\u20105 diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa (AN: 11.5%, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009264), bulimia nervosa (BN: 39.0%, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009896), binge\u2010eating disorder (14.9%, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009343), or other specified feeding or eating disorder (34.5%, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009792).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nearly 25% of participants (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009571) reported misusing laxatives during the last month. Laxative misusers with AN reported significantly higher frequency of laxative misuse relative to misusers with BN (<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic>(1,440)\u2009=\u20095.226, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.023, \n<jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"graphic\/eat22745-math-0001.png\" xlink:title=\"urn:x-wiley:02763478:media:eat22745:eat22745-math-0001\"\/>= .012). Among laxative misusers, there was no association between frequency of binge eating and frequency of laxative misuse.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Laxative misusers with AN tend to misuse laxatives more frequently than those with BN. Binge eating was not related to laxative misuse in our sample. Future research may use real\u2010time data collection to understand the function of laxative misuse and to validate our cross\u2010sectional findings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/eat.22745","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,2]],"date-time":"2017-08-02T09:38:44Z","timestamp":1501666724000},"page":"1114-1118","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Is laxative misuse associated with binge eating? 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