Kristin von Ranson

My research focuses on eating disorders, including questions related to etiology, classification, and assessment of eating problems, in samples of adults, youth, and children. I use a variety of methods to examine risk, resilience, and maintenance factors for eating disorders in pre-teens, adolescents, and adults and to better characterize the spectrum of eating disturbances. A primary interest of mine is the debate over whether eating disorders are forms of addictions. I also investigate associations between eating problems and comorbid psychopathology, such as anxiety disorders and substance abuse, in an effort to understand whether these disorders might share etiological or maintenance factors. Finally, in another arm of my research program, I study the gap between researchers' recommendations and practitioners' choice of psychotherapies for eating disorders.

Research projects I have underway include:

• The uptake of evidence-based psychotherapies for eating disorders
• Rates of comorbid eating disorders among adults with pathological gambling
• Psychotherapies Alberta psychotherapists use to treat eating disorders
• Associations between binge eating and personality in community women and men with and without eating disorders

My graduate supervisees are conducting research related to eating disorders and related problems. See my lab website ("Eating Behaviours Lab" link above) for details.

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