Eddie has been diagnosed with an eating disorder, but he’snot very motivated to seek or maintain treatment for it. From an early age he’s always been perfectionist in his grades, in his athletic competitions, in comparison to his siblings’ accomplishments—and now he’s trying to achieve perfection in his body shape. What kind of cause is contributing to Eddie’s disorder?

A) Precipitating cause
B) Perpetuating cause
C) Perfectionistic cause
D) Predisposing cause


D) Predisposing cause

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