Hilda Bruch, a pioneer investigator of psychological processes involved in eating disorders, proposed that the self-starvation of individuals with anorexia was ____
a. related to their struggle for autonomy, competence, control and self-respect
b. an effort to punish their cold and controlling parents
c. an effort to prevent physical maturation
d. related to disturbed thought patterns arising from exposure to environmental toxins
a
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