"Risk factors for the Development of Eating
Disorders in Pre-adolescent Females." (Involves survey
research and application of decision tree statistical methods to
determine what environmental and person variables contribute as
risk or protective factors for the development of disturbed
patterns of eating behavior.)
"Role of Learning and Stress in the Etiology of
Eating Disorders." (This work is primarily experimental in
nature and involves the use of both animal and human subjects. Our
primary interest is in testing a non-discriminated or Sidman avoidance model of coping behavior.)
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow
(1971-1973), Physiological Psychology, TheRockefellerUniversity, New York, NY.
Ph.D. (1971), Experimental Psychology, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM.
M.A. (1968), Experimental
Psychology, HollinsCollege, Roanoke, VA.
B.A. (1967), Psychology, University
of Hawaii - Manoa, Honolulu,
HI
Recent Publications
Lynch, W. C., Heil, D. P., Wagner, E., & Havens, M. A.
(in press) Ethnic
Differences in BMI, Weight Concerns, and Eating Behaviors:
Comparison of Native American, White, and Hispanic Adolescents. Body Image.
Lynch, W. C. & Eppers-Reynolds, K. D. (2005)
Children's Eating Attitudes Test: Revised Factor Structure of Adolescent
Girls. Eating and Weight
Disorders, 10(4), 222-235.
Lynch, W. C., Eppers, K. D., & Sherrodd,
J. R. (2004). Eating Attitudes of Native American and White Female
Adolescents: A Comparison of BMI- and Age-matched Groups. Ethnicity & Health, 9(3),
253-266.
