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Background: The researchers decided to do this study because even though eating disorders are known to happen a lot in college women very little longitudinal studies have been completed. Hypothesis: The researchers hypothesize that unique demands and stressors that late adolescents face in making the transition to college would increase the likelihood of disordered eating behaviors that college women experience in their first year on campus. Independent and dependent variables: The dependent variable is eating pathology, which was measured by the restraint and bulimia scales. The independent variable is the number of times the participants to the questionnaires. Some took both the first test and the test seven months later. Some only took the first. Subjects and methods: The subjects were 225 college freshman women. 86% of the women were 18 years old and 95% were white. This was a longitudinal study. The methods included several tests. The