A vignette study of mental health literacy for binge-eating disorder in a self-selected community sample

Table 3 Participant responses to, “What do you think is the primary cause of Jane’s problem?”

Psychological factors (e.g., self-esteem)	46.8%
Not sure	26.8%
Social factors (e.g., upbringing, life stressors)	20.4%
Other (please specify)^a	5.1%
Biological factors (e.g., genetics)	0.9%

^aParticipants who selected “Other” were asked to specify. There were twelve responses, nine of which suggested that a combination of psychological, social, and biological factors contributed to Jane’s problem, representing 3.8% of the total sample.

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