The premature dropout in the group treatment of bulimia

Premature droputs in the group teatment of bulimia may be disruptive to the development of group process and cohesiveness. This article presents the results of a discriminant analysis of persisters versus dropouts across six bulimia groups. The discriminant analysis was able to correctly classify dropouts and persisters 83% of the time on demographic variables, 73% on tension and anxiety variables, and 90% of the time using cognitive variabels, Specific charactersistics of persisters and dropouts and treatment implications are discussed.