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Additionally, the methodology employed by this study was certainly non-partisan and balanced. Still, there were a few limitations that could very well affect the efficaciousness of this study and its overall implications. Specifically the participants that comprised those with anorexia actually had two different types of anorexia, which could have "resulted in a loss of power and replications"(Harrison et al., 2010, 1894) -- particularly since this study was relatively small (with only 50 women involved with anorexia). Also, the fact that women in the study all chose to participate in it could very well have produced a form of sampling bias that could have affected the results.
In terms of possible points of generalization pertaining to this particular study, it is noteworthy that all of the participants are from the same city, London. Therefore, the results of this study certainly appear to be applicable to this city, as well as to England in general, and quite possible to other areas...
However, the ramifications of this study should not be applied to any areas other than the aforementioned -- not even to the continent of Europe which is separate from the United Kingdom. Any correlation to this study and others outside the United Kingdom is purely speculative until a similar study is undertaken in those other areas.
What the ramifications of this study are for society in general is that there is now a body of empirical evidence that exists to corroborate the link between eating disorders and processes of anxiety and emotional regulation. Furthermore, additional research is needed to conclude whether the conclusions drawn within this study are "state or trait features of EDs" (Harrison et al., 2010, 1887).
References
Harrison, a., Sullivan, S., Tchanturia, K., Treasure, J. (2010). "Emotional functioning in eating disorders: attentional bias, emotion recognition and emotion regulation." Psychological Medicine. 40, 1887-1897.
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