Ferguson, Christopher J, et al. "The Influence Of Heritability, Neuroticism, Maternal Warmth And Media       Use On Disordered Eating Behaviors: A Prospective Analysis Of Twins." The Psychiatric                        Quarterly 83.3 (2012): 353-360. MEDLINE. Web. 6 Nov. 2013.

This article is a credible source for my research because it was written by a professor of psychology; Christopher J. Ferguson. Psychology is the study of humans and in particular, the human mind. The author’s credentials include his professorship at Stetson University, his published articles on mental health, and a published author of a book entitled “The Suicide Kings”. This article was published in “The Psychiatric Quarterly” on September 1^st, 2012. The author’s main goal in this article is to inform, persuade and teach on a subject through experiment. He is testing the genetics and heredity of eating disorders among many different types of people. This article targets an audience of scientists or people who are curious about this disorder that many Americans suffer from. This audience would be interested in this article because he uses testing to gain results that show data such as that 40% of female eating disorders are due to genetics. The audience would generally agree with the outcome because of the evidence and the work done to achieve it. The author’s evidence has credibility because of his accomplishments as well as because of the experiments done to prove it. He incorporates statistical as well as testimonial evidence. The evidence is limited because of the people who were apart of the experiments. It seems to have different results for each person. Based on my own opinion I would have to agree with this author even though it goes against my thesis. His evidence is sound and based on his testing, it seems as though there are plenty of other factors that cause an eating disorder. I think this article is important to include in my essay because of the information and the opposing side it presents.