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Starkey, Karina; Wade, Tracey – Clinical Psychologist, 2010
Girls with Type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus [IDDM]) have been identified to be at an increased risk for developing bulimia nervosa (BN) and subthreshold eating disorders. The co-occurrence of these conditions can severely compromise the physical health of these individuals and can even accelerate mortality. The use of a unique…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Prevention, Eating Disorders
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Wade, Tracey; George, Wing Man; Atkinson, Melissa – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The authors examined the relative effectiveness of 3 different approaches to the experience of body dissatisfaction compared to a control and ruminative attention control condition, with respect to increasing weight and appearance satisfaction. One hundred female undergraduates (mean age = 24.38, SD = 9.39) underwent a body dissatisfaction…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Attention Control, Psychological Patterns, Eating Disorders