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Leisure Activities in Prader-Wlli Syndrome: Implications for Health, Cognition and Adaptive Functioning
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Dykens, Elisabeth M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Although hyperphagia and compulsivity in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are well described, recreation and adaptive skills are relatively unexplored. Parents of 123 participants with PWS (4--48 years) completed measures of their child's adaptive, recreation, and problem behaviors. Offspring received cognitive testing. Watching TV was the most…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Body Composition, Measures (Individuals)
Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Single Treatment for All Eating Disorders
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Fursland, Anthea; Byrne, Sharon; Watson, Hunna; La Puma, Michelle; Allen, Karina; Byrne, Susan – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2012
Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses affecting a significant proportion of women and a smaller number of men. Approximately half of those with an eating disorder (ED) will not meet the criteria for anorexia or bulimia nervosa, and will be diagnosed with an eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Until recently, there were no…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Females
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Eating Disorders: An Initial Test of Efficacy and Mediation
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Juarascio, Adrienne; Shaw, Jena; Forman, Evan; Timko, C. Alix; Herbert, James; Butryn, Meghan; Bunnell, Douglas; Matteucci, Alyssa; Lowe, Michael – Behavior Modification, 2013
Eating disorders are among the most challenging disorders to treat, with even state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral treatments achieving only modest success. One possible reason for the high rate of treatment failure for eating disorders is that existing treatments do not attend sufficiently to critical aspects of the disorder such as high…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Behavior Modification, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Effectiveness
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adults in Randomized Clinical Trials of Binge Eating Disorder
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Franko, Debra L.; Thompson-Brenner, Heather; Thompson, Douglas R.; Boisseau, Christina L.; Davis, Angela; Forbush, Kelsie T.; Roehrig, James P.; Bryson, Susan W.; Bulik, Cynthia M.; Crow, Scott J.; Devlin, Michael J.; Gorin, Amy A.; Grilo, Carlos M.; Kristeller, Jean L.; Masheb, Robin M.; Mitchell, James E.; Peterson, Carol B.; Safer, Debra L.; Striegel, Ruth H.; Wilfley, Denise E.; Wilson, G. Terence – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Recent studies suggest that binge eating disorder (BED) is as prevalent among African American and Hispanic Americans as among Caucasian Americans; however, data regarding the characteristics of treatment-seeking individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups are scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Minority Groups, Racial Differences, Body Composition
Cohesion to the Group and Its Association with Attendance and Early Treatment Response in an Adult Day-Hospital Program for Eating Disorders: A Preliminary Clinical Investigation
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Crino, Natalie; Djokvucic, Ivana – Clinical Psychologist, 2010
Treatment outcome studies demonstrate that day-hospital programs are effective in the treatment of eating disorders. Few descriptions are available on the specifics of treatment, particularly the process of therapy. The group therapy modality is thought to provide important therapeutic benefits. The present study aimed to examine the association…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Eating Disorders, Pathology, Group Therapy
A Test and Extension of Objectification Theory as It Predicts Disordered Eating: Does Women's Age Matter?
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Augustus-Horvath, Casey L.; Tylka, Tracy L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2009
When predicting disordered eating, models incorporating several of objectification theory's (B. L. Fredrickson & T. A. Roberts, 1997) core constructs (i.e., sexual objectification, self-objectification, body shame, poor interoceptive awareness) have been empirically supported with women of traditional undergraduate age who are consistent in…
Descriptors: Females, Economically Disadvantaged, Eating Disorders, Models
Maintenance Following a Very-Low-Calorie Diet.
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Agras, W. Stewart; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Studied maintenance procedures in 201 overweight female participants who completed a very-low-calorie diet. Posed two questions: (1) Would stimulus narrowing during the reintroduction of solid food improve weight losses and the maintenance of those losses? and (2) Would reintroduction of foods dependent on progress in losing or maintaining weight…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Composition, Body Weight, Dietetics
An Evaluation of a Television-Delivered Behavioral Weight Loss Program: Are the Ratings Acceptable?.
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Meyers, Andrew W.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Evaluated a television-delivered behavioral weight reduction program. Overweight adults (n=71) were randomly assigned to a live-contact weight loss group videotaped for viewing by other groups, a live-contact group not videotaped, a television-delivered group that observed the videotaped weight loss sessions, or a waiting-list control group.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Body Composition, Body Weight
Psychosocial Consequences of Weight Cycling.
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Bartlett, Susan J.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Participants were 130 obese women who reported undertaking a mean lifetime total of 4.7 major diets on which they had lost a mean of 45.9 kilograms. Participants with a severe history of weight cycling had a significantly younger age of onset of obesity than mild cyclers and reported initiating dieting at a significantly younger age and lower…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Age Differences, Body Composition
Effects of Topiramate in Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome
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Shapira, Nathan A.; Lessig, Mary C.; Lewis, Mark H.; Goodman, Wayne K.; Driscoll, Daniel J. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
Prader-Willi syndrome is a multisystem neurogenetic obesity disorder with behavioral manifestations, including hyperphagia, compulsive behavior, self-injury, and mild to moderate mental retardation. In an 8-week open-label study, we evaluated adjunctive therapy with the anticonvulsant topiramate in 8 adults with Prader-Willi syndrome. Appetite was…
Descriptors: Obesity, Moderate Mental Retardation, Adults, Eating Disorders