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Grenier, Victoria; And Others – 1983
Research has found that depressed moods increase eating among persons who are dieting and among those characterized by high levels of weight fluctuation. To determine whether eating improves depressed moods among persons who score high on the weight fluctuation factor on the Restraint Scale (Herman, et al, 1978), 72 college women consumed either a…
Descriptors: Body Weight, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Eating Habits
DelRosario, Marlene W.; And Others – 1983
Young adult females' attitudes toward body weight regulation contain important emotional components. To study the effects of body weight cues on emotionality, 160 college students (75 females, 85 males) completed either a body weight related (Q1) or control (Q2) questionnaire prior to taking the California Test of Personality (CTP). An analysis of…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, College Students, Emotional Response
Download full textBasow, Susan A.; Schneck, Renae – 1983
In the past 10 years, eating disorders among adolescent females have become of increasing concern. To assess the prevalence of eating disorders, unusual eating-related behaviors and attitudes, and psychological states among college women, 677 women, from three private northeastern United States colleges, completed a questionnaire assessing…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Body Image, Body Weight, College Students
Katzman, Melanie A.; Wolchik, Sharlene A. – 1983
Recent studies have indicated that bulimia, characterized by binge eating followed by depressed mood and purging, is increasing. To investigate the behavioral and emotional antecedents and consequences of binge eating in women, 22 female college students (14 diagnosed bulimics, 8 binge eaters) completed self-monitoring forms for four binges.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Body Weight, College Students
Lichtenstein, Brenda; Sherman, A. Robert – 1983
The present research program began as a preliminary attempt to examine the relationship between client and treatment loci of control as a predictor of success in weight control programs. In the first phase of the research, individuals previously attempting weight loss, and the programs they had pursued, were classified as being either primarily…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Body Weight, Clinics, College Students
Poehler, David L. – 1984
A pilot project examined the effectiveness of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in teaching selected concepts of health and fitness: coronary risk, lifestyle, and nutrition as related to weight control. A convenience sample of 58 students from two Concepts of Health and Fitness classes were randomly assigned to two groups, both of which used…
Descriptors: Body Weight, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
