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Pearson, Adria N.; Follette, Victoria M.; Hayes, Steven C. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
Body image dissatisfaction is a source of significant distress among non-eating-disordered women, but because it is subclinical it is generally not treated. It remains stable throughout adulthood, and has proven resistant to many prevention interventions. This study presents a pilot test of a practical alternative: a 1-day Acceptance and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Self Concept, Eating Disorders
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Vanderlinden, Johan; Adriaensen, An; Vancampfort, Davy; Pieters, Guido; Probst, Michel; Vansteelandt, Kristof – Behavior Modification, 2012
The goal of this study is to investigate the efficacy of a manualized cognitive-behavioral therapeutic (CBT) approach for patients with obesity and binge eating disorder (BED) on the short and longer term. A prospective study without a control group consisting of three measurements (a baseline measurement and two follow-up assessments up to 5…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Therapy, Control Groups, Psychology
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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
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Dittmar, Helga; Halliwell, Emma; Ive, Suzanne – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Reports an error in "Does Barbie make girls want to be thin? The effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls" by Helga Dittmar, Emma Halliwell and Suzanne Ive ("Developmental Psychology," 2006 Mar, Vol 42[2], 283-292). A substantive error occurs in the Body shape dissatisfaction section on page…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Developmental Psychology, Self Concept, Females