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Peer reviewedSinclair, Stacey L.; Myers, Jane E. – Journal of College Counseling, 2004
Objectified body consciousness theory provides a framework for understanding young women's negative body experiences and their impact on well-being. This study examined the impact of body surveillance, body shame, and appearance control beliefs, the 3 components of objectified body consciousness, on wellness in college women. Data indicated a…
Descriptors: Females, Wellness, Eating Disorders, Self Concept
Peer reviewedMeyer, Dinah F. – Journal of College Counseling, 2005
This study investigated the psychological correlates of treatment seeking for eating disorders in female college students. Results indicated that 56% of the 106 participants with eating-disorder symptomatology did not believe their behaviors warranted therapy. Women with eating-disorder symptoms who did not believe their behaviors warranted…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Females, College Students, Help Seeking
Direct linkEvans, John; Rich, Emma; Holroyd, Rachel – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2004
This paper focuses upon relationships barely explored in the sociology of education either in the UK or elsewhere that lie between the practices and processes of formal education and the aetiology (the 'causations') and development of eating disorders, specifically, anorexia nervosa (AN) in young women and girls. In so doing, it also touches on…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Middle Class, Females, Cultural Background
Jackson, Todd; Weiss, Karen E.; Lunquist, Jessie J.; Soderlind, Adam – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors examined the relationship between sociotropy and perceptions of interpersonal relationships and subsequent eating disorder symptoms among young women. In Study 1, 118 women from a liberal arts college in northern Wisconsin completed self-report measures of sociotropy, perceived close social support, and eating disorder symptoms. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Personality Traits, Helping Relationship
Allison, Kelly C.; Grilo, Carlos M.; Masheb, Robin M.; Stunkard, Albert J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
The authors compared eating patterns, disordered eating, features of eating disorders, and depressive symptoms in persons with binge eating disorder (BED; n = 177), with night eating syndrome (NES; n = 68), and in an overweight comparison group without BED or NES (comparison; n = 45). Participants completed semistructured interviews and several…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Pathology, Depression (Psychology), Eating Disorders
Chan, Zenobia C. Y.; Ma, Joyce L. C. – Qualitative Report, 2005
This paper challenges the monolithic assumption of the anorectic families in Hong Kong by blindly adopting the western theoretical framework of family therapy. It is problematic that family therapy lacks indigenous culture-specific knowledge and ignores the voices of these multi-categories of families. It is inappropriate to conceptualize these…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Ideology, Postmodernism, Foreign Countries
Van Lone, Jeffrey S.; Kalodner, Cynthia R.; Coughlin, Janelle W. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2002
Short stories can be an effective group-level intervention for addressing disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. This technique may be used in eating-disorder themed groups or in any group in which members present with eating problems. The authors provide specific guidelines for the use of short stories in group work. An example is provided to…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Eating Disorders, Group Therapy, Counseling Techniques
Zullig, Keith; Ubbes, Valerie A.; Pyle, Jennifer; Valois, Robert F. – Journal of School Health, 2006
This study explored the relationships among weight perceptions, dieting behavior, and breakfast eating in 4597 public high school adolescents using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Adjusted multiple logistic regression models were constructed separately for race and gender groups via SUDAAN (Survey Data…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Adolescents, Dietetics, Self Concept
Robinson, Sabrina – Journal of School Nursing, 2006
Peer victimization of obese adolescents has been associated with low self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, social isolation, marginalization, poor psychosocial adjustment, depression, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation and attempts, not to mention poor academic performance. Weight-based peer victimization is defined as unsolicited bullying and…
Descriptors: Obesity, School Nurses, Eating Disorders, Suicide
Ma, Joyce L. C.; Lai, Kelly – Journal of Family Social Work, 2006
Although family therapy has become highly acceptable in the West, its applicability and acceptability for Chinese adolescents and young women with anorexia nervosa (AN) remains unknown. In this article, we report the results of a qualitative study using post-treatment in-depth interviews to understand the subjective perceptions of sufferers of AN…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Eating Disorders, Patients, Family Counseling
Derenne, Jennifer L.; Beresin, Eugene V. – Academic Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: Eating disorders, including obesity, are a major public health problem today. Throughout history, body image has been determined by various factors, including politics and media. Exposure to mass media (television, movies, magazines, Internet) is correlated with obesity and negative body image, which may lead to disordered eating. The…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activities, Self Concept, Eating Disorders
Tarren-Sweeney, Michael – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
The paper reports epidemiological and phenomenological investigations of aberrant eating among 347 pre-adolescent children in court-ordered foster and kinship care, in New South Wales, Australia. A quarter of children displayed clinically significant aberrant eating problems, with no evidence of gender or age effects. Two distinct patterns were…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Foster Care, Epidemiology, Family Relationship
Wigal, Tim; Greenhill, Laurence; Chuang, Shirley; McGough, James; Vitiello, Benedetto; Skrobala, Anne; Swanson, James; Wigal, Sharon; Abikoff, Howard; Kollins, Scott; McCracken, James; Riddle, Mark; Posner, Kelly; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Davies, Mark; Thorp, Ben; Stehli, Annamarie – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To report on the safety and tolerability of methylphenidate (MPH) 3- to 5-year-old children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during 1 year of treatment. Method: Exactly 183 children (3-5 years old) entered a treatment study of MPH, consisting of a 1-week open-label lead-in (n = 183); a 5-week placebo-controlled,…
Descriptors: Safety, Maintenance, Preschool Children, Hyperactivity
Mond, J. M.; Marks, P.; Hay, P. J.; Rodgers, B.; Kelly, C.; Owen, C.; Paxton, S. J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This research examined the "mental health literacy" of adolescents concerning eating-disordered behavior. A vignette describing a fictional 16-year old female meeting diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa was presented to 522 female high school students, followed by a series of questions concerning treatment of and treatment-seeking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Prevention, Females
Silviken, Anne; Kvernmo, Siv – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The prevalence of suicide attempts and associated risk factors such as sociodemographic conditions, emotional/behavioural problems and parent-child relationships were examined among 591 indigenous Sami and 2100 majority adolescents in Arctic Norway. There were no significant ethnic differences in prevalence of suicide attempts. In both ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents
