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Grossman, Stephanie L.; Campagna, Bianca; Brochu, Hadley; Odermatt, Meline; Annunziato, Rachel A. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: To conduct a pilot test to determine if the Body Project, an eating disorder prevention program, was able to reduce risky sexual behaviors. Participants: Twenty college-age women ages 18-21 (in March, 2015) who endorsed both body image dissatisfaction and previous or current sexual activity. Methods: Participants were randomized to the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Body Composition, Females, Sexuality
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Park, Jinhee; McComish, Cara; Pados, Britt Frisk; Estrem, Hayley H.; Thoyre, Suzanne M. – Infants and Young Children, 2018
The purpose of this article is to describe changes in problematic eating symptoms across 6 months in children seen in an outpatient feeding clinic and explore child characteristics associated with symptom changes. Participants were 58 parents of children aged 6 months to 7 years of age who were seen in an outpatient feeding clinic. Parents…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Child Health, Infants, Parent Attitudes
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Sliwa, Sarah A.; Brener, Nancy D.; Lundeen, Elizabeth A.; Lee, Sarah M. – Journal of School Nursing, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that schools adopt 10 safeguards before launching a body mass index (BMI) screening program; however, little is known about schools' safeguard adoption. Authors identified questions from the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study that aligned with 4 of the 10 safeguards to estimate…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Body Height, Safety
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Leiva-García, Beatriz; Planells, Elena; Planells del Pozo, Paloma; Molina-López, Jorge – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
A number of studies have been made of mealtime behavioral problems and food selectivity in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), though not from a multidisciplinary perspective where diet and dental care are investigated in children with ASD. In the present study, the parents of 55 children with ASD and 91 children with typical development…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Eating Disorders, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Wang, Cixin; Do, Kieu Anh; Frese, Kristen; Zheng, Lianzhe – School Mental Health, 2019
Adolescents from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to receive school-based mental health services (SBMHS) than White students, although these services have increased accessibility and produced positive youth outcomes. To reduce barriers and engage minority and immigrant adolescents in SBMHS, it is important to understand parents'…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Mental Health, Educational Environment, Barriers
Dryden, Mary – Communique, 2019
School psychologists are asked to provide a number of different services in schools, including evaluating and providing recommendations to educators and parents on children and adolescents with rare genetic conditions. One genetic disorder with physical, cognitive, and behavioral features is Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). PWS is a unique genetic…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Knowledge Level, Genetic Disorders, Children
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Fujiki, Robert Brinton; Oliver, Abby J.; Malandraki, Jaime Bauer; Wetzel, Dawn; Craig, Bruce A.; Malandraki, Georgia A. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare biomechanical swallowing outcomes and perceived effort as well as detraining effects of the established Head Lift Exercise (HLE) and the novel Recline Exercise (RE) in healthy older adults. Method: Twenty-two healthy older adults were randomized to perform either the RE or the HLE for a period of 6…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Exercise, Older Adults, Exercise Physiology
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Robertson, Janet; Chadwick, Darren; Baines, Susannah; Emerson, Eric; Hatton, Chris – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Dysphagia (feeding and swallowing disorder) is associated with serious health complications and psychosocial sequelae. This review summarizes international research relating to the prevalence of dysphagia in people with intellectual disability. Studies published from 1990 to July 2016 were identified using Medline, Cinahl, PsycINFO, Web of…
Descriptors: Incidence, Intellectual Disability, Correlation, Eating Disorders
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Birmachu, Abigya M.; Heidelberger, Lindsay; Klem, John – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: University students are at a greater risk for eating disorder attitudes and behaviors (EDAB) compared to the general population. This study examined the roles of rumination and perceived social support (PSS) from three domains in the occurrence of EDAB. Participants: A sample of students (N= 300) attending a rural Midwestern university.…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Body Weight, Eating Disorders, Rural Areas
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Park, Jinhee; Pados, Britt Frisk; Thoyre, Suzanne M.; Estrem, Hayley H.; McComish, Cara – Journal of Early Intervention, 2019
The purpose of this study was to identify the factor structure of the Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale (ChOMPS) and to evaluate the psychometric properties, including internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, and construct validity as measured by convergent and known-groups validity. Principal component analysis with varimax…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Reliability
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Ates, Öznur Tulunay – Online Submission, 2019
The aim of this research is to examine the relationships between mobbing and psychological symptoms in teachers and determine the impact of mobbing levels on psychological symptom levels. The study was carried out with 185 teachers in total -- 116 female and 69 male -- working in Burdur Province. Research data was collected using mobbing scale for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics
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Wang, Cixin; Marsico, Kristen Frese; Do, Kieu Anh – School Mental Health, 2020
Asian American adolescents tend to underutilize mental health services at school and often do not receive the mental health services they need. Parents play an important role in youth mental health service utilization. However, few studies have examined Asian American parents' knowledge and beliefs about the help-seeking process. The present…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Beliefs, Asian American Students, Adolescents
Staurowsky, Ellen J.; Watanabe, Nicholas; Cooper, Joseph; Cooky, Cheryl; Lough, Nancy; Paule-Koba, Amanda; Pharr, Jennifer; Williams, Sarah; Cummings, Sarah; Issokson-Silver, Karen; Snyder, Marjorie – Women's Sports Foundation, 2020
This report examines the state of girls' and women's sport in the United States through a broad lens, looking at the triumphs, the challenges, and the tremendous opportunities that are yet to be realized. The areas of focus include sport participation opportunities for girls and women; the benefits of sport participation for girls and women; the…
Descriptors: Females, Athletics, Athletes, Student Participation
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Iruloh, Betty-Ruth Ngozi; Wilson, Chukwu Juliet U. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The study investigated the relative relationship between family distress and eating disorders among undergraduate students of University of Port Harcourt. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses to test the tenability of the independent variables on the dependent variable at 0.05 level of significance. The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Eating Disorders, Family Problems
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Huckabee, Maggie-Lee; McIntosh, Theresa; Fuller, Laura; Curry, Morgan; Thomas, Paige; Walshe, Margaret; McCague, Ellen; Battel, Irene; Nogueira, Dalia; Frank, Ulrike; van den Engel-Hoek, Lenie; Sella-Weiss, Oshrat – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Clinical swallowing assessment is largely limited to qualitative assessment of behavioural observations. There are limited quantitative data that can be compared with a healthy population for identification of impairment. The Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS) was developed as a quantitative assessment of solid bolus…
Descriptors: Medical Evaluation, Clinical Diagnosis, Motor Reactions, Reliability
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