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Book Health Behaviors and Attitudes of College Women Classified According to Body Satisfaction and Unrestrained Eating Behaviors

Download or read book Health Behaviors and Attitudes of College Women Classified According to Body Satisfaction and Unrestrained Eating Behaviors written by Gail Margaret Mortenson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Research Reports

Download or read book Research Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Eating Behaviors and Attitudes in College Women

Download or read book Eating Behaviors and Attitudes in College Women written by Kimberly M. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Selective Prevention Study

Download or read book A Selective Prevention Study written by Julie Brennan and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Female college students are at risk for developing a body image or eating disturbance and/or disorder. There, however, is a lack of effective prevention programs in the college population despite an increase in body image and eating disturbances. The main purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of three different intervention programs designed to decrease body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptomatology in sorority women. The final sample consisted of 146 participants from four sororities. Each sorority was randomly assigned an intervention program and one group was assigned to be the control. The intervention groups included a psychoeducation, a social norms, and a combined (psychoeducation and social norms) group. The intervention groups included two 1-hour presentations and exposure to positive messages regarding body image and eating behavior. The difference between the groups was in how the information was presented. That is, by providing psychoeducation information, by providing normative data for each sorority, or by using the combined approach. Both intervention and control group members completed measures of body satisfaction, appearance evaluation, eating attitudes and behaviors, internalization of the sociocultural ideal, pressure to obtain the sociocultural idea, self-esteem, and social norm questionnaires at pre and post-test. Multilevel modeling was used to compare the effectiveness of the programs to the control group. The results indicated that the psychoeducational group significantly reduced eating disorder symptomatology and the combined group significantly increased positive body image attitudes and negative eating behaviors targeted in this study. The implications for these results are discussed, as are suggestions for future research in this area.

Book Connections Between Disorderd Eating and Overweight Conditions in Undergraduate College Females

Download or read book Connections Between Disorderd Eating and Overweight Conditions in Undergraduate College Females written by Elizabeth Irene Rathbun and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many females, especially during their first year in college, struggle with disordered eating behaviors. Disordered eating involves dysfunctional eating attitudes and behaviors around diet and weight. Disordered may be triggered by being overweight or wanting to reach an idealized weight. Often disordered eating patterns develop as a way to lose weight, but may progress into more severe disturbances and manifest into an eating disorder (ED). Disordered eating and overweight conditions are certainly both issues of great concern especially among female adolescents. The potential relationships between disordered eating and overweight conditions are not fully understood. Research suggests that individuals who participate in disordered behaviors may be more susceptible to becoming overweight, as weight issues and disordered eating may be mutually exacerbating. Shared etiology of disordered eating and overweight conditions is complex. The purpose of this study was to explore connections between disordered eating and overweight conditions in college females. Associations between disordered eating, current weight/BMI, and levels of body satisfaction and eating disorder risk, and protective factors were investigated. It was hypothesized that participants with higher levels of disordered eating behaviors would also report being overweight, have lowest body satisfaction, and higher risk factors. Descriptive statistics, correlations, ANOVAs, were used to assess variable associations. Results from this study suggest some relationships between disordered eating behaviors and being overweight. However, females who reported being overweight did not endorse significantly more disordered eating behaviors than those who reported underweight or average weights. College age females engaged in disordered eating to some degree regardless of weight. Similar to previous studies, lower body satisfaction was negatively correlated with the higher disordered eating behaviors and higher eating disorder risk factors. Those females who identified as overweight also endorsed the highest eating disorder risk factors. These findings suggest associations between disordered eating, body satisfaction, and weight factors. Limitations and future directions for research are also described. It is hoped that this research may provide a more in depth understanding of disordered eating and weight related issues. This greater knowledge may help in developing more effective preventative and treatment programming.

Book Body Image and Eating Behavior Social Norms in the College Population

Download or read book Body Image and Eating Behavior Social Norms in the College Population written by Julie Ann Brennan and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: These results suggest that the social norms theory is applicable to body image issues. Further research needs to explore how a social norms approach might be best implemented due to gender differences in the college population. In addition, male body image may need to be explored more extensively with additional measures that address issues regarding attempts to gain weight rather than just lose weight.

Book Selected Health related Behaviors and Attitudes Among Female College Students

Download or read book Selected Health related Behaviors and Attitudes Among Female College Students written by Teresa Templin Weibley and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Eating Behaviors and Body Composition Among College Freshman

Download or read book Eating Behaviors and Body Composition Among College Freshman written by Amelia Elizabeth McMullen Sancilio and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As new college students become autonomous eaters, they may independently develop behaviors related to food that fulfill both biological and cultural purposes. I report here on the results of a biocultural, mixed-methods study of 21 students' first term of college residence. Interview data and anthropometric measurements permit exploration of the interaction between a shift in participants' cultural surroundings, physical condition, and food-related thoughts and actions. Participants' goals of fulfilling their student responsibilities and maintaining social relationships predominantly dictated when, where, and what they ate, while their level of satisfaction with these behaviors was associated with whether their actions were consistent with personal definitions of "healthy." Participants who demonstrated a conscious effort to eat in a healthy manner generally expressed the highest satisfaction with their food-related behaviors, but did not all experience similar changes in their physical conditions. Because participants' goals influenced their satisfaction with their eating behaviors, they may affect participants' behaviors in the future. Continued research should investigate how the goals that individuals articulate but do not act on during this period in their life course may influence their health and behaviors later in their lives.

Book Eating Disorder Behaviors and Attitudes about Body image as Related to Negative Psychological Adjustment and Cultural Assimilation

Download or read book Eating Disorder Behaviors and Attitudes about Body image as Related to Negative Psychological Adjustment and Cultural Assimilation written by Karen Kosak Abrams and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book DETECTION OF EATING DISORDERS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN

Download or read book DETECTION OF EATING DISORDERS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN written by Shrinkhala Upadhyaya and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating disordered behavior is a crucial health issue that has been studied by several researchers over the years and continues to be addressed by many. Extreme concern for body image is acknowledged as one of the foundations for eating disorders and thinness ideal. Therefore, it becomes imperative to understand how young adults will react to universal messages related to body image and body dissatisfaction issues displayed in various forms of media. In this study, an important objective is to examine the prevalence of body dissatisfaction among young adult users of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. Yet another objective is to examine if body dissatisfaction among these users is associated with disordered eating behaviors. The present study, using the Theory of Planned Behavior, investigated the socio-cultural factors that may influence self-reported disordered eating behavior in young adults, especially females. To address these objectives, quantitative data were collected using a self-administered online survey. The data analysis found that more the number of hours spent on social media sites, higher is the body dissatisfaction among young adults. The data also show that body dissatisfaction is predicted by low levels of self-esteem, and high level of internalization of thinness ideal. When comparing the association of body dissatisfaction with eating disorders, it was found that among young adult female users of social media, body dissatisfaction levels are positively associated with eating disorder behaviors. When TPB variables were employed to screen for intentions to engage in strict dietary behavior as well as intention to engage anorexic and bulimic behavior, it is found that attitude, subjective norms and peer norms relating to food and thinness, and perceived behavioral control are statistically significant. Furthermore, when intention to perform the desired behavior, along with all other variables, namely attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control were regressed to predict self-reported disordered eating behaviors, the model was significant with very high R2 value. The findings will be crucial to the future health communication campaigns for recognizing the importance of intentions and TPB variables to predict self-reported disordered eating behavior. Moreover, the larger aim of the study is to broaden development communication (devcom) as a field of study by focusing on how it could deal with building the capacity of people to live meaningful, expressive lives. The empirically supported findings of this study clearly showcase how devcom could help foster an empowered community of social media users with a countervailing voice to deal with the problem inhibiting their capacities and capabilities due to the universal media and societal messages of the thinness ideal.