Download or read book The Effects of a Disordered Eating Intervention Program on Body Image and Disordered Eating Attitudes in Female Participants at Kent State University written by Sarah Anne Burns and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a five week long preventative disordered eating (DE) support program on Kent State University's Campus for women concerned with body image and DE. The participants (n=5) were full or part-time female students on Kent State University's main campus that wanted to learn more about healthy eating or that felt they have a problem with DE. Criteria that excluded a participant was a previous clinical diagnosis of an eating disorder or a score on the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT 26) score above 26, being under the age of 18, or being male or faculty. Instruments used to measure changes in body image and disordered eating perceptions were the Eating Attitudes Test, ORTO15, a self-efficacy and body esteem survey. A dependent t-test was used to determine differences between pre- and post-test scores for each instrument used. There were no significant differences found in the ORTO 15, self-efficacy, or body esteem surveys (p 0.05). A significant difference was found between scores for the EAT 26, which shows a decrease in DE behaviors with small group intervention (p 0.001). Intervention groups such as these may be able to prevent the onset of eating disorders by decreasing the behaviors, feelings, and outlooks of participants with body image disorders or disordered eating behaviors.
Download or read book An Interactive Psychoeducational Intervention for Women At risk of Developing an Eating Disorder written by Marion F. Zabinski and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body image concerns are extremely widespread in our society and have been linked to psychological problems as well as the development of eating disorders. One difficulty in treating these concerns is that people often delay treatment due to shame or embarrassment. Therefore, a potentially effective means of treatment delivery is through anonymous, computerized interventions offered via the Internet. While few studies have been conducted overall, initial research with computerized psychoeducation and asynchronous programs has been promising. However, no studies have systematically evaluated the efficacy of synchronous communication, and none have been tested within the eating disorder domain. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a synchronous intervention for college-aged women at risk for developing an eating disorder, as defined by high body image concerns. Sixty women (mean age = 18.9 [SD = 2.4], 65% Caucasian, mean BMI = 25.6 [SD = 5.7]) with high body image concerns were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 30) or wait-list control (n = 30) groups. Each week during the 8-week program, participants logged onto a private chatroom and participated in a 1-hour, moderated discussion regarding body image and eating behaviors. The intervention was adapted from cognitive-behavioral techniques and self-directed behavior change theories to improve body satisfaction and problematic eating patterns before full syndrome disorders develop. Treatment components included psychoeducational readings, synchronous support (chat sessions), asynchronous support (message board), homework assignments, and discussion summaries. Assessments were conducted at baseline, post-treatment, and 10-weeks after post-treatment. Participants' indicated high satisfaction with the mode of intervention delivery. A significant interaction was found for eating disorder pathology as measured by the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire Global score (F[2,116] = 4.04, p
Download or read book Intervention Effects of an Eating Disorder Prevention Program Utilized by a Public University written by Krista B. DeCeault and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results: Statistical analysis revealed a significant improvement in all five eating disorder risk factors assessed after participants participated in the Body Project. Ideal-thin internalization decreased by 22.7% (7.26 +/- 6.48 points), dieting behaviors decreased by 16.6% (6.649 +/- 7.392 points), body dissatisfaction decreased by 13.5% (-4.863 +/- 7.001 points), negative affect decreased by 12.4% (9.931 +/- 11.586 points), and eating disorder symptoms related to body image decreased by 7.1% (-2.549 +/- 7.198 points). In addition, there were strong positive correlations between pre-and-post eating disorder risk factors, and these relationships changed and weakened from pre- to post-survey. Finally, after adjustment for BMI, there was a statistically significant difference in body dissatisfaction scores from pre-survey to post-survey, F = 4.544, p
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.
Download or read book Beyond Dieting written by Donna Ciliska and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book opens with an overview of dieting and its relationship to self-esteem and body image. Here, the author explores the negative and destructive side effects frequently experienced by obese women as a result of dieting. Alternative interventions to dieting are then explored and the weekly Beyond Dieting programme, the core of this volume, is introduced. Subsequent chapters present an evaluation of the Beyond Dieting program (purpose, analyses, comparisons and variables of outcome) and a discussion of the characteristics of the sample study. The overall effects of the intervention and implications of the findings provide an illuminating perspective on the treatment of obesity – one that suggests striving for positive self-image rather than thinness as the key to well-being for obese women. For the many health practitioners caring for obese women, this perspective, with its practical application, will prove to be an invaluable resource.
Download or read book Body Image and Disordered Eating Patterns in African American College Women written by Amazing Grace L. Danso and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, increasing scholarly attention is being given to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating. A bulk of the research on the issue has focused on Caucasian women. As a result, the body of research may be limited in its generalization to other racial and ethnic groups. This study, therefore, sought to study disordered eating among African-American college women. Two models based on research questions were tested. The first focused on how body mass index (BMI) impacted disordered eating, while the second focused on how the difference between perceived actual and ideal body image impacted disordered eating. Self-esteem was tested as a mediating factor for both models. Data were collected from a total sample of 21 African-American women from a large, private university on the east coast. Findings suggested that African-American college women had high self-esteem and a perceived actual and ideal body image that were similar. Results also demonstrated a low prevalence of eating disorders among this population, even though more than half of participants demonstrated a potential risk for developing an eating disorder. These findings have implications for counseling and student care centers by shedding light on typical attitudes about body image within this demographic and the eating behaviors that follow as a result.
Download or read book Examining the Effect of a Body Image Cognitive Dissonance Prevention Program on Disordered Eating Risky Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Taking written by Meghan Kelsey Brown and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating disorders and body image issues are significant problems which affect many domains of the lives of both men and women. These constructs have, in turn, been associated with health risk taking behaviors such as sexual risk taking and risky alcohol use. Ninety-six participants completed self-report data before and after a body image cognitive dissonance (CD) program or an active health education control to determine if participation in the program lead to less health risk taking behaviors such as disordered eating, risky alcohol use and, and sexual risk taking. T-tests and ANOVA revealed that participants who went through Reflections training exhibited lower global Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores, however did not differ on Sexual Risk Taking Scale (SRTS) scores. Future studies may require larger samples to address floor effects and may want to consider ways to improve random assignment in order to adequately assess whether cognitive dissonance training can be expanded to be used to lower risky health behaviors.
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of Disordered Eating Behaviors in College aged Female Health and Human Services Majors written by Lindsay M. Skiba and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine disordered eating behaviors in Dietetic majors versus Nursing and Human Development and Family Studies majors at the Kent State University campus. The aforementioned majors at Kent State University primarily consist of the female population. Female Health and Human Services majors (n=345, ages 18-25) participated in an online questionnaire and included questions from the EAT-26, EAT-26 behavioral questions and the ORTO-15 questionnaire. Remaining questions collected demographic data. Variables measured included major (Nursing, HDFS, Nutrition & Dietetics) and class standing (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior). An ANOVA factorial design and independent t-tests were used to determine the differences in disordered eating scores. The data were compiled and analyzed using social sciences (SPSS) software (version 18.0.3). There was no significant difference in disordered eating behaviors between majors or between class standing. However, 28% of the population was classified as being at-risk for orthorexia nervosa, 18% of the population was classified at-risk for an eating disorder based off of EAT-26 scores, and 30% were classified at-risk for an eating disorder based off of EAT-26 Behavior scores. An apparent problem exists concerning disordered eating and eating disorders in the female college-aged population, suggesting that education and screening needs to expand further than the population of Nutrition & Dietetics majors.
Download or read book The Body Project written by Eric Stice and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Body Project is an empirically based eating disorder prevention program that offers young women an opportunity to critically consider the costs of pursuing the ultra-thin ideal promoted in the mass media, which improves body acceptance and reduces risk for developing eating disorders.
Download or read book Effect of Body Image Awareness Program on Weight Satisfaction in NCAA Division I Female Athletes written by Derionne J. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body image and body satisfaction are consistently cited as the main causes for disordered eating patterns and clinical eating disorders. While there has been sufficient research regarding the causes leading to disordered eating behaviors, research regarding intervention and prevention programs for at-risk populations has been lacking. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of a body image awareness program on weight satisfaction in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I female athletes. Sixteen athletes (age 19±1.01 years) from five sporting teams were randomly assigned to a control group or intervention group, participated in a 6-week body awareness program. Surveys were administered at the beginning and end of the intervention period, and data was analyzed measure any differences in body satisfaction using a paired sample T-test. The percentage of athletes in the intervention group who indicated that they were satisfied with their current weight increased from 44% at the beginning of the intervention to 78% after competing the body image awareness program while the control group’s satisfaction percentage decreased from 71% to 57%. On a scale of 1-6 (1=Extremely Dissatisfied; 6=Extremely Satisfied), participants in the intervention program reported an increase in weight satisfaction from 3.89 to 4.33 at the completion of the program while the control group showed no statistically significant changes. Using another rating scale for dissatisfaction (0=Not at all dissatisfied; 6=Markedly), participants in the intervention group reported a decrease in weight dissatisfaction from 1.11 to 0.67, while this number increased in the control group from 1.86 to 2.43 over the span of the intervention period. These results provided some support of the efficacy of this program on weight satisfaction in NCAA Division I athletes, though not statistically significant.
Download or read book Eating Disorder Symptoms Body Image Attitudes And Risk Factors In Non Traditional And Traditional Age Female College Students written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates whether there are certain age groups in college that are more susceptible to eating problems and the contributing factors for eating disorders. The participants were 144 college women divided into traditional and non-traditional age groups. The EDI-2, BSI, RSE, and additional items were administered. The results show that non-traditional age college women were as likely to have eating disorder symptoms and more likely to possess body dissatisfaction than traditional age college students. The data support body dissatisfaction, aging concerns, perfectionism, depression, anxiety, and having children as potential risk factors for eating disturbances. This study suggests that there are high prevalence rates of eating disturbances in all college female age groups, but that the highest prevalence may actually be in older women. It is imperative that clinicians and others working in colleges realize these issues can affect students of all ages.
Download or read book Effectiveness and Feasibility of a Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention for Body Image Disturbance in Women with Eating Disorders written by Kelly Anne Constant Bhatnagar and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study investigated the effectiveness and feasibility of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention for the treatment of body image disturbance in women with eating disorders. The study used a multiple-baseline design and enrolled 38 participants with a range of eating disorders. The intervention targeted attitudinal and behavioral components of body image disturbance using psychoeducation, self-monitoring, systematic desensitization and cognitive restructuring. Primary outcomes included multidimensional body image assessment (effectiveness) and treatment adherence and satisfaction (feasibility). Participants undergoing manualized group treatment reported significantly less body image disturbance than participants randomized to a waitlist control condition. However, differences disappeared after both groups had been through intervention. Participants also reported significantly less depression and eating disorder pathology from baseline to post-treatment. Feasibility outcomes suggest the intervention was well received and highly acceptable to participants. Findings emphasize the importance of adding an evidence-based body image component to standard eating disorder treatment.
Download or read book The Impact of Western Media and Body Dissatisfaction on Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors Among Adolescent Females in Jordan written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desire to attain an idealized figure, as influenced by the media and cultural pressures, has been shown to be associated with disordered eating. Research indicates that body dissatisfaction increases during puberty, and is an important risk factor in the development of disordered eating. Previous research among Jordanian women has indicated that figure ideals are vacillating between traditional, curvaceous body ideals and the Western thin-ideal. Little is known about figure ideals and the impact of Western media on disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among adolescent Jordanian females. A total of 199 females age 11 to 17, attending Al-Ahliyyah School for Girls (ASG) in Jordan, took part in the study. The aim of the ASG study was to assess eating behaviors, body dissatisfaction, body esteem, and the role of Western media in adolescent girls in one private school via a cross-sectional survey. The current study examined the association between body dissatisfaction and Western media on disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. Body dissatisfaction was measured using Stunkard's silhouettes, as well as the Body Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (BESAA); the impact of Western media was measured by Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale-3 (SATAQ-3); disordered eating attitudes and behaviors were measured by Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). All scales were previously validated in Jordan. Results revealed that participants were predominately of normal weight, perceived themselves as thinner than they were, and desired a slight weight loss to attain the thin-ideal with 53.8% presenting body dissatisfaction. Body image ideals were comparable to those of Westernized nations; yet, they reported neutral levels of body esteem and societal and Western media pressures to achieve a certain body image ideal, and lower than anticipated disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. As expected, bivariate and linear regression analyses identified associations between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. Similarly, societal and Western media influences were associated with disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, though only moderately. Tailored educational programs among Jordanian adolescent females are needed to promote healthy weight maintenance and eating practices, as well as to cultivate a healthy and positive body image during puberty when body dissatisfaction often escalates.
Download or read book Positive and Negative Effects of Eating Disorder Prevention Programs written by Traci Mann and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Social Media Engagement on Eating Disorders in Young Female written by and published by Rose Pub Zone. This book was released on 2024-02-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined how engaging with female peers on social media affects young women's body image and self-esteem. Participants were 90 female undergraduate students. Fifty participants left comments on photos of one of their own subjectively more attractive acquaintances and interacted with her social media profiles for 10 minutes. The other 40 participants completed the same procedure with a family member they did not consider more attractive than themselves. Women who had engaged with attractive acquaintances had lower state self-esteem and body image than those who had engaged with family members on social media. Self-evaluative salience of appearance investment, drive for thinness, and downward (but not upward) physical appearance tendencies moderated various relationships between condition and self-esteem and body image. The findings reveal active social media engagement is causally related to eating disorder risk factors in young women, and young women with certain traits are more susceptible to such effects.
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
