Download or read book The Effects of Active Social Media Engagement on Eating Disorder Risk Factors in Young Women written by Jacqueline Victoria Hogue and published by . This book was released on 2017 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 womens 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 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 A Modified Dissonance Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for Young Women written by Tiffany Ariel Graves and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating disorders are increasingly prevalent in young women, constituting a serious public health concern. Maladaptive use of social networking sites (SNSs) is associated with increased eating disorder risk factors and symptomology among young women, suggesting that eating disorder prevention programs targeting this behavior may be beneficial. The present study tested a modified version of the Body Project that was shortened to a single, 2-hour session to address attrition problems of previous versions and adapted to include elements specifically targeting maladaptive SNS use. Female undergraduates (N = 128) were blindly assigned to a high-dissonance intervention, a low-dissonance intervention, or a no-treatment control group during a two-step enrollment process. Using a repeated measures design to assess for differential change in outcomes (i.e., thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint, negative affect, eating disorder symptomology) between conditions across time from baseline to posttest and 1-month follow-up, a 3 (Time) x 3 (Condition) mixed factorial multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) identified a significant Time x Condition interaction. Notably, follow-up analyses indicated participants in both active conditions experienced significant decreases in eating disorder symptomology and multiple eating disorder risk factors across time. Against expectations, the active conditions did not produce significant reductions on any of the measured outcomes relative to controls at posttest or 1-month follow-up. Results are promising in that they suggest minimal exposure to this modified intervention can produce positive effects which may enhance the feasibility and accessibility of eating disorder prevention options for busy college students.
Download or read book Social media and the development of eating disorders among young women Beauty ideals on Facebook and Instagram written by Jacqueline Ammer and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document from the year 2020 in the subject Sociology - Gender Studies, , language: English, abstract: Social media such as Facebook or Instagram have become an integral part of our society. For teenagers and young adults in particular, they are an integral part of everyday life. However, social media is no longer just about exchanging information with social contacts. The platforms also serve to present oneself and form opinions about body ideals. It is not uncommon for these ideals of beauty to contribute to distorted body perception and a negative body self-image. As Jacqueline Ammer shows in her publication, young women in particular try to live up to ideals and as a result develop eating disorders. But is this development really related to social networks? Ammer deals with the influence of Facebook and Instagram on the eating behavior of young women aged 15 to 25. Basically, significantly more young women than men suffer from eating disorders, especially between the ages of 15 and 24. In her book, Jacqueline Ammer makes it clear how closely the ideal female body is linked to slimness. From the content: - obsession with thinness; - diet; - mental health; - self-awareness; - self-esteem
Download or read book Handbook of Life Course Health Development written by Neal Halfon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective, replacing previous medical, biopsychosocial, and early genomic models of health. Interdisciplinary chapters discuss major health concerns (diabetes, obesity), important less-studied conditions (hearing, kidney health), and large-scale issues (nutrition, adversity) from a lifespan viewpoint. In addition, chapters address methodological approaches and challenges by analyzing existing measures, studies, and surveys. The book concludes with the editors’ research agenda that proposes priorities for future LCHD research and its application to health care practice and health policy. Topics featured in the Handbook include: The prenatal period and its effect on child obesity and metabolic outcomes. Pregnancy complications and their effect on women’s cardiovascular health. A multi-level approach for obesity prevention in children. Application of the LCHD framework to autism spectrum disorder. Socioeconomic disadvantage and its influence on health development across the lifespan. The importance of nutrition to optimal health development across the lifespan. The Handbook of Life Course Health Development is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology/science; maternal and child health; social work; health economics; educational policy and politics; and medical law as well as many interrelated subdisciplines in psychology, medicine, public health, mental health, education, social welfare, economics, sociology, and law.
Download or read book Apriori and World written by W. Mckenna and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Digital Media as a Self management Tool for Young Women at Risk of Eating Disorders written by Lola Xie and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young women with eating disorders (EDs) are vulnerable to various negative impacts on their social, emotional, and physical development, as well as their overall quality of life. The exploration of how they utilize social media to communicate about their EDs has become a topic of increasing interest. Existing literature predominantly focuses on the adverse effects of social media use on ED pathology, such as the promotion of harmful body images or the development of unhealthy relationships with food. Nevertheless, this dissertation explores an alternative approach by analyzing the potential of social media as a self-management tool for young women in ED recovery, exploring how social media can empower them to seek information, establish supportive networks, and express themselves. To comprehensively understand the role of social media in health management and health promotion, I conducted two studies. The first study involved interviews with 19 women in ED recovery, who highlighted the critical role of social media as a self-management tool. Through social media, these individuals had gained knowledge about their conditions, formed supportive communities, and developed their own narratives of ED and recovery. Additionally, the continuous practice of digital pruning, a proactive approach to curating one's social media experiences for improved mental health outcomes, enhanced self-efficacy in using social media as a health management tool, thus motivating individuals to maintain their recovery. In the second study, I specifically focused on the narratives constructed by ED patients and further examined the persuasive power of these narratives among a broader population. The aim was to assess their impact on reducing ED stigma, fostering positive food attitudes, enhancing self-care efficacy, and promoting self-care behaviors. The findings from the second study indicated that the effectiveness of persuasive messages varied among individuals with different levels of ED risks. Participants at higher risks of ED found narrative messages more beneficial, while those at lower risks found them overwhelming. In summary, the first study aims to shed light on the crucial role of social media as a self-management tool. It highlighted how social media platforms provided them with knowledge, support, and a platform for self-expression in their recovery journey. This knowledge can motivate individuals to sustain their recovery. In the second study, the focus was on examining the narratives constructed by ED patients and their persuasive power in a broader context. This research aimed to understand how these narratives could reduce ED stigma, promote positive attitudes toward food, and encourage self-care efficacy and behaviors. The findings revealed that the effectiveness of these persuasive messages varied depending on individuals' levels of ED risk. This understanding can aid in tailoring interventions and supporting specific individuals based on their needs and risk levels. Overall, both studies contribute valuable insights into the potential of social media and narrative messages in supporting ED recovery and promoting well-being. Theoretical and practical implications derived from both studies were extensively discussed, shedding light on the significance of social media as a tool for ED recovery and offering insights for future research and practical interventions in this field.
Download or read book The Active Female written by Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a revised and expanded third edition, the aims of The Active Female are threefold: first, to increase the awareness of wellness and fitness issues for active females and their family members; second, to provide an avenue for medical practitioners, allied health professionals, health educators/providers, and certified individuals in sports medicine/athletics to gain critical, updated knowledge of a field specific to active females; and third, to introduce the concept of obesity as a growing health concern even for normal weight individuals. Part I of the book offers a foundation for understanding the interrelationships between female physiology, body image and other psychological issues, the female reproductive cycle, and the musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology of females that makes their health risks and concerns unique. In Part II, the concepts of eating disorders from a global perspective and the health disparities and inequities in women’s health are discussed in detail. Part III describes the prevention and management of common musculoskeletal injuries in active females across the lifespan, including the management of osteoporosis. Appropriate exercise and nutritional guidelines and recommendations for active females are discussed in detail in Parts IV and V. Part VI is a new addition to the book and highlights the obesity epidemic and co-morbid diseases associated with obesity even for normal weight obese individuals. Each chapter is bookended by clear learning objectives and review questions for additional pedagogical appeal. An invaluable addition to the literature, The Active Female: Health Issues throughout the Lifespan, 3e will be of great interest to all clinicians and allied health care professionals concerned with women’s health and related issues, from sports medicine and family practitioners to endocrinologists, gynecologists and orthopedic surgeons.
Download or read book Health Food Junkies written by Steven Bratman, M.D. and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2004-07-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to identify the eating disorder orthorexia nervosa–an obsession with eating healthfully–and offer expert advice on how to treat it. As Americans become better informed about health, more and more people have turned to diet as a way to lose weight and keep themselves in peak condition. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa–disorders in which the sufferer focuses on the quantity of food eaten–have been highly documented over the past decade. But as Dr. Steven Bratman asserts in this breakthrough book, for many people, eating “correctly” has become an equally harmful obsession, one that causes them to adopt progressively more rigid diets that not only eliminate crucial nutrients and food groups, but ultimately cost them their overall health, personal relationships, and emotional well-being. Health Food Junkies is the first book to identify this new eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa, and to offer detailed, practical advice on how to cope with and overcome it. Orthorexia nervosa occurs when the victim becomes obsessed, not with the quantity of food eaten, but the quality of the food. What starts as a devotion to healthy eating can evolve into a pattern of incredibly strict diets; victims become so focused on eating a “pure” diet (usually raw vegetables and grains) that the planning and preparation of food come to play the dominant role in their lives. Health Food Junkies provides an expert analysis of some of today’s most popular diets–from The Zone to macrobiotics, raw-foodism to food allergy elimination–and shows not only how they can lead to orthorexia, but how they are often built on faulty logic rather than sound medical advice. Offering expert insight gleaned from his work with orthorexia patients, Dr. Bratman outlines the symptoms of orthorexia, describes its progression, and shows readers how to diagnose the condition. Finally, Dr. Bratman offers practical suggestions for intervention and treatment, giving readers the tools they need to conquer this painful disorder, rediscover the joys of eating, and reclaim their lives.
Download or read book Digital Technology Eating Behaviors and Eating Disorders written by David Šmahel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “After decades of research on dysfunctional eating and lack of physical activity, research attention has finally turned to the role of digital technology in eating behaviors and eating disorders. This timely volume offers a thoughtful and wide collection of chapters discussing the possible effects of digital technologies, from those enhancing healthy eating behaviors to those that encourage disordered eating. Highly recommended for both professionals and scholars.” Prof. Giuseppe Riva, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy. This book examines in depth the multifaceted roles of digital technologies in the eating behaviors and eating disorders. Coverage reflects a broad theoretical and empirical knowledge of current trends in digital technology use in health behaviors, and their risks and benefits affecting wellbeing, with focus on eating behaviors and eating disorders. The authors use both qualitative and quantitative data to focus on the digital lived experiences of people and their eating related behaviors. Among the topics covered: The quality of eating-oriented information online Technology, body image, and disordered eating Eating-oriented online groups Using mobile technology in eating behaviors Usage of digital technology among people with eating disorders What healthcare professionals should know about digital technologies and eating disorders Technology-based prevention and treatment programs for eating disorders A potential source of discussion and debate in various fields across the social sciences, the health sciences, and psychology, Digital Technology, Eating Behaviors, and Eating Disorders will be especially useful to students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in the fields of eating behaviors and eating disorders.
Download or read book Beauty Sick written by Renee Engeln, PhD and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Beauty Sick] will blow the top off the body image movement…provocative and necessary.” — Rebellious Magazine An award-winning psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsession with women's appearance is an epidemic that harms women's ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful, eye-opening work in the vein of Peggy Orenstein and Sheryl Sandberg. Today’s young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to beauty. They don’t want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them, are told they must look like them. They’re angry about the media’s treatment of women but hungrily consume the outlets that belittle them. They mock modern culture’s absurd beauty ideal and make videos exposing Photoshopping tricks, but feel pressured to emulate the same images they criticize by posing with a "skinny arm." They understand that what they see isn’t real but still download apps to airbrush their selfies. Yet these same young women are fierce fighters for the issues they care about. They are ready to fight back against their beauty-sick culture and create a different world for themselves, but they need a way forward. In Beauty Sick, Dr. Renee Engeln, whose TEDx talk on beauty sickness has received more than 250,000 views, reveals the shocking consequences of our obsession with girls’ appearance on their emotional and physical health and their wallets and ambitions, including depression, eating disorders, disruptions in cognitive processing, and lost money and time. Combining scientific studies with the voices of real women of all ages, she makes clear that to truly fulfill their potential, we must break free from cultural forces that feed destructive desires, attitudes, and words—from fat-shaming to denigrating commentary about other women. She provides inspiration and workable solutions to help girls and women overcome negative attitudes and embrace their whole selves, to transform their lives, claim the futures they deserve, and, ultimately, change their world.
Download or read book Positive Body Image Workbook written by Nichole Wood-Barcalow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible workbook providing new tools and factual information for promoting positive body image in clinical practice or through self-help.
Download or read book Health Psychology written by Edward P. Sarafino and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second Canadian edition of Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions integrates multidisciplinary research and theory to help students understand the complex connections between psychology and health. This comprehensive yet accessible textbook covers the biopsychosocial factors that impact human health and wellness, placing particular emphasis on the distinctive characteristics of the Canadian health care system, the issues and challenges unique to Canadian culture, and the most recent Canadian research in the field of health psychology. Clear, student-friendly chapters examine topics such as coping with stress and illness, lifestyles for enhancing health and preventing illness, managing pain and discomfort, getting medical treatment, and living with chronic illness. This fully revised second edition features the latest available data and research from across Canada and around the world. New and expanded chapters explore psychosocial factors in aging and dying, legalized marijuana use in Canada, the link between inflammation and depression, Canadian psychosocial models of pain, recent Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation, weight control, eating disorders, and exercise, and much more. Throughout the text, updated illustrative examples, cross-cultural references, and real-world cases reinforce key points and strengthen student comprehension, retention, and interest.
Download or read book Self objectification in Women written by Stacey Tantleff-Dunn and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2011 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Modern industrialized society chronically and pervasively objectifies the female body, and many women have come to view themselves through the lens of an external observer, habitually monitoring their own appearance whether in public or private settings. Given the negative effects associated with self-objectification--such as body shame, appearance anxiety, depression, and disordered eating--an empirically based approach to researching and counteracting self-objectification is critical. This book integrates recent research developments and current clinical knowledge on self-objectification in women. Using Barbara L. Fredrickson and Tomi-Ann Roberts' objectification theory as a framework, the contributors address various aspects of the theory, including evidence for and causes of self-objectification across the life span, psychological consequences, and associated mental health risks. The book also discusses various scales for measuring self-objectification, as well as approaches to prevent and disrupt this phenomenon. With research from a variety of disciplines--psychology, sociology, anthropology, women's studies, and political science--this book should be read by everyone interested in the well-being of women"--Publicity materials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Download or read book Emergent Health Communication Scholarship from and about African American Latino a x and American Indian Alaskan Native Peoples written by Angela Cooke-Jackson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research by African American, Latino/a/x, and Alaskan Indian/Native American (AI/AN) communication scholars. It highlights the importance of communication and the recognition of the unique experiences that impact how health information and health care are understood through diverse racial and cultural perspectives. Each chapter advances various divergent health issues and disparities pertinent to Black, Latino/a/x, and AI/AN communities, so that the powerful aspect of the human condition to know and be known as it relates to the negotiation of health and communication can be clearly understood. Contributions to this volume unabashedly call for more equitable, community-centric, tribally-centered, and transparent scholarship on topics of health disparities, health care, marginality, medical mistrust, social justice, and media and new technology as it relates to people of color. The authors in this book are committed to research areas that invigorate and reimagine conversations among clinicians, public health professionals, classroom environments, and communities. This insightful volume seeks to shift the dominant culture paradigms and locate authors of color and their research experiences and scholarship as central to their work. It provides a space to amplify the voices of our collective lived experiences through the vehicle of rigorous engaged scholarship. The book was originally published as a special issue of Health Communication.
Download or read book Body Image Disturbance written by J. Kevin Thompson and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1990 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Obligatory Exercise Questionnaire, Teasing Assessment Scale, Body Image Anxiety Scale, and the Multidimensional Body Self-relations Questionnaire. Table 4.1 includes a listing of measures used in theassessment of size estimation accuracy and subjective aspects of body image disturbance.
Download or read book The Body Project written by Eric Stice and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in adolescent and young adult females, affecting approximately 10% of young women. Unfortunately, less than half of those with eating disorders receive treatment, which can be very expensive. Thus, effective prevention has become a major public health priority. 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. Young women with elevated body dissatisfaction are recruited for group sessions in which they participate in a series of verbal, written, and behavioral exercises in which they consider the negative effects of pursuing the thin-ideal. Chapters provide information on the significance of body image and eating disorders, the intervention theory, the evidence base which supports the theory, recruitment and training procedures, solutions to common challenges, and a new program aimed at reducing obesity onset, as well as intervention scripts and participant handouts. The Body Project is the only currently available eating disorder prevention program that has been shown to reduce risk for onset of eating disorders and received support in trials conducted by several independent research groups. The group sessions are brief and fun to lead, and this guide provides all of the necessary information to walk clinicians, teachers, counselors, and volunteers through leading the program for vulnerable young women.
