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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Eating Disorder Symptoms"”.
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Eating disorder symptoms and quality of life: a role for moderation?
… commences with a review of the literature on eating disorder (ED) symptoms and Quality of Life (QoL). Limitations of the research are discussed, and gaps in understanding are identified. The review concludes with a discussion on the measurement of QoL in ED research, and summarises the needs …
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The Relationship of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking with Eating Disorder Symptoms
… would have a greater number of and more severe eating disorder symptoms than those who have not been victimized. The current study also used the SRQ, BES, and EAT 26 to test the hypothesis that of those who experienced IPV and sought help, those who received positive reactions would have a …
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Prevalence of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Women Living in Residence Halls and Off Campus
<p>Eating disorders should be a growing a concern in today's society. This study was designed to examine the occurrence of eating disorders in women living in residence halls compared to women living off-campus. The participants for this study were 200 women (105 on campus and 95 off campus) …
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Does Shame Amplify the Relations Between Perfectionism and Eating Disorder Symptoms? Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Tests
… associated with and longitudinal predictors of eating disorder (ED) symptoms. Because shame represents painful emotions that result from negative self-evaluation and perfectionism involves unrealistically high standards for oneself, proneness to shame may intensify the relation between …
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Eating disorder symptoms and body image concerns among elite Icelandic gymnasts and their relationship with social media use
Studies have shown that eating disorders (EDs) are more prevalent among athletes than non- athletes, and that social media usage is associated with ED symptoms and body image concerns. The goal of this study was to examine ED symptoms and body image concerns among Icelandic elite gymnasts and their …
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Eating Disorder Symptoms, Body Image Attitudes, and Risk Factors in Non-Traditional and Traditional Age Female College Students.
… 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 …
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Mindfulness as a Moderator of the Relation Between Acculturative Stress and Body Dissatisfaction/Eating Disorder Symptoms in Latinx Students
… acculturative stress and body dissatisfaction/eating disorder symptoms. It was hypothesized that acculturative stress would be associated with more body dissatisfaction/eating disorder symptoms, but this relation was expected to be moderated by mindfulness. It was also predicted that …
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Ethnic Identity, Eating Disorder Symptoms, And Perfectionism In A Multi-Ethnic Sample Of Women At High-Risk For Eating Disorders
… to an ethnic group; EI) is associated with eating disorder: ED) symptoms in ethnic minority women. The current study examined whether level of EI affects the association between perfectionism and ED symptoms in a multi-ethnic sample. Methods: 375 women ages 18-25 at high-risk for ED onset: …
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Sorority Eating Patterns: A Longitudinal Investigation
… most research in the area of college women and eating disorders has only been conducted to determine the prevalence of eating disorders among selected college subgroups. Although such research is limited, particularly for those women that choose to join social sororities, it generally indicates …
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Femininity, Feminine Gender Role Stress, Body Dissatisfaction, and their Relationships to Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder
… associations between femininity, body image and eating disorders are intricate. How these constructs are linked to each other still needs to be determined. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of these links, examining the mediational relationship among these constructs. …
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A multicontextual study of environmental influences on the development of eating disordered symptomology in adolescents
Eating disorder symptoms are serious and prevalent problems in industrialized societies. Although many studies have individually investigated the influence of environmental factors on the development of eating disorder symptoms, few have considered the relative and cumulative impact of various …
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The Social, Relational and Political Context of Eating Disorders: A Feminist-Informed Grounded Theory Analysis
Although subclinical eating disorders are more common than clinical eating disorders, they have received significantly less empirical attention. Subclinical symptoms of eating disorders often surface during adolescence and young adulthood and are far more common among females than males. Despite …
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Gender differences in the attribution of stigma to individuals with Anorexia Nervosa: a grounded theory exploration
Eating disorder research has minimally examined how eating disorders affect men and women differently, how individuals with eating disorders are perceived by others, and barriers to seeking treatment that individuals with eating disorders face (Corrigan, 1998; Crisp, 2005;). However, it is unknown …
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Interaction between body talk in romantic relationships and body dissatisfaction on unhealthy body change behaviors
<p>Unhealthy body change behaviors, such as eating disorder symptoms and muscle dysmorphia symptoms, can cause serious harm in individuals’ lives, impacting physical and emotional health. Body change behaviors have been shown to be associated with body dissatisfaction and body talk. However, …
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Eating disorders
… the role of attachment processes in the eating disorders. The second part is a qualitative study that investigates the personal meaning of eating disorder symptoms. The literature review suggests that although attachment processes appear to play a role in the development and maintenance …
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An examination of proposed risk factors in bulimic symptomatology among college women
… awareness and the presence of bulimic symptoms were examined in this study. Interactions between these risk factors presented by previous theoretical models were also explored through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. A sample consisting of 200 female undergraduate students …
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The relationship between eating disorder symptomology, body image concerns, and early maladaptive schemas
<p>This study examined the relationship between eating disorder symptomology, body image concerns, and early maladaptive schemas. The specific eating disorder symptoms were binging, purging and restricting. Participants were undergraduate college women. Eating disorder symptomology was measured …
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Social Comparison of Body Image in Middle-Aged Women: Implications for Body Image Theory
… to media and to close others, and eating disorder symptoms. Results indicated that middle-aged women were frequently exposed to different forms of media than younger adult women; however, parallel to younger adult women, they compared their body shape to similarly-aged media models. …
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Exercise Can Be Bad For Your Health? Models Of Obligatory Exercise In Males And Females
… magical thinking, muscle dysmorphia, and eating disorder symptoms in models of obligatory exercise for males and females. The results indicated that several different developmental trajectories exist that vary from person to person. Several of the models proposed were supported or …
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Examination of Non-Facial Emotion Recognition in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa
… completed measures of behavioral and emotional symptoms and social skills for their child. Results revealed that the study sample performed significantly worse than normative samples on the task of identifying emotions from body language, but not on the task of paralanguage. Additional analyses …
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