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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"disturbed eating"”.
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Investigation into the relationship between disturbed eating patterns and pressure to achieve in female students
The aetiology of eating disorders has been described by experts as being multidetermined. Of particular interest has been the apparent increase in incidence of these disorders over the past decade. It has been hypothesised that the sociocultural pressure on women living in Western cultural …
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Female objectification, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviour in a non-clinical sample
… body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating behaviour(s). While many women express body dissatisfaction and negative self-talk, fewer women actually engage in disordered eating practices. This study aimed to explore women‟s views about their bodies and to identify predictors of body …
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Fat Talk Between Friends: Co-Rumination About Physical Appearance
… related to body image cognitive distortions and disturbed eating attitudes, yet it was paradoxically related to perceived friendship quality. These findings suggest that FTBF involves adjustment trade-offs, in that, it seems to positively contribute to friendship quality while negatively …
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Examining how avoidant coping and anger suppression relate to emotional eating in young women
… negative emotions. The importance of restrained eating (chronic dieting) as a precursor for emotional and binge eating is well documented. As a group, restrained eaters reliably eat more in response to negative emotions compared to nonrestrained eaters. Researchers have recently noted, however, …
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Body Image: Relationhsip to Attachment, Body Mass Index and Dietary Practices among College Students
… with physical appearance. Body mass index (BMI), eating disturbances, attachment (to mother, to father and to peers), global self-worth, parental control, peer influence and pressure regarding eating and media influence were examined in relation satisfaction with physical appearance. College …
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Factors associated with calcium intake in adolescent athletes
… the female athletes suggested tendencies towards disturbed eating behaviours. ANOVA of the social reinforcement variable showed that there was a significant main effect of sport (F1,107 = 5.78, p = 0.02), indicating that while athletes in both sports disagreed that consuming milk evoked positive …
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Risk and Resilience: Exploring the Ecological Factors that Impact the Recovery of Sexual Assault Survivors at Two Centres in the Western Cape
… survivors' recovery. Biological factors include disturbed eating, sleeping and sexuality patterns, psychological factors include affected emotions, memory, and behaviour, and sociological factors included social iv support, socio-economic status, and social interactions. The second category, the …
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Gestörtes Essverhalten im familialen Kontext : Welche Rolle spielen mütterliche gewichts- und essstörungsrelevante Merkmale bei der Ausprägung gestörten Essverhaltens im Kindesalter?
Gewichts- und essstörungsrelevante Auffälligkeiten sind bereits im Kindesalter verbreitet. Neben genetischen Faktoren kommt auch die familiale Vermittlung gestörten Essverhaltens als Genesefaktor in Betracht. Ab dem Alter von zehn Jahren gibt es eine breite empirische Basis für die Verknüpfung …