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Showing 1 to 20 of 250 for “"eating disorder"”.
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Use of the eating disorder inventory in determining eating disorder tendencies among runners
The purpose of this study was to use the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), Negative Addiction Scale (NAS) and other measured characteristics to determine differences between consistent runners and sedentary controls. 38 male and 23 female local non-team related runners of more than 9 miles per week …
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Sibling Relationships in Adolescent Eating Disorder Treatment
… adolescent patients receiving treatment for an eating disorder. Despite the importance of siblings in adolescents' lives and the utilization of family-based treatment (FBT) as the gold standard treatment, sibling relationships are often overlooked. When sibling relationships have been …
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Why Do People Engage in Eating Disorder Behaviours?
Eating disorders (EDs) are serious mental illnesses often with poor prognosis. Personalizing evidence-based treatments based on an individual’s reasons for engaging in ED behaviours – or the functions of EDs – may improve treatment outcomes; however, no validated measures assessing these functions …
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Sexual Trauma, Attachment, and Dissociation in Eating Disorder Populations
… hospitalization program for treatment of an eating disorder. These archival data (2006 – 2013) were hand scored and coded by the researcher to ensure consistency across measures. Multiple mediations in parallel and moderated mediations in parallel were run using Hayes’ (2012) bootstrapping …
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Exploring the Complex Treatment Experiences of Eating Disorder Clients
… with a client who presented to a specialist eating disorder service for treatment for her primary diagnosis of Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) but who also had a previous diagnosis of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). The client was treated primarily with Fairburn’s (2008) …
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Eating Disorder Risk in Subgroups of College Freshman Women
… college population having a heightened risk for eating disorders. The information for this analysis was retrieved from an existing data set. The two variables that were compared were self selection of college major at the initial collection during freshman year. The sample size of 1,924 was used …
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Improving binge eating disorder screening in primary care settings
Binge eating disorder (BED) is a condition associated with significant emotional distress. It is characterized by episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food where the individual experiences a loss of control. These episodes are accompanied by negative emotions such as shame or guilt. BED is …
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Eating-Disorder Patterns in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personaity Inventory
… is crucial for effective treatment of eating disorders. While there have recently been many assessment tools developed specifically for eating disorders, a screening tool is still needed. This study sought to identify, in an eating-disordered sample, the existence of a v-shaped pattern …
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Emotional intelligence in binge eating disorder among the obese population
… between obese individuals with a Binge Eating Disorder (BED-O) and obese individuals without a Binge Eating Disorder (Non-BED-O). The first focus was on investigating whether these two groups of participants have differing levels of (a) the global Emotional Intelligence (EI) trait and …
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The Impact of Trauma and Attachment on Eating Disorder Symptomology
… indirect and direct links between trauma and eating disorders. Those with eating disorder psychopathology have also demonstrated more insecure attachments. To explore relationship between trauma and eating disorder severity, female adults with Anorexia Nervosa (n = 36) and Bulimia Nervosa = …
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Eating Disorder Policies Among NCAA Division I Intercollegiate Athletic Programs
… Division I athletic department's having an eating disorder (ED) policy and those that that do not and the variables that lead to those differences. Over a 12-month period, from March 2004 through March 2005, one variable that this study addresses is whether having an ED policy influences the …
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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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CREATING RECOMMENDATIONS ON EATING DISORDER POLICIES AND PRACTICES AT CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
This thesis is aimed at creating recommendations for eating disorder policies and practices for Canadian universities. The rise in eating disorder cases among university students in recent years obliges higher education institutions to address this issue. Previous studies have examined the most …
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Identifying School-Aged Children At-Risk to Develop an Eating Disorder
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An Investigation of Eating Disorder Neurocognitive and Behavioural Endophenotypes in Twins
… are involved in the aetiology and maintenance of eating disorders. Some of these traits are present post recovery and in first-degree relatives suggesting that they may be endophenotypes. Aims: The aim of this study was to examine cognitive styles, emotional processing and behavioural traits in …
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Facets of Narcissism in Relation to Muscle Dysmorphia and Eating Disorder Symptomotology
… muscle dysmorphia, drive for muscularity, and disordered eating behaviors in relation to personality characteristics, particularly narcissism, has yielded interesting, though often conflictual, results. The current study attempts to further explore these relationships through assessing muscle …
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The Relationship Between Eating Disorder Symptomology, Critical Body Comments, and Memory Recall
<p>Previous research done in the area of eating disorders suggests many different variables, such as cognitive, biological, and social, that are thought to influence eating disorder development and maintenance. The present study attempts to combine cognitive and sociocultural research findings, …
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Similarities Between Etiological Models of Eating Disorder Symptomatology and Muscle Dysmorphia Symptomatology
… recently been conceptualized as the male form of Eating Disorders (ED), although it is not currently classified as an ED. The current study compares etiological models of MD symptomatology (based on Grieve's [2007] conceptual model of MD) and ED symptomatology (based on Stice's [1994] conceptual …
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