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Direct linkKrejci, Mark J.; Thompson, Kevin M.; Simonich, Heather; Crosby, Ross D.; Donaldson, Mary Ann; Wonderlich, Stephen A.; Mitchell, James E. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2004
This study assessed the association between spirituality and psychopathology in a group of sexual abuse victims and controls with a focus on whether spirituality moderated the association between sexual trauma and psychopathology. Seventy-one sexual trauma victims were compared to 25 control subjects on spiritual well-being, the Eating Disorder…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Rape, Females
Ungerleider, Steven – Prevention Researcher, 2003
The pressures on young athletes today, many of them brought on or exacerbated by parents, drive young athletes to attain perfection and win by any means necessary. For the young athlete, the challenges of learning how to balance schoolwork, social life, family time, and sports, not to mention other interests they might have, are far more intense…
Descriptors: Social Life, Eating Disorders, Athletes, Athletics
Download full textBryla, Karen Y. – Health Educator, 2003
Disordered eating among American adolescent females represents a significant health issue in our current cultural climate. Disordered eating receives insufficient attention, however, due to the public's unfamiliarity with symptoms and consequences, absence of treatment options, and unreliable instrumentation to detect disordered eating. Disordered…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Incidence, Prevention
Zullig, Keith; Ubbes, Valerie A.; Pyle, Jennifer; Valois, Robert F. – Journal of School Health, 2006
This study explored the relationships among weight perceptions, dieting behavior, and breakfast eating in 4597 public high school adolescents using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Adjusted multiple logistic regression models were constructed separately for race and gender groups via SUDAAN (Survey Data…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Adolescents, Dietetics, Self Concept
Robinson, Sabrina – Journal of School Nursing, 2006
Peer victimization of obese adolescents has been associated with low self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, social isolation, marginalization, poor psychosocial adjustment, depression, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation and attempts, not to mention poor academic performance. Weight-based peer victimization is defined as unsolicited bullying and…
Descriptors: Obesity, School Nurses, Eating Disorders, Suicide
Ma, Joyce L. C.; Lai, Kelly – Journal of Family Social Work, 2006
Although family therapy has become highly acceptable in the West, its applicability and acceptability for Chinese adolescents and young women with anorexia nervosa (AN) remains unknown. In this article, we report the results of a qualitative study using post-treatment in-depth interviews to understand the subjective perceptions of sufferers of AN…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Eating Disorders, Patients, Family Counseling
Derenne, Jennifer L.; Beresin, Eugene V. – Academic Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: Eating disorders, including obesity, are a major public health problem today. Throughout history, body image has been determined by various factors, including politics and media. Exposure to mass media (television, movies, magazines, Internet) is correlated with obesity and negative body image, which may lead to disordered eating. The…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activities, Self Concept, Eating Disorders
Tarren-Sweeney, Michael – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2006
The paper reports epidemiological and phenomenological investigations of aberrant eating among 347 pre-adolescent children in court-ordered foster and kinship care, in New South Wales, Australia. A quarter of children displayed clinically significant aberrant eating problems, with no evidence of gender or age effects. Two distinct patterns were…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Foster Care, Epidemiology, Family Relationship
Wigal, Tim; Greenhill, Laurence; Chuang, Shirley; McGough, James; Vitiello, Benedetto; Skrobala, Anne; Swanson, James; Wigal, Sharon; Abikoff, Howard; Kollins, Scott; McCracken, James; Riddle, Mark; Posner, Kelly; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Davies, Mark; Thorp, Ben; Stehli, Annamarie – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To report on the safety and tolerability of methylphenidate (MPH) 3- to 5-year-old children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during 1 year of treatment. Method: Exactly 183 children (3-5 years old) entered a treatment study of MPH, consisting of a 1-week open-label lead-in (n = 183); a 5-week placebo-controlled,…
Descriptors: Safety, Maintenance, Preschool Children, Hyperactivity
Mond, J. M.; Marks, P.; Hay, P. J.; Rodgers, B.; Kelly, C.; Owen, C.; Paxton, S. J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This research examined the "mental health literacy" of adolescents concerning eating-disordered behavior. A vignette describing a fictional 16-year old female meeting diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa was presented to 522 female high school students, followed by a series of questions concerning treatment of and treatment-seeking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Prevention, Females
Silviken, Anne; Kvernmo, Siv – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The prevalence of suicide attempts and associated risk factors such as sociodemographic conditions, emotional/behavioural problems and parent-child relationships were examined among 591 indigenous Sami and 2100 majority adolescents in Arctic Norway. There were no significant ethnic differences in prevalence of suicide attempts. In both ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents
McKinney, Kristen J. – 1998
A case study is presented which seeks to understand the provision of health services to university students, specifically in situations that require an integration of treatment. The relationship of the effects of traditional bureaucratic structures on quality of services provided for students is explored by looking at the relationship between…
Descriptors: College Students, Eating Disorders, Higher Education, Organizational Climate
Wilkins, Victoria; Urban, Greg; Zanotti, Mary; Chambliss, Catherine – 1998
In recent years, bulimia nervosa has plagued young women and become a major issue in mental health care. Strategies for training counseling students so as to acquaint them with clinical research on treatments for bulimia are presented in this report. It reviews empirically supported treatments (ESTs) concerning eating disorders in order to…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Bulimia, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Techniques
Weinstein, Erica S. – 2000
This paper presents a review of 25 sources on school-based eating disorder prevention programs for pre-adolescents and adolescents. The sources used to collect the information include Search ERIC database, PsycINFO, InterScience, and Expanded Academic. A review of the literature concluded that the most effective method of implementing a…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Early Adolescents, Eating Disorders, Females
Peer reviewedVenditti, Elizabeth M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined the relationship between weight cycling and psychological health in 120 obese women. Weight cycling was defined in two ways by retrospective self-report: total lifetime weight loss and total number of weight cycles greater than or equal to 20 pounds. Psychological self-report measures assessed psychiatric symptoms, eating behavior, mood,…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Eating Disorders, Eating Habits, Females
