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Cooper, Zafra; Fairburn, Christopher G. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2011
In recent years there has been widespread acceptance that cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice for bulimia nervosa. The cognitive behavioral treatment of bulimia nervosa (CBT-BN) was first described in 1981. Over the past decades the theory and treatment have evolved in response to a variety of challenges. The treatment has…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Behavior Modification, Patients, Therapy
Manwaring, Jamie L.; Green, Leonard; Myerson, Joel; Strube, Michael J.; Wilfley, Denise E. – Psychological Record, 2011
The present study compared the extent to which obese women with binge eating disorder (BED), obese women without BED, and controls discounted delayed and probabilistic money and directly consumable rewards: food, massage time, and preferred sedentary activity. Of special interest was whether the BED group differed from the other groups in terms of…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Obesity, Rewards
Dotson, Keri B.; Masuda, Akihiko; Cohen, Lindsey L. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2011
The present study investigated whether young adults' disordered eating cognitions predicted attitudes toward seeking professional psychological services. Two hundred and eighty three 18- to 24-year-old undergraduate students completed a survey package that included measures of disordered eating cognitions and help-seeking attitudes. Hierarchical…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Young Adults, Help Seeking, Attitudes
Fay, Kristen; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Eating disorders, and related issues (e.g., body dissatisfaction, weight control behaviors), represent pressing and prevalent health problems that affect American adolescents with alarming frequency and potentially chronic consequences. However, more longitudinal research is needed to elucidate the developmental processes that increase or maintain…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Eating Habits, Adolescents, Pathology
Matton, Annelies; Goossens, Lien; Braet, Caroline; Van Durme, Kim – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Eating problems are highly prevalent and seem to show continuity in children. Nevertheless, the effect of different maternal and paternal feeding practices on changes in these problems is not fully understood yet. This study examines short-term continuity in primary school children's overeating, loss of control (over eating), restraint and…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Elementary Schools
Bauer, Stephanie; Okon, Eberhard; Meermann, Rolf; Kordy, Hans – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Given the lack of maintenance interventions for eating disorders, a program delivered via the short message service (SMS) and text messaging was developed to support patients after their discharge from inpatient treatment. Method: The efficacy of the intervention was studied in a randomized controlled trial. Additionally, its impact on…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Intervention, Maintenance, Patients
Knox, Maria; Rue, Hanna C.; Wildenger, Leah; Lamb, Kara; Luiselli, James K. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2012
Food selectivity is a common problem among children and youth who have intellectual and developmental disabilities or autism spectrum disorders. Whereas most intervention research has been conducted under simulated conditions in clinic and hospital settings, this study evaluated teacher implemented procedures at a specialized school. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Prompting
Pace, Ugo; Cacioppo, Marco; Schimmenti, Adriano – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
The present study examined the association between quality of attachment, perception of the father's bond, and binge eating symptoms in a sample of female late adolescents. In total, 233 female students aged between 18 and 20 years completed measures on binge eating, quality of attachment and parent-child relationship. Data showed that respondents…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Late Adolescents
Hurst, Kim; Read, Shelly; Wallis, Andrew – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2012
Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder that usually occurs in adolescence. The course of the illness can be protracted. Current empirical evidence suggests that the Maudsley Family-Based Treatment (MFBT) is efficacious for adolescents. MFBT empowers parents as a crucial treatment resource to assist in their child's recovery. The…
Descriptors: Evidence, Eating Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Adolescents
Talleyrand, Regine M. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2012
There is little attention devoted to studying eating disorder symptoms in racially and ethnically diverse groups despite the fact that the prevalence rates among women of color for eating disorder symptoms are similar to those of European American women. This article reviews research related to eating disorders in women of color, including a…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), African Americans
Hughes, Elizabeth K. – Clinical Psychologist, 2012
Background: Comorbid conditions are common in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) and can raise issues for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning. Methods: First, reported prevalence rates for depression and anxiety in children and adolescents with AN were reviewed. Diagnostic issues and current understanding of the temporal onset and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Eating Disorders, Adolescents, Anxiety Disorders
Lamarine, Roland J. – Journal of Drug Education, 2012
Marijuana has been used medically since antiquity. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in medical applications of various cannabis preparations. These drugs have been cited in the medical literature as potential secondary treatment agents for severe pain, muscle spasticity, anorexia, nausea, sleep disturbances, and numerous…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Marijuana, Sleep, Risk
Bruns, Deborah A.; Thompson, Stacy D. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
In this article, the authors use scenarios to describe three students with different individual needs related to feeding, as well as other developmental domains. Feeding difficulties affect students in multiple ways and addressing feeding-related skills on IEPs can include grocery shopping, food preparation, and placing food orders in various…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Young Children, Developmental Delays
Piazza-Gardner, Anna K.; Barry, Adam E. – American Journal of Health Education, 2014
Background: Previous research has identified a positive relationship between alcohol consumption and disordered eating, alcohol consumption and physical activity, and physical activity and disordered eating. However, there is a paucity of published research examining the interrelatedness of all 3 behaviors together. Purpose: This study examines…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Correlation, Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders
van Durme, Kim; Braet, Caroline; Goossens, Lien – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015
The present study investigated whether associations exist between attachment dimensions toward mother and different forms of eating pathology (EP) in a group of early adolescent boys and girls, and whether these associations were mediated by maladaptive emotion regulation (ER) strategies. Developmentally appropriate self-report questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Correlation, Security (Psychology), Self Control, Questionnaires