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Wilder, David A.; Normand, Matthew; Atwell, Julie – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
We examined the use of noncontingent reinforcement to decrease self-injury and increase bite acceptance in a child who exhibited food refusal. First, a brief functional analysis suggested that self-injury was maintained by escape from food presentation. Next, we evaluated an intervention that involved noncontingent access to a video during feeding…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Intervention, Self Destructive Behavior
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Cassady, Joslyn D.; Kirschke, David L.; Jones, Timothy F.; Craig, Allen S.; Bermudez, Ovidio B.; Schaffner, William – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: Outbreak investigations are challenging in a cross-cultural context, and outbreaks of psychiatric disease are rare in any community. We investigated a cluster of unexplained debilitating illness among Amish girls. Method: We reviewed the medical records of cases, consulted with health care providers, performed active case finding,…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Psychiatry, Patients, Intervention
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Sim, Leslie; Zeman, Janice – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
This study examined emotion-identification skills in 19 adolescent girls (M age = 16 years, 8 months) diagnosed with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed. [DSM-IV], American Psychiatric Association, 1994) diagnosis of bulimia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified in the bulimic spectrum, 19 age-matched girls…
Descriptors: Identification, Females, Mental Disorders, Depression (Psychology)
Beam, Minna R.; Servaty-Seib, Heather L.; Mathews, Laura – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2004
To examine the eating-related cognitions and behaviors of college-age women who had experienced parental death, parental divorce, or neither loss condition, we recruited 48 women from science and social science departments at a state university in the Southeast. All participants completed the Mizes Anorectic Cognitions Scale (MAC) and the Bulimia…
Descriptors: Death, Grief, Parents, Females
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Jacobi, Corinna; Hayward, Chris; de Zwaan, Martina; Kraemer, Helena C.; Agras, W. Steward – Psychological Bulletin, 2004
The aims of the present review are to apply a recent risk factor approach (H. C. Kraemer et al., 1997) to putative risk factors for eating disorders, to order these along a timeline, and to deduce general taxonomic questions. Putative risk factors were classified according to risk factor type, outcome (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Risk, Eating Disorders, Classification
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Baer, Ruth A.; Fischer, Sarah; Huss, Debra B. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2005
Binge eating is a common problem associated with distress and dysfunction. Mindfulness-based interventions are attracting increasing attention, and the recent empirical literature suggests that they may be effective for a variety of disorders. Current theories about the etiology and maintenance of binge eating suggest that mindfulness training may…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Cognitive Restructuring, Etiology, Therapy
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Lillian N. Stiegler – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2005
Pica is defined as the compulsive, recurrent consumption of nonnutritive items. Pica behavior often occurs in individuals with developmental disabilities; therefore, education and clinical professionals may be required to participate in various aspects of management, including identification, assessment, and treatment. This article will discuss…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Clinical Diagnosis, Etiology
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Shamaley-Kornatz, Angelee; Smith, Brenda; Tomaka, Joe – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2007
This study explored the weight management practices, rates overweight and obesity, perceptions of body weight, and weight management goals in a large sample (N = 467) of Hispanic (n = 421) and Anglo (n = 46) female college students on the U.S.-Mexico border. Women self-reported their height and weight, weight perceptions, and weight management…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Eating Disorders, Body Weight, Obesity
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Corning, Alexandra F.; Krumm, Angela J.; Smitham, Lora A. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2006
On the basis of predictions from social comparison theory (L. Festinger, 1954) and informed by findings from the social comparison and eating disorder literatures, hypotheses were tested regarding the social comparison behaviors of women with eating disorder symptoms and their asymptomatic peers. Results indicated differentiating social-cognitive…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Social Cognition, Self Esteem
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Currie, Dawn H.; Kelly, Deirdre M.; Pomerantz, Shauna – Journal of Youth Studies, 2006
This paper is located in a larger study of girls' empowerment within the everyday context of school cultures. While much feminist research has focused on the "perils" of feminine adolescence, we are interested in how girls successfully navigate the transition from girlhood to adult womanhood. Thus the sample for this paper includes girls who…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Sexual Identity, Feminism
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Hund, Anita R.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: Drawing from stress-vulnerability and trauma theory (e.g., Rorty & Yager, 1996), this paper presents a model of associations among child emotional abuse (CEA), alexithymia, general distress (GD), and disordered eating (DE). This study extended previous research on psychological outcomes of child physical and sexual abuse to explore…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Undergraduate Students, Females, Eating Disorders
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Flynn, Denis; Skogstad, Helga – Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 2006
This paper presents a detailed theoretical discussion of destructive narcissism in relation to Freud and Rosenfeld and later theorists. In destructive narcissism, the destructiveness is itself idealised and overrides "the vital functions which serve the purpose of self-preservation" (Freud, S., 1914, "On narcissism" S.E. 14: 87)--a feature which…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Personality Problems, Psychiatry, Self Destructive Behavior
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Engler, Patricia A.; Crowther, Janis H.; Dalton, Ginnie; Sanftner, Jennifer L. – Behavior Therapy, 2006
The purpose of this research was to examine and extend portions of the sociocultural model of bulimia nervosa (Stice, E. (1994). Review of the evidence for a sociocultural model of bulimia nervosa and an exploration of the mechanisms of action. "Clinical Psychology Review," 14, 633-661; Stice, E., & Agras, W. S. (1998). Predicting onset and…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Females, Eating Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Gordon, Kathryn H.; Brattole, Marissa M.; Wingate, LaRicka R.; Joiner, Thomas E., Jr. – Behavior Therapy, 2006
Eating disorders are thought to occur less among African-American women than among women of other ethnic groups. Ninety-one clinicians read 1 of 3 passages (differing only with regards to the girl's race: African-American, Caucasian, or Hispanic) describing disturbed eating patterns of a fictional character named Mary. Participants were then asked…
Descriptors: Females, Ethnic Groups, Eating Disorders, Depression (Psychology)
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Elgin, Jenna; Pritchard, Mary – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2006
Previous research on gender differences between males and females on the risk factors leading to disordered eating is sparse, especially on males and eating disorders using attachment theory. This study examined the relationship between adult attachment style and disordered eating in men and women. Secure attachment scores were significantly…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Risk, Attachment Behavior, Gender Differences
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