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Munk, Dennis D.; Repp, Alan C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
A behavioral assessment procedure was evaluated with five children with severe/profound mental retardation who exhibited feeding problems of limited intake. Subjects were fed various types of foods. Results indicated each subject fit into one of four categories: (1) total food refusal, (2) food type selectivity, (3) food texture selectivity, or…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Children
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Mintz, Laurie B.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1995
The relationship of parental alcoholism to eating disorder symptomology and substance abuse in a nonclinical sample of college women was examined. In addition, differences among adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) related to level of distress concerning parental alcohol use was examined. Results add additional evidence to the notion that not all…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders, Females
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Friedmann, Sandra Susan – Patient Education and Counseling, 1998
Presents a flexible prevention program model that operationalizes contemporary theories of female development. Beginning with preadolescents, it teaches girls to recognize when they feel fat and to tell the stories that lie underneath. The program validates feelings, reframes experiences, and provides understanding of societal pressures.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Eating Disorders, Females, Health Education
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Loosli, Alvin R.; Ruud, Jaime S. – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1998
Physically active adolescent girls and young women who eliminate meat from their diets risk developing protein, iron, and zinc deficiencies. Meatless diets signal the possibility of amenorrhea and/or disordered eating, with the attendant risk of osteoporosis. Physicians must educate young women, parents, and coaches about the risks of meatless…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletes, Dietetics, Eating Disorders
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O'Dea, Jennifer A.; Abraham, Suzanne – Adolescence, 1999
Investigates the interplay of puberty, gender, weight, and age in regard to body image and disordered eating behaviors and attitudes in a sample of early adolescents. Results reveal that after menarche, females had increased personal expectations and were dissatisfied with weight/shape changes. Young males at puberty desired to build up their…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Body Image, Body Weight, Early Adolescents
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Levy, Patricia A.; Hadley, Barbara J. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 1998
Examines the difference between undergraduate students who self-reported a high incidence of bulimic-type behaviors and those students who reported a low incidence of bulimic type behaviors. Results show that females exhibiting bulimic behaviors tend to fuse with their families and lack personal authority, whereas males indicated fusion and…
Descriptors: Bulimia, Eating Disorders, Family Relationship, Higher Education
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Gabel, Kathe A.; Kearney, Kathy – Professional School Counseling, 1998
Provides an overview of research about excessive preoccupation with body image, body weight, and dieting in children, adolescents, and young adults. Provides counselor information concerning the continuum from disordered eating to serious eating disorders. Suggests strategies for counselors to utilize when dealing with students experiencing these…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, Children
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Matson, Johnny L.; Kuhn, David E. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study involving 570 individuals with mental retardation developed the Screening Tool of Feeding Problems, an assessment designed to identify feeding problems presented by persons with mental retardation, and thus facilitate the process of identifying who would benefit from some type of behavioral or medical intervention. Psychometric data are…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Disability Identification, Eating Disorders
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Granner, Michelle L.; Abood, Doris A.; Black, David R. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2001
Surveyed black and white college women regarding their eating disorder attitudes and use of cigarettes and alcohol. Black women used substances significantly less than whites. Substance use related to eating disorder symptoms. Women at highest risk of eating disorders reported highest levels of substance use. Negative affect reduction and weight…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Drinking, Eating Disorders
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Agras, W. Stewart; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Studied maintenance procedures in 201 overweight female participants who completed a very-low-calorie diet. Posed two questions: (1) Would stimulus narrowing during the reintroduction of solid food improve weight losses and the maintenance of those losses? and (2) Would reintroduction of foods dependent on progress in losing or maintaining weight…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Composition, Body Weight, Dietetics
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Meyer, Dinah F.; Russell, Richard K. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1998
Investigates the relationship between the cognitive and behavioral indicators of eating disorders and characteristics of codependency, including exaggerated caretaking and constricted emotion. The role of family environment is investigated through an assessment of separation from parents. Findings are discussed in terms of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, College Students, Counseling, Eating Disorders
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Tylka, Tracy L.; Subich, Linda Mezydlo – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2004
Despite many theorists' assertions and researchers' findings that eating disturbances have personal, sociocultural, and relational correlates, no model of eating disorder symptomatology incorporating all 3 of these domains has been proposed. The purpose of this study, then, was to examine empirically such a model. Personal, sociocultural, and…
Descriptors: Females, Structural Equation Models, Eating Disorders, College Students
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: Females, Grief, Death, Predictor Variables
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Binford, Roslyn B.; Mussell, Melissa Pederson; Crosby, Ross D.; Peterson, Carol B.; Crow, Scott J.; Mitchell, James E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
This study's purpose was to examine the extent to which participants (N = 143) receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa (BN) reported implementing therapeutic strategies to abstain from BN behaviors, and to assess whether use of specific strategies predicts outcome at treatment end and 1-and 6-month follow-up. Frequency of…
Descriptors: Coping, Eating Disorders, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
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Moradi, Bonnie; Dirks, Danielle; Matteson, Alicia V. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
This study extends the literature on eating disorder symptomatology by testing, based on extant literature on objectification theory (B. L. Fredrickson & T. Roberts, 1997) and the role of sociocultural standards of beauty (e.g., L. J. Heinberg, J. K. Thompson, & S. Stormer, 1995), a model that examines (a) links of reported sexual objectification…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Theories, Standards
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