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Cachelin, Fary M.; Schug, Robert A.; Juarez, Laura C.; Monreal, Teresa K. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between sexual abuse and eating disorders in a voluntary community sample of Mexican American women. Eighty eating disorder cases were compared to 110 healthy controls on presence of sexual abuse and on characteristics of the abuse. The Structured Clinical Interview for the "Diagnostic and…
Descriptors: Females, Risk, Mental Disorders, Mexican Americans
Fitch, Trey, Ed.; Marshall, Jennifer L., Ed. – American Counseling Association, 2011
In this book, group work and college counseling leaders offer step-by-step instruction in the effective use and processing of structured group activities on topics such as test anxiety; stress and anxiety management; ADHD; career development; substance abuse; eating disorders; and the unique concerns faced by GLBT students, first-generation…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, First Generation College Students, Eating Disorders, Career Development
Hague, Anne; Kovacich, Joann – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2007
The incidence of bulimia nervosa has increased significantly in the second half of the twentieth century and its occurrence is more than twice that of anorexia nervosa. Due to its complex nature, successful treatment requires an interdisciplinary approach with nutritional, psychological, medical, pharmacological and dental therapies. Despite…
Descriptors: Intervention, Needs Assessment, Incidence, Focus Groups
Elliot, Diane L.; Moe, Esther L.; Goldberg, Linn; DeFrancesco, Carol A.; Durham, Melissa B.; Hix-Small, Hollie – Journal of School Health, 2006
Almost one half of male and female students participate in high school-sponsored athletics, and high school also is a time when classroom health promotion curricula are less effective. The Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids is a sport team-centered drug-use prevention program for male high school athletes, which has been shown to…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Females, Risk
Clemency, Colleen E.; Rayle, Andrea Dixon – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2006
This article presents an innovative multiple family psychoeducational group for the prevention of disordered eating among adolescent females. An overview of the concerns facing adolescents today is presented, including sociocultural norms, body dissatisfaction associated with pubertal changes, teasing regarding weight and shape, and family…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, Family Environment, Prevention, Adolescents
Roberts, Alan; Cash, Thomas F.; Feingold, Alan; Johnson, Blair T. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Proponents of the sociocultural model of eating disorders have suggested that ethnic differences in body dissatisfaction may be diminishing as the thin ideal of beauty becomes more widely disseminated among minority women. In a meta-analysis, the authors examined temporal trends in Black-White differences and also examined whether these…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Females, Eating Disorders, Racial Differences
Archer, Gregory Alan – 1989
This book is designed to help the parents of overweight children control their child's weight naturally and prevent future weight problems. It uses case stories and examples to illustrate common conditions and situations, along with recommended interventions. Chapters focus on: (1) "Overfatness," including the reasons for excessive…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Child Health, Children, Eating Disorders
Pagano, John – 1996
These two papers offer parents of infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities and feeding problems both general advice and specific intervention strategies. The first paper examines the causes of feeding difficulty (such as a physical structure problem, fear of eating, or difficulty learning to eat); the need for intervention while…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Rearing, Developmental Disabilities, Eating Disorders
Albertson, Nicole K. – 2003
This paper is a review of literature regarding internalization of Western culture's thin-ideal. The media's portrayal of a thin-ideal associates success and beauty with being thin. Research has shown that exposure to the culture's thin-ideal does not necessarily lead to eating pathology, but those who internalize the standard are more likely to…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Cultural Influences, Eating Disorders

Welch, Sarah L.; Fairburn, Christopher G. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
Young women (n=102) with bulimia nervosa were compared with 204 control subjects without an eating disorder and with 102 subjects with other psychiatric disorders. Results suggest that sexual and physical abuse are both risk factors for psychiatric disorders in general, including bulimia nervosa, but are not specific risk factors for bulimia. (DB)
Descriptors: Bulimia, Child Abuse, Eating Disorders, Females

Foy, Thomas; And Others – Infants and Young Children, 1997
This retrospective study examined the effectiveness of an inpatient multidisciplinary program for treatment of severe feeding refusal. Nineteen infants and toddlers recovering from medical and surgical disorders which had required non-oral feeding were studied. A modified method of rapid introduction of oral feedings resulted in conversion to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Eating Disorders, Hospitalized Children, Infants
Joseph, Beth; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1997
Five adults with Prader-Willi syndrome (characterized by short stature, learning difficulties, incomplete sexual development, and uncontrollable eating) learned the conditional relations necessary for the formation of two equivalence classes under differential/nondifferential and edible/nonedible outcomes. Performance on test trials was better…
Descriptors: Adults, Congenital Impairments, Discrimination Learning, Eating Disorders

Patel, Dilip R.; Greydanus, Donald E.; Pratt, Helen D.; Phillips, Elaine L. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2003
Reviews research on eating disorders in adolescent athletes, including prevalence, its uncommonness among male athletes, risk factors, medical complications, prevention strategies, and implications for sport and exercise participation, management, and prognosis. (EV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Athletes, Eating Disorders
Mack, Heidi – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1997
Bulimia and other eating disorders are coping strategies to avoid or mask distressing emotions. Outdoor adventure activities can be intense emotional experiences that help young women find new strategies to deal with their "trigger" emotions in the absence of food. Metaphors are consciously built into adventure activities to facilitate…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Coping, Eating Disorders, Emotional Experience

Waller, Glenn; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
Describes an information-processing task that assesses the degree of attentional bias toward words with abusive connotations. In a group of eating-disordered women, this instrument was used to demonstrate that reported sexual abuse was associated with a greater cognitive bias toward abuse-related information. Associated with self-denigratory…
Descriptors: Adults, Bulimia, Cognitive Processes, Coping