This thesis reports on a study of family-, personality-, and treatment-related factors in eating disorders. The primary aim of the investigation is to examine the relationship between personality-family factors and eating disorders, and their prognostic value in relation to enga…
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Peers have been shown to be an important interpersonal influence on women's disordered eating (Crandall, 1988; Pauls & Daniels, 2000). The present study extended research on peer influences on disordered eating by examining disordered eating in female college roommates. Given pr…
Background & Aims: Studies estimate that over 500 live Pro-Ana websites are in existence (Hansen, 2008). Broadly speaking they advocate that eating 'disorders'' are a 'life-style' choice rather than a mental health problem requiring treatment (Bardone‐Cone & Cass, 2007). To date…
Aims: This thesis aims to illuminate the experiences of 8 women between the ages of 22-60 who have experienced anorexia nervosa. In particular, the aim is to understand their relationship to food within the context of their wider lived world and relationships. The meaning that a…
Eating disorders can be viewed on a continuum, with disordered eating not reaching clinical diagnostic criteria but having potentially negative effects including increasing the risk of an eating disorder or obesity. This study investigated disordered eating in relation to emotio…
Background: The highly driven and often excessive exercise seen in eating disorder patients can be defined as a compulsive behaviour, and is often performed for weight control reasons, as well as for mood regulatory purposes. Compulsive exercisers often exercise in a rigid and r…
The emergence of both eating disorders and ethnic minority populations in the U.S. has created a convergence of diverse individuals suffering from the illness (National Eating Disorders Association, 2006). However, stereotypes and myths that eating disorder symptoms solely plagu…
The impact of familial relationships, as both protective and risk factors, on the development and treatment of eating disorders (ED) is a frequent topic of research (Cordero & Israel, 2009; Enten & Golan, 2009). However, Parental Gender Disappointment (PGD) as related to ED is o…
Eating disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric conditions in both developed and developing countries. In Turkey, eating disorders have been increasing in prevalence among adolescents. Family relations and parenting have been studied as sociocultural influences that sh…
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how community healthcare stakeholders living in the Midwest region described how they think religion and environment might influence eating disorder risk factors in Jewish orthodox adolescent females. The two resea…
As the use of social media for accessing health information becomes increasingly more nuanced and commonplace, as does our understanding of the impacts on users. Using social media to access health information has increased in popularity, and researchers have begun to explore th…
This study compared eating disorder (ED) characteristics and treatment seeking behaviors between athletes and non-athletes in a large, community-based sample. During the 2018 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, 24,043 respondents, 14.6% of whom identified as an athlete, co…
Despite the prevalence and health risks associated with eating disorders, research on the best empirically-supported treatments is inconclusive. Research has shown that few clinicians (approximately 13%) report adhering to a single therapeutic model when treating eating disorder…
Research examining the connection between a past history of sexual violence and a current eating disorder has been largely quantitative in nature and focused on finding a correlation between the two (Root, 1991; Dubosc et al., 2012; Dansky, Brewerton, Kilpatrick, and O’Neil, 199…
The purpose of this study was to establish a new construct, eating disorder co-rumination and explore its impact on eating disorder treatment outcomes. Researchers have explored how relationships with peers in treatment can influence eating disorder recovery. Co-rumination refer…
This decolonizing qualitative feminista study sought to create space for Latinx women to voice and reclaim their discourses on food, beauty and their bodies. Exploring eating concerns from a contextual and intersectional lens exposed Latinx women’s multifaceted experiences with …
This qualitative study investigated LGBTQ+ cultural competency in eating disorder treatment centers. In particular, it sought to examine the question of how treatment providers understand and demonstrate cultural competency when working with LGBTQ+ clients in eating disorder tre…
While a number of risk factors have been identified that impact the development and maintenance of eating disorders, such as sexual abuse and elevated levels of shape and weight concern, familial factors and the impact they play in the etiology of eating disorders has also been …
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a relatively uncommon, but highly lethal mental illness which often begins in adolescence, follows a chronic course, and is associated with significant morbidity, impact on functioning, and reduced quality of life. Although a variety of potential patholo…