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Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyesIsono, Maho 07 February 2003 (has links)
There has been a growing interest in eating disorders among Singaporean medical
professionals since the 1990s, and the Singaporean public is also starting to become aware of the
risks of these conditions. This ethnographic research on eating disorders in Singapore, conducted
in 2001, however, found that the majority of the informants with these conditions have struggled
with a lack of understanding from others. This thesis aims to increase understanding by bringing
these under-represented sufferers' voices to the forefront.
This thesis focuses on the immense fear and guilt about gaining weight that are shared
by these individuals. Unlike medical science, which usually considers such fear and guilt to be
pathological, this thesis looks at these emotions as cultural by using the anthropological theory of
feelings as well as the theory of the body politic. By illustrating how thinness has become an
ideal image for Singaporean women in the past twenty years, cultural components of these
feelings become readable to those without eating disorders.
This thesis recommends two ways to increase understanding of the informants' inner
struggles. First, medical science should consider culture a possible cause of eating disorders,
since the exclusion of culture from the etiology legitimizes a lack of understanding on the part of
those without eating disorders. Secondly, instead of asserting that appearance is unimportant,
those without eating disorders should acknowledge that appearance plays an important role in
human lives across every culture. Furthermore, they need to understand that while society
superficially encourages people to accept themselves as they are, it stigmatizes fatness more
forcefully. Lastly, they need to consider that the dieting industry often exploits medical science
to justify its image of the ideal female body. / Graduation date: 2003
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BingeHodge, Raegan Nicole 20 November 2008 (has links)
Binge is a multi-media installation consisting of dangling IV bags looming over a large table of food. Monitors on the table show live online chats about thinness, depression and eating disorders. On the rear wall, interview footage describing the gruesome experiences of the eating disorder sufferer intercut with the newest development of the disease, the online presence. The installation confronts the viewer with the horrible dualities of the disease: discipline and madness, reason and passion, and suffering and indulgence. The work references the philosophic mind/body struggle as well as the grim reality of these afflicted young women.
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Perceptions of Childhood Abuse and Life Stress: Contributors to Increase in Binge Eating BehaviorNguyen, Dylan C. 01 August 2012 (has links)
Many studies reported that childhood abuse and stress play contributory roles in the development and maintenance of disordered eating behaviors. However, these studies made no mentioned efforts to validate their self-report data, and thus failed to separate the effects of actuality versus perception of childhood abuse. Thus, the current study examined how perceptions of childhood abuse and life stress affect binge eating behavior among university students.
Participants for the current study included 173 undergraduate students, recruited via Study Board. After giving verbal consent, participants completed a series of surveys and questionnaires that collected demographic data, and measured perception of abuse, perceived stress levels and binge eating activity. Upon completion, participants were given either course credits or extra credits, to be given at the discretion of their professors.
Results indicated that all of the hypotheses were supported. There were significant differences between the perception of abuse and the perceived life stress conditions (respectively). Furthermore, both of the independent variables were shown to be predictive of binge eating behavior. However, there was no interaction effect between the two independent variables. Moreover, these two variables did not moderate each other in terms of predicting binge eating behavior among university students.
Findings from this study indicated that perceptions of childhood abuse and recent life stress are both predictive of binge eating activity among university students, which was highest among individuals with a perceived history of childhood abuse. While findings from this study showed a correlation between perception of abuse and binge eating behavior, they did not show a correlation between reporting of actual incidents of childhood abuse and binge eating behavior. There were a number of limitations to the study, including limited generalizability of the findings, limited reliability of self-report measures, and any confounding of analyzed data due to order effect. Future studies are encouraged to further explore the relationship between perception and actuality of childhood abuse.
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Mood, food, traits, and restraint: an experimental investigation of negative affect, borderline personality, and disordered eatingAmbwani, Suman 15 May 2009 (has links)
Eating disorders and borderline personality disorder involve several overlapping
features, such as impulsivity, negative affectivity, and dissociation. However, few
studies have specifically assessed how eating pathology and borderline personality may
be related. The present study sought to evaluate this relationship by focusing on one
particular area of overlap, negative affectivity. A pilot study assessed the psychometric
properties of a dietary restraint measure among undergraduate women (N = 149). In the
main study, undergraduate women (N = 307) completed a baseline mood assessment,
then viewed a 39-minute sad film either with or without concurrent food presentation.
Participants then completed a second mood assessment, and those who received food
completed a third mood assessment following a 10-minute post-reflection delay. Results
suggest that women reporting more borderline features exhibited greater negative affect
across three different time points (baseline, post-movie/food, and post-reflection period),
and were more reactive to the sad film. Food presentation appeared to have a small
tempering effect on sadness, such that individuals who received food reported relatively less sadness after viewing the film when compared to those who did not receive food.
However, actual quantity of food consumption was associated with improvements in
mood only for women reporting higher levels of borderline features. Finally, highscorers
on dietary restraint measures consumed greater quantities of food than their lowscoring
counterparts. In sum, these data suggest that women with borderline personality
features may be at elevated risk for developing problems with binge-eating, as
consuming larger quantities of food appeared to have a tempering effect on their
negative mood and specific feelings of sadness. Further, results are consistent with
earlier findings in that reported efforts to restrain dietary intake were associated with
greater food consumption in response to negative affect, and this relationship may need
to be addressed in treating individuals with problematic eating behaviors.
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“STOP EATING…CLEAN YOUR PLATE!”: THE EFFECTS OF PARENTAL CONTROL OF FOOD CONSUMPTION DURING CHILDHOOD ON COLLEGE FEMALES' EATING BEHAVIORPfeffer, Amanda J. 2009 May 1900 (has links)
The immediate effect of maternal control of their
daughter's eating is well documented. However, the longterm
effect of both maternal and paternal control of eating
during childhood on adults' current eating attitudes and
behaviors has been a relatively unexplored area. Parents
play a central role in shaping the family eating
environment, which provides a context for the child's
relationship with food for years to come (Birch, Fisher,
Grimm-Thomas, Markey, Sawyer & Johnson, 2001).
The present study focused on expanding the existing
knowledge base concerning parental control over eating. Two
hundred sixty-seven female adult participants completed a
questionnaire packet designed to measure maternal and paternal restriction and pressure to eat during childhood,
family mealtime stress during childhood, current
restriction, binge eating, emotional eating, eating from
external cues, and current affect during meals.
Results indicated that parental pressure to eat during
childhood are related to restricted eating, emotional
eating, and eating from external cues during adulthood.
Family mealtime stress during childhood was related to
binge eating, restricted eating, emotional eating, eating
from external cues, and negative affect while eating during
adulthood. Implications for practice and recommendations
for future research are presented.
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Cross-cultural assessment of eating disorders: psychometric properties of Spanish version of Bulimia Test-RevisedBerrios-Hernandez, Mayra Noemi 29 August 2005 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a
Spanish version of the Bulimia Test-Revised (BULIT-R). The goal was to test the factorstructure
equivalence of the BULIT-R across two samples of college students from two
different cultures, Spain and the U.S. Researchers using Exploratory Factor Analysis
(EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) have reported different model solutions
for the factor structure of the BULIT-R: a one-factor model (McCarthy et al., 2002); a
four-factor model (Vincent et al., 2002), a five-factor model (Thelen et al., 1991) and a
six factor model (Santos, 1996). For any of the two samples, CFA did not support any of
the models previously reported in the literature. EFA supported a six and a four factor
models for the US and Spanish samples, respectively.
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Eating disorder prevention : an intervention for "at-risk" college women /Chase, Allison Kullen, January 2001 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-162). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.
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The prevalence of eating disorder pathology and inadequate diets among Division I female collegiate athletesStewart, Rachel M. January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 46 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46).
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Disordered eating and substance use a multivariate longitudinal twin design /Baker, Jessica H., January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009. / Prepared for: Dept. of Psychology. Title from title-page of electronic thesis. Bibliography: leaves 147-173.
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Relationship among membership in recognized student organizations on body image satisfaction and eating behaviors of university students /Cavallero, Beth G., January 2004 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Illinois University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-98).
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