The evaluation of an eating disorders prevention curriculum on eating attitudes and behaviors of female college students. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an academic college course on eating attitudes and behaviors of female college students. Methods: Two hundred and twenty female college students (19.4 ± 2.6 years old) participated in either the intervention (n = 76) or control (n = 144) and completed a pre-, post- and follow up (intervention only) survey that identified intuitive eating, thin-ideal internalization, restrained eating, body dissatisfaction, eating, shape and weight concerns and eating pathology. Intervention females participated in a 12-week academic curriculum based on cognitive behavioral techniques, cognitive dissonance and media literacy strategies. Cognitive behavior techniques included self monitoring, challenging irrational beliefs, monitoring of negative self-talk and positive counter statements, strategies to cope with anxiety, distress, panic and relapse prevention strategies. Cognitive dissonance techniques encouraged the participants to compare the inconsistency of their behaviors with their beliefs. Media literacy techniques invited the participant to become a critical evaluator of the media. Results: High and low risk intervention participants reported increased reliance on internal hunger and satiety cues, F (1, 76) = 4.51, p / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. / Fall Semester, 2010. / October 6, 2010. / Eating Disorder Prevention, Female College Students, Academic Curriculum, Body Dissatisfaction / Includes bibliographical references. / Doris A. Abood, Professor Directing Dissertation; Cathy Levenson, Committee Member; Maria Spicer, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_181046 |
| Contributors | Magnuson, Amy Foster (authoraut), Abood, Doris A. (professor directing dissertation), Levenson, Cathy (committee member), Spicer, Maria (committee member), Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Science (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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