Evaluating the Effects of a Peer-Support Model: Reducing Negative Body Esteem and Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviours in Grade Eight Girls

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Thompson ◽  
Shelly Russell-Mayhew ◽  
Reana Saraceni
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes ◽  
Support Model

scholarly journals Identifying Loss of Control Eating within Childhood Obesity: The Importance of Family Environment and Child Psychological Distress

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Ana Rosa Sepúlveda ◽  
Tatiana Lacruz ◽  
Santos Solano ◽  
Miriam Blanco ◽  
Alba Moreno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Expressed Emotion ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

This study aims to examine the differences in family environment, psychological distress, and disordered eating symptomatology between children classified by weight status with or without loss of control (LOC) eating and to test a model of the role of emotional regulation of LOC eating based on a dysfunctional family environment. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 239 families. The assessment measured family expressed emotion, family adaptability and cohesion, child levels of depression and anxiety, body esteem, and disordered eating attitudes. The assessment was carried out in primary care centers and primary schools. Child body mass index (BMI) was associated with higher expressed emotion, psychological distress, and disordered eating symptomatology. Children with obesity and LOC presented higher BMI, poorer body esteem, and more disordered eating attitudes than children without LOC. Children with overweight/obesity, both with or without LOC, exhibited higher psychological distress and emotional overinvolvement than normal-weight children. A partial mediation of depression or anxiety and disordered eating attitudes between expressed emotion and LOC was found. Findings support that children with overweight/obesity show more family and psychological distress. Body esteem issues and disordered eating attitudes could alert the presence of LOC in children with obesity. The function of LOC might be to cope with psychological distress that may appear in a dysfunctional family environment.

scholarly journals Young urban women and the nutrition transition in Jordan

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hala N Madanat ◽  
Ryan Lindsay ◽  
Tiffany Campbell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Restrained Eating ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

AbstractObjectiveTo determine the nutrition transition stage of female Jordanian college students.DesignA cross-sectional survey was used to assess eating styles, disordered eating attitudes and behaviours, body esteem and dissatisfaction, and media influence.SettingPublic and private universities in Jordan.SubjectsA total of 255 subjects were recruited through a government-initiated youth campaign.ResultsThe majority of participants had a normal BMI (70·6 %) with almost all (99·4 %) reporting restrained eating behaviour. Scores on the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) indicated that 45·2 % of these female college students should be screening for eating disorders. Subscales of the Body Esteem Scale (BES) showed that these women did not have substantial body esteem issues and mean scores on the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3) indicated that overall these women did not feel the media was dictating the way their body should look. Where Jordanian women did feel pressure from Western media, there was a 6·7-fold increase in the likelihood that they wanted to lose weight. In addition, 48·2 % of the female college students desired to lose weight and 14·4 % desired weight gain, indicating a certain level of body dissatisfaction.ConclusionsWith low levels of overweight and obesity and a propensity towards eating based on external hunger cues, college-aged Jordanian women may be less advanced in their development through the nutrition transition than the general population of women. However, high levels of restrained eating and disordered eating attitudes and behaviours indicate the need for an intervention to address healthy weight-loss strategies, assess eating disorders and help maintain healthy body esteem.

scholarly journals Permanent change of station moves and disordered-eating attitudes and behaviors in prevention-seeking adolescent military-dependents

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 101470
Author(s):  
M.K. Higgins Neyland ◽  
Lisa M. Shank ◽  
Jason M. Lavender ◽  
Alexander Rice ◽  
Rachel Schindler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Military Dependents ◽  
Permanent Change ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

scholarly journals Orthorexia nervosa and disordered eating attitudes among Lebanese adults: Assessing psychometric proprieties of the ORTO-R in a population-based sample

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0254948
Author(s):  
Souheil Hallit ◽  
Anna Brytek-Matera ◽  
Sahar Obeid
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Orthorexia Nervosa ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Eat 26 ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

Background Previous research demonstrated a relationship between ON and disordered eating symptoms (eating concern, restraint, cognitive preoccupations about body shape and weight) and disordered eating attitudes (DEA). Since screening for orthorexia nervosa is now part of clinical practice, the measurement instruments to be used must be clinically significant, reliable, valid and sensitive to our target population. The main objective of the present study was to confirm the factor structure of the Arabic version of the ORTO-R using a first sample of Lebanese adults and confirm those results on another sample. The secondary objective was to assess sex differences in terms of ON and DEA, as well as to examine whether symptoms of ON were related to DEA in Lebanese adults. Methods A total of 783 Lebanese adults was selected to participate in this cross-sectional study (January-May 2018) using a proportionate random sample from all Lebanese governorates. Results The mean age of the total sample was 27.78 ± 11.60 years (Min. 18 –Max. 84) (33.5% females) and their mean BMI was 24.36 ± 5.31 kg/m2. All items of the ORTO-R were extracted during the factor analysis and yielded a two-factor solution with Eigenvalues > 1 (variance explained  =  50.07%; KMO = 0.570; Bartlett’s sphericity test p<0.001; αCronbach = 0.755). This factor structure was confirmed by a confirmatory factor analysis; the Maximum Likelihood Chi-Square  =  26.894 and Degrees of Freedom  =  8, which gave a χ2/df  =  3.36. The Tucker Lewis Index (TLI) value was 0.914, whereas the standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) value was 0.032. The root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) value was 0.077 [95% CI 0.046–0.111] (pclose = 0.07) and comparative fit index (CFI) value was 0.967 respectively, indicating a good fit of the model. There was also no measurement invariance between genders. Female gender was significantly associated with lower ORTO-R scores (more orthorexia nervosa) compared to males (B = -0.65; p = 0.026, 95% CI -1.22- -0.08; ɳ2 = 0.006). However, no significant difference was found between genders in terms of EAT-26 scores (B = 0.23; p = 0.813, 95% CI -1.66–2.12; ɳ2 = 0.0001). Higher ORTO-R scores (lower/ less pathological ON tendencies and behaviors) were significantly related to higher EAT-26 total scores (higher levels of DEA) as well as higher dieting, bulimia and oral control scores in both females (from a weak to a moderate positive correlation) and males (a weak positive correlation). Conclusion This cross-sectional population-based study confirmed the factor structure of the Arabic version of the ORTO-R, demonstrated an association between ON and DEA and revealed more ON among females compared to males.

scholarly journals Psychometric analysis of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test in youth with overweight/obesity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Girard ◽  
Crystal S. Lim ◽  
Marissa A. Gowey ◽  
David M. Janicke
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Common Variance ◽  
Eating Attitudes Test ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes ◽  
Children’S Eating Attitudes Test

Objective: Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors play a critical role in pediatric overweight and obesity and are important to measure in research and practice with this population. Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in youth are commonly measured using the Children's Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT), which has not been psychometrically evaluated for use with youth with overweight and obesity. As such, it currently unknown whether the ChEAT provides a reliable measurement of a single underlying construct when applied in this population. Methods: Data from 400 treatment-seeking youth (aged 8 to 18) with overweight and obesity were drawn from two sites in the southern United States (54% female, 57% White). Psychometric properties of the ChEAT were evaluated in this combined sample using confirmatory bifactor modeling. Results: A confirmatory bifactor model with five group factors provided the best fit to the data and was used to generate numerous psychometric coefficients. The explained common variance (.36), omega hierarchical (.58), factor determinacy (.86), and construct replicability (.70) coefficients were all lower than recommended cutoff criteria. Both multidimensionality and excessive residual variance contributed to the ChEAT's poor psychometric performance in this sample. Conclusions: The ChEAT displayed marked psychometric problems in a large and diverse sample of youth with overweight and obesity. Its common variance was not unidimensional, its unit-weighted total score was not a reliable indicator of a broad central construct, and its optimally weighted total score was not likely to replicate across studies. We recommend using alternatives to the ChEAT when conducting research and practice with youth with overweight and obesity.

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