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Body DissatisfactionThe author concentrates on the preference of the values of "the cult of the body" increasingly affecting the behaviour of young people and their position in the value system relating to generally recognized values. Too much emphasis on physical beauty and outward appearance significantly determines behaviour and can lead to a reduction in values relating to the body and body shape but also to unhealthy eating disorders such as bulimia or anorexia nervosa. The focus is on the pathological perception of the body, on how culture and cultural norms affect body dissatisfaction. A research questionnaire on universal values and the cult of the body (2006) was used. The research sample consisted of 508 respondents aged between 18 and 26 (292 women and 216 men).

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Psychometric Properties of the Questionnaire of Sociocultural Influences on the Aesthetic Body Shape Model (CIMEC-26) in Female Spanish Adolescents

European Eating Disorders Review ◽

10.1002/erv.2156 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 255-256

Author(s):

Mercedes Jorquera ◽

Rosa María Baños ◽

Ausiàs Cebolla ◽

Paloma Rasal ◽

Ernestina Etchemendy

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Body Shape ◽

Sociocultural Influences ◽

Shape Model ◽

The Aesthetic

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Detection of eating disorders in a small rural town: an epidemiological study

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291700038964 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 175-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Günther Rathner ◽

Klara Messner

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Bulimia Nervosa ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Rural Town ◽

Risk Indices ◽

Urban Rural ◽

Early Case ◽

One Year

SynopsisThe occurrence of eating disorders among 517 school girls (11 to 20 years of age) in a small rural Italian town was studied using a three-stage prospective procedure. The screening stage was aimed at defining risk and sub-risk groups. One year later, the risk group (N = 44) and a random sample of the sub-risk (N = 25) and of the screen-negative group (N = 32) were interviewed to detect cases of anorexia/bulimia nervosa. The case registers of four hospitals over a period of 3 years were investigated to detect any additional cases that may have been overlooked in the survey. A minimum point prevalence rate of 1·30% clinical anorexia nervosa, 1·30 % sub-clinical anorexia nervosa and 0·87 % sub-clinical bulimia nervosa was found for age 15 and above. No case of clinical bulimia nervosa was detected. For age 15 and below no clinical or sub-clinical cases were found. All cases of (sub-)clinical eating disorder initially belonged to the predefined sub-risk and risk groups. Because of the low positive predictive value of any single risk factor, this study shows that early case detection can be improved by using multiple risk indices. In this rural area the prevalence was as high as in metropolitan or urban areas. Urban–rural differences should be assessed in further studies.

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