Self perception score from zero to ten correlates well with standardized scales of adolescent self esteem, body dissatisfaction, eating disorders risk, depression, and anxiety

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A O'Dea
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Perception Score ◽  
Eating Disorders Risk

scholarly journals Risk and relationship of eating disorders with body image, stress and self-esteem among university students

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 5896
Author(s):  
Nayanabai Shabadi ◽  
Meghna Arora ◽  
Renuka M. ◽  
Arun Gopi ◽  
Narayanamurthy M. R.
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
Eat 26 ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Eating Disorders Risk

Background: The study was conducted to find the prevalence rates of eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem and levels of stress in the students of JSSAHER and to also find out the relationship between the same with eating disorders.Methods: A survey was conducted among 160 participants and they were asked to fill out questionnaires containing EAT-26, PSS-4, Rosenberg self-esteem scale and contour drawing scale which assesses risk of eating disorder, stress, self-esteem and Body image satisfaction respectively. The data was analyzed.Results: It was found that the 16.9% of the participants were prone to eating pathologies. Among 160 students 60% were not satisfied by their bodies, 37.5% reported high levels of stress and 20% had low self-esteem. A statistically significant association was found between eating disorders risk and body dissatisfaction whereas no significant association was found between stress and self-esteem with eating disorders in our study.Conclusions:This study showcases that eating disorders are an upcoming issue and that more research is required to find the etiological factors which lead and predispose people to eating disorders in India. 

Undue influence of weight and shape: is it distinct from body dissatisfaction and concern about weight and shape?

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 819-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Wade ◽  
G. Zhu ◽  
N. G. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Undue Influence ◽  
Diagnostic Criterion

BackgroundThree cognitive constructs are risk factors for eating disorders: undue influence of weight and shape, concern about weight and shape, and body dissatisfaction (BD). Undue influence, a diagnostic criterion for eating disorders, is postulated to be closely associated with self-esteem whereas BD is postulated to be closely associated with body mass index (BMI). We understand less about the relationships with concern about weight and shape. The aim of the current investigation was examine the degree of overlap across these five phenotypes in terms of latent genetic and environmental risk factors in order to draw some conclusions about the similarities and differences across the three cognitive variables.MethodA sample of female Australian twins (n=1056, including 348 complete pairs), mean age 35 years (s.d.=2.11, range 28–40), completed a semi-structured interview about eating pathology and self-report questionnaires. An independent pathways model was used to investigate the overlap of genetic and environmental risk factors for the five phenotypes.ResultsIn terms of variance that was not shared with other phenotypes, self-esteem emerged as being separate, with 100% of its variance unshared with the other phenotypes, followed by undue influence (51%) and then concern (34%), BD (28%) and BMI (32%).ConclusionsIn terms of shared genetic risk, undue influence and concern were more closely related than BD, whereas BMI and BD were found to share common sources of risk. With respect to environmental risk factors, concern, BMI and BD were more closely related to each other than to undue influence.

scholarly journals A comparative network analysis of eating disorder psychopathology and co-occurring depression and anxiety symptoms before and after treatment

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn E. Smith ◽  
Tyler B. Mason ◽  
Ross D. Crosby ◽  
Li Cao ◽  
Rachel C. Leonard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Network Strength ◽  
Eating Disorders Examination ◽  
Feeling Overwhelmed

AbstractBackgroundNetwork analysis is an emerging approach in the study of psychopathology, yet few applications have been seen in eating disorders (EDs). Furthermore, little research exists regarding changes in network strength after interventions. Therefore the present study examined the network structures of ED and co-occurring depression and anxiety symptoms before and after treatment for EDs.MethodParticipants from residential or partial hospital ED treatment programs (N = 446) completed assessments upon admission and discharge. Networks were estimated using regularized Graphical Gaussian Models using 38 items from the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire, Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.ResultsED symptoms with high centrality indices included a desire to lose weight, guilt about eating, shape overvaluation, and wanting an empty stomach, while restlessness, self-esteem, lack of energy, and feeling overwhelmed bridged ED to depression and anxiety symptoms. Comparisons between admission and discharge networks indicated the global network strength did not change significantly, though symptom severity decreased. Participants with denser networks at admission evidenced less change in ED symptomatology during treatment.ConclusionsFindings suggest that symptoms related to shape and weight concerns and guilt are central ED symptoms, while physical symptoms, self-esteem, and feeling overwhelmed are links that may underlie comorbidities in EDs. Results provided some support for the validity of network approaches, in that admission networks conveyed prognostic information. However, the lack of correspondence between symptom reduction and change in network strength indicates that future research is needed to examine network dynamics in the context of intervention and relapse prevention.

Feminine famishment: Graphic medicine and anorexia nervosa

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 518-534
Author(s):  
Sathyaraj Venkatesan ◽  
Anu Mary Peter
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Female Body ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
Graphic Medicine ◽  
Susan Bordo ◽  
Shape And Size

Socio-cultural rigidities regarding the shape and size of a woman’s body have not only created an urgency to refashion themselves according to a range of set standards but also generated an infiltrating sense of body dissatisfaction and poor self-esteem leading to eating disorders. Interestingly, through an adept utilisation of the formal strengths of the medium of comics, many graphic medical anorexia narratives offer insightful elucidations on the question of how the female body is not merely a biological construction, but a biocultural construction too. In this context, by drawing theoretical postulates from Susan Bordo, David Morris and other theoreticians of varying importance, and by close reading Lesley Fairfield’s Tyranny and Katie Green’s Lighter than My Shadow, this article considers anorexia as the bodily manifestation of a cultural malady by analysing how cultural attitudes regarding body can be potential triggers of eating disorders in girls. Furthermore, this article also investigates why comics is the appropriate medium to provide a nuanced representation of the corporeal complications and socio-cultural intricacies of anorexia.

scholarly journals Features Self-perception in Adolescence in Students With Eating Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 504-510
Author(s):  
A. Khokhrina ◽  
D. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
The Media ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problem of eating disorders in adolescence among students. The main idea of the article is to consider the characteristics of self-attitude, self-esteem and the level of aspirations of boys and girls as a factor that determines the perception of their own appearance. In turn, the peculiarities of the perception of one’s own appearance, the peculiarities of building the image of one’s body, mediated by the influence of self-attitude, self-esteem and aspirations of students, can cause the appearance of eating disorders. The article analyzes the literature on the problem of psychological characteristics of attitudes towards oneself and one’s body, students’ perception of their own appearance, and gives the psychological characteristics of eating disorders in adolescence. The role of the media, relationships between others and family, character traits such as self-doubt, timidity, introversion, desire for order, keen perception of criticism, inadequacy of perception of one’s failures, low self-esteem and dissatisfaction with their own weight in the formation of eating disorders are shown. The description of the empirical research carried out is given. The analysis of the results of the peculiarities of self-perception in boys and girls with eating disorders, analysis of the relationship of eating disorders in boys and girls with peculiarities of self-perception, self-esteem and the level of aspirations is presented. It has been found that high levels of ambition and high self-esteem contribute to bulimia, or the desire for thinness.

scholarly journals Impact of Body Mass Index on Eating Disorders in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: Focusing on Mediating Effect of Body Dissatisfaction, Self-esteem, and Depression

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Hye-Ryeon Park ◽  
Hyeon Ok Ju
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Effects

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to verify the mediating effects of body dissatisfaction, selfesteem, and depression on the association between the body mass index (BMI) and eating disorders in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.Methods: Secondary data were analyzed in this study. The original analysis was conducted using data from 136 adolescents aged 13–18 years with type 1 diabetes. The results of testing for mediating effects were analyzed using a serial-multiple mediation model (model 6) using the PROCESS macro in SPSS ver. 3.3.Results: The direct effect of the BMI on eating disorders was not statistically significant (effect=0.22; 95 % confidence interval [CI], -0.20 to 0.64), but the indirect effects were statistically significant (effect=0.28; 95% CI, 0.05–0.63). In detail, the indirect effect of BMI on eating disorders mediated by body dissatisfaction was statistically significant (effect=0.28; 95% CI, 0.10–0.61); by body dissatisfaction and depression was statistically significant (effect=0.06; 95% CI, 0.01–0.15); and by body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and depression was statistically significant (effect=0.05; 95% CI, 0.01–0.11).Conclusion: Individual interventions according to BMI are required to prevent the development of eating disorders in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Adolescents with type 1 diabetes require intervention programs that may positively change their attitudes toward themselves, increasing self-esteem and lowering depression.

Eating disorders risk and its relation to self-esteem and body image in Iranian university students of medical sciences

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Farsad Naeimi ◽  
Hossein Khadem Haghighian ◽  
Bahram Pourghassem Gargari ◽  
Mohammad Alizadeh ◽  
Tohid Rouzitalab
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Eating Disorders Risk

Eating disorders: What has the society to do with it?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S167-S167
Author(s):  
B. Wimmer-Puchinger ◽  
S. Blahout ◽  
K. Waldherr
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
City Council ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Drive For Thinness ◽  
Appetite Suppressants ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Scoff Questionnaire

The prevention of eating disorders is a main concern of the Vienna Women's Health Programme, which was adopted by the Vienna City Council in 1998. Eating disorders are very serious mental health problems in adolescence. There is evidence that media exposure of the thin ideal body image leads to uncertainty, low self-esteem and dieting. To examine the current state of body (dis-)satisfaction and the risk of eating disorders among Viennese adolescents, we surveyed 1427 participants at the age of 12 to 17, using a self-assessment questionnaire that included the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2), the SCOFF-questionnaire and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Results support our hypothesis. The highest concern among adolescents is about their weight and body shape. 76% of the girls surveyed wanted a skinny body, 31% were afraid of gaining weight, and 32% have already been dieting - 13% took appetite suppressants, 5% used vomiting, 3% took laxatives. According to the SCOFF-questionnaire, 30% of the girls were at risk of having eating disorders. Trends were evaluated via regression analysis. In 2012 girls used less dieting and had lower scores in the EDI-2 subscales ‘body dissatisfaction’, ‘drive for thinness’ and ‘bulimia’ than in 2001. Boys had less conspicuous scores than girls in total, but have shown an alarming increase in body dissatisfaction. School prevention programmes are indicated to enhance media literacy and encourage self-esteem among adolescents. To be successful, an interdisciplinary approach has to be established. The City of Vienna has already launched several awareness campaigns to counter unhealthy body ideals.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, and self-esteem among South Korean women

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1537-1546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Restrained Eating ◽  
Asian Women ◽  
Korean Women ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Past ◽  
Self Image

Because of Western influences on Asian culture, Asian women value thinness, which has led to a rise in eating disorders among them. The prevalence of eating disorders has increased steadily among Asian women over the past 20 years. Body dissatisfaction, which is an attitude associated with body image involving the disdain of one's appearance and weight, is more common among women compared to men. Today, Korean women have greater body dissatisfaction than do U.S. women, a difference that originates prior to adolescence. I examined how the Western mainstream media influences women's self-image, determining that many women wish to look like celebrities. My findings supported cognitive-behavioral theorists' proposition that low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction contribute greatly to restrained eating. Rapid social change in South Korea, from Confucian to democratic values, may have exacerbated development of South Korean women's low self-esteem, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorders.

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