Adolescent Behaviours and Their Relationship to the Risk of Developing Eating Disorders

Pérez, Joaquín; Hernández, Montserrat Monserrat; Garrido, Ángeles Arjona; García, Darío Salguero; Olmos, Juan Carlos Checa

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“…The significant results observed regarding the relationship between high body dissatisfaction and a high risk of manifesting an ED do not demonstrate anything new (Tarifa et al 2023). However, the finding that a low level of dissatisfaction presents a greater risk than the average level suggests that high self-esteem and a high use of social media to broadcast one's image might also be considered dangerous since they can be used as a means of gaining image approval, entailing abnormal eating attitudes to achieve it.…”

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Use of Social Media, Satisfaction with Body Image, and the Risk of Manifesting Eating Disorders

Arjona,

Monserrat,

Checa

2024

Social Sciences

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Eating disorders in adolescents are an increasingly important issue nowadays. Although they have been shown to be a pathology with multifactorial causes, the objective of our study is to determine the degree of influence that body dissatisfaction and the use of social media (time and type) might have on the risk of manifesting eating disorders. To perform this, the Sick Control One Fat Food scale was used as part of a randomized survey carried out among 12 schools in Almería (Spain). The sample consisted of 605 students in Compulsory Secondary Education between the ages of 12 and 17 years (M = 14.27; SD = 1.44), 48.42% female and 51.52% male. Cross-tabulation tables were constructed to observe the relationship of sex and age with the risk of manifesting EDs, and, subsequently, a two-factor ANOVA was performed using the risk of suffering from an eating disorder as a dependent variable. The results show that 29.3% of the respondents express an elevated risk of suffering from an eating disorder. There are no significant differences regarding sex, but there are differences regarding age. It was also observed that dissatisfaction with body image is a significant risk factor, but not the time that young people spend on social media. Furthermore, the type of content displayed on social media has a significant influence, both independently and together with body dissatisfaction. The main conclusion highlighted in this study relates to the importance of self-perceived body image (satisfaction and dissatisfaction) and its relationship with the type of content seen on social media. For this reason, it is essential to work on self-esteem at an early age as well as learn to value others and oneself beyond just the physical.

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“…": (1) for reasons other than their physical characteristics; and (2) mainly extolling their physical appearance and/or their body. The latter questions were based on previous studies looking at the social media situation (Tarifa et al 2023).…”

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Use of Social Media, Satisfaction with Body Image, and the Risk of Manifesting Eating Disorders

Arjona,

Monserrat,

Checa

2024

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Teachers’ Knowledge and Experiences after the Implementation of an Eating Disorder Prevention Program in the Physical Education Classroom

Monserrat,

Arjona,

Checa

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Education Sciences

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Since psychological and social factors are especially prominent among the multiple causes of eating disorders, we argue that school, a meeting place among equals and thus a locus for the transmission of values and attitudes, can play an important role in preventing these disorders. This article’s main objective is to verify whether the physical education (PE) class can become an arena for transferring and learning that prevent eating disorders, analyzing teachers’ perceptions of the program development “Psychology for Nutrition and Physical Activity in the Prevention of Eating Disorders” (P-NAF) and specifically: (1) analyzing what teachers know and believe about preventing eating disorders; (2) analyzing the relationship between PE sessions and the acquisition of skills for the prevention of eating disorders; and (3) verifying whether the strategies proposed in the program P-NAF help teachers develop skills for the prevention of eating disorders. We conducted semi-structured interviews with physical education teachers (six women and six men) from five educational institutions in southern Spain. We organized their responses into four blocks: (1) self-esteem, (2) social skills, (3) satisfaction with body image, and (4) nutrition. The results show that physical education teachers are poorly trained in eating disorders, in their detection, as well as their treatment. In particular, there is little communication between health professionals and teachers to provide the information needed to develop effective intervention programs. However, after participating in the Psychology for Nutrition and Physical Activity program, the teachers improved both their knowledge and educational tools when it comes to transmitting that knowledge. We conclude that this program is effective in its objectives and that it should be presented more widely to physical education teachers who work directly with young people.

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Adolescent Behaviours and Their Relationship to the Risk of Developing Eating Disorders

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Use of Social Media, Satisfaction with Body Image, and the Risk of Manifesting Eating Disorders

Use of Social Media, Satisfaction with Body Image, and the Risk of Manifesting Eating Disorders

Teachers’ Knowledge and Experiences after the Implementation of an Eating Disorder Prevention Program in the Physical Education Classroom

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