Appearance issues, depression, and disordered eating among college females

Gitimu, Priscilla N.; Jameson, Molly M.; Turel, Tacibaht; Pohle-Krauza, Rachael J.; Mincher, Jeanine; Rowlands, Zara; Elias, Janice

doi:10.1080/23311908.2016.1196512

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“…For men, it was an athletic figure and for women it was thinness. 36,37 Upadhayah et al found mood susceptibility, perfectionism to be a factor in the development of eating disorder. 23 In the present study, 29% vs 16.7 % of those who perceived an abnormal and normal body image respectively, had an affinity to develop an eating disorder (abnormal eating attitude) (p=0.006).…”

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Body image perception, eating attitude and influence of media among undergraduate students of medical college in Delhi: a cross sectional study

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Background: Body image perception is being shaped by unrealistic ideals portrayed in the media. Body dissatisfaction is one of the most consistent and robust risk factors for eating disorders, low self-esteem, depression, and obesity. Therefore, the objective of the current study is to ascertain the body image perception, abnormal eating attitudes and the role of media among undergraduate students of a medical college in Delhi, India.Methods: Cross-sectional study on 370 undergraduate medical students of Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India selected using stratified random sampling. India. Students completed a self-administered questionnaire which consist of demographic information, perceived body image, Eating Attitudes test (EAT-26) to assess eating attitudes, Socio Cultural Attitude Towards Appearance Questionnaire 3(SATAQ-3) scale for the role of media on body image perception. Data was analyzed using SPSS v21.Results: A total of 370 students (57.6% males and 42.4% females) aged 17-30 years, mean age of 20.30 years±2.02(SD). Abnormal body image perception was seen in 35.4%, 21.1% had abnormal eating attitude (EAT-26≥20), 36.5%, 40.5% agreed to be influenced by models and athletic figures in media respectively, 42.2% accepted that media was their source of information regarding standards of attractiveness, 27.6% felt pressured to be attractive according to SATAQ-3. Males more than females had disordered eating attitudes and felt media pressure to achieve an ideal body image. Significant association was observed between age and perceived body image (p=0.033), gender and EAT-26 score (p=0.039), EAT 26 and perceived body image (p=0.006), general internalization of media and perceived body image (p=0.003), internalization-general, internalization-athlete, media as source of information and EAT-26 score (<0.001, 0.001, 0.003 respectively).Conclusions: The media should take more responsibility to not represent unrealistic ideals of body image concerning both males and females. Educational and preventive efforts at institutional levels should be made to promote a healthy body image and eating behaviours.

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Body image perception, eating attitude and influence of media among undergraduate students of medical college in Delhi: a cross sectional study

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“…The higher mortality rates of individuals with eating disorders (Arcelus, Mitchell, Wales & Nielsen, 2011;Fairburn et al, 1995;Fichter & Quadflieg, 2016) not only signifies the importance of continuing to implement preventative measures toward developing eating concerns but highlights the necessity of developing efficacious interventions for addressing maladaptive eating behaviors in this population. This study provides supplementary evidence that researchers should continue to understand the relationship between disordered eating behaviors and symptoms of depression, as both concerns are positively associated in this sample of college women and demonstrated in the literature (Hudson et al, 2007;Johnson et al, 2002;Gitimu et al, 2016;Kurth et al, 1995;Liechty & Lee, 2013;Morris, Parra, & Stender, 2011;Stice, Presnell, & Spangler, 2004;Wildes et al, 2005;Zonnevylle-Bender et al, 2004). The study did not find significant associations between cognitive vulnerabilities and disordered eating behaviors or significant associations amongst three of the four predicted cognitive vulnerabilities and symptoms of depression.…”

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“…Depressive symptomatology and disordered eating behaviors are commonly associated with one another (Hudson et al, 2007;Johnson et al, 2002;Gitimu et al, 2016;Kurth et al, 1995;Liechty & Lee, 2013;Morris et al, 2011;Stice et al, 2004;Wildes et al, 2005;Zonnevylle-Bender et al, 2004). The current study applied the hopelessness theory of depression (Abramson, Metalsky, & Alloy, 1989) to disordered eating behaviors.…”

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“…The proposed study is based on the literature supporting that disordered eating behaviors are a concern in college populations, especially for women (Hoerr, Bokram, Lugo, Bivins, & Keast, 2002;Lipson & Sonneville, 2017;Prouty, Protinsky, & Canady, 2002;Reinking & Alexander, 2005). Further, depressive symptomatology and disordered eating behaviors are commonly associated with one another (Hudson et al, 2007;Johnson et al, 2002;Gitimu et al, 2016;Kurth et al, 1995;Liechty & Lee, 2013;Morris, Parra, & Stender, 2011;Stice, Presnell, & Spangler, 2004;Wildes et al, 2005;Zonnevylle-Bender et al, 2004). While this relationship has been clearly supported in the literature, several gaps exist.…”

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Disordered eating, depression, and cognitive vulnerabilities in college women.

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This study tests a path model of disordered eating and symptoms of depression derived from the Hopelessness Theory of Depression (Abramson, Metalsky, & Alloy, 1989). The model proposes that cognitive vulnerabilities to depression will be associated with disordered eating behaviors and symptoms of depression in college women. A sample of undergraduate women (n = 181) completed self-report measures assessing disordered eating symptoms and symptoms of depression. Findings revealed that one, but not all, cognitive vulnerability was associated with disordered eating behavior, and that disordered eating behaviors and symptoms of depression are bi-directionally associated. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

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“…For example, negative body image is associated with higher rates of anxiety and depression, and lower levels of self-esteem (e.g. Gitimu et al, 2016;Duchesne et al, 2016). Body image is also implicated in eating disorders.…”

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An empirical investigation of gender, sexual attitudes, weight bias and body image

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An empirical investigation of gender, sexual attitudes, weight bias and body image 2 ABSTRACT This thesis will fill gaps in research exploring gender, weight bias, and body image. It investigates the potential consequences of having a negative body image (such as its association with sexual functioning), and how body image and attraction to different body types differ depending on gender and feminist identification. It also investigates how contact with overweight people 1 is related to weight bias. Traditionally, most body image research has focused on women,given that women typically report worse body image than men, and face substantive societal pressure to look a certain way (Feingold & Mazzella, 1998). However, increasingly research is demonstrating that men also feel appearance-related societal pressure and suffer from marked body image issues (Davison & McCabe, 2005). Consequently, in this thesis both female and male perspectives are involved throughout.In Chapters 1 and 3 I describe the literature that informed my research. Specifically, inChapter 1 I discuss research on body image, including outlining which factors predict having a negative body image, what the consequences of having a poor body image are, and gender differences associated with body image. In Chapter 3, I describe research on anti-fat prejudice, including interventions to reduce negative attitudes towards those who are overweight. In Chapter 2, I investigate how thinking negatively about one's body is associated with sexual problems.Female and male participants (N=519) completed questionnaires examining various aspects of sexual problems, as well as drive for thinness and drive for muscularity. Results indicated that for men as well as women, drive for thinness rather than drive for muscularity consistently predicted sexual dysfunction. This study provides the first evidence that drive for thinness can be associated with negative sexual experiences for men as well as women.In Chapter 4 I shift my focus to examine which factors might predict people finding a range of different body types attractive, and conversely, what might predict the extent to which people impose the thin ideal onto others. Heterosexual female and male participants (N=359) rated how attractive they found a variety of male and female figures. Participants also completed a feminist identity questionnaire. Results demonstrated that men who identified as feminists were more likely to report being attracted to a larger female figure, while feminist identification was unrelated to what size figure women found attractive. In line with past research, women rated the "most attractive" female figure as being thinner than that preferred by men. This study demonstrates that male feminism may have an indirect positive effect on women by relaxing men's standards for female beauty.1 In the interest of brevity, the word 'overweight' is used to encompass both overweight and obese people An empirical investigation of gender, sexual attitudes, weight bias and body image 3In Chapter 5 I...

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Appearance issues, depression, and disordered eating among college females

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Body image perception, eating attitude and influence of media among undergraduate students of medical college in Delhi: a cross sectional study

Body image perception, eating attitude and influence of media among undergraduate students of medical college in Delhi: a cross sectional study

Disordered eating, depression, and cognitive vulnerabilities in college women.

An empirical investigation of gender, sexual attitudes, weight bias and body image

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