scholarly journals Efficacy trial of a selective prevention program targeting both eating disorders and obesity among female college students: 1- and 2-year follow-up effects.

2013 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Stice ◽  
Paul Rohde ◽  
Heather Shaw ◽  
C. Nathan Marti
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Efficacy Trial ◽  
Female College ◽  
Selective Prevention

Psychometric Properties of the Interpersonal Outcome Expectancies for Thinness (IOET) Scale: Evidence for Validity, Reliability, and Utility in the Study of Eating Disturbances in Females

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-179
Author(s):  
Mingqi Li ◽  
Edward C. Chang ◽  
Olivia D. Chang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Negative Affectivity ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Outcome Expectancies ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Eating Disturbances ◽  
Female College

Introduction: Interpersonal context is believed to represent a powerful factor that often fosters and sustains eating disturbances in females. The present study focused on the development of a measure tapping into positive interpersonal expectancies predicated on being thin believed to be positively involved in eating disorders in females, namely, the Interpersonal Outcome Expectancies for Thinness (IOET). Method: In Study 1, a total of 361 U.S. female college students completed the IOET for factor analysis. In Study 2, to assess for construct validity, an independent sample of 184 U.S. female college students completed a test battery including the IOET and measures of eating attitudes and disturbances, positive and negative affectivity, and general optimism. Results: In Study 1, results from an exploratory factor analysis indicated a one-factor solution for the IOET accounting for 76.70% of the total variance. In Study 2, the IOET was found to possess good test-retest reliability (6-week) in a subset sample of U.S. female participants. Moreover, in support for construct validity, we found IOET scores were positively associated with scores on measures of eating disturbances (e.g., bulimic symptoms) and negative affectivity. Additionally, IOET scores were negatively associated with scores on a measure of general optimism. Finally, in support of utility, the IOET was found to add incremental validity to the prediction of eating disturbances, even after accounting for general optimism and affectivity. Discussion: The present findings provide promising evidence for the validity, reliability, and utility of the IOET as a measure of a maladaptive cognitive schema associated with eating disorders in females. Implications for the theory and clinical assessments were discussed.

Screening disordered eating attitudes and eating disorders in a sample of Turkish female college students

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özcan Uzun ◽  
Nurdan Güleç ◽  
Aytekin Özşahin ◽  
Ali Doruk ◽  
Barbaros Özdemir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

Dépistage des troubles des conduites alimentaires chez une population d'étudiantes de niveau collégial: corrélation avec deux caractéristiques psychosociales*

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 892-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Ratté ◽  
Guy Pomerleau ◽  
Et Claude Lapointe
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Positive Predictive Value ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Eat 26

The aims of this study were to measure the extent of severe eating disorders among female college students, to verify if there is a correlation with two indicators of “pressure to perform” while evaluating a screening instrument. Of 1144 female students, 16.3% scored 20 or above on the EAT-26 scale. Interviews allowed to determine that the positive predictive value of the EAT-26 when coupled with a low self-reported weight is considerably heightened. It was possible to estimate that over the last three years one girl out of 12 has presented severe eating disorders and one in 65 has suffered from anorexia nervosa. The EAT score was significantly correlated with the mother's level of schooling but not with the student's academic discipline.

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