Prevalence of eating disorders and risk profile in a group female college students

10.5580/9ad ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Risk Profile ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College

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.

Eating Disorder and Manic-Depressive Tendencies

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 794-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delisia Williams ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Screening Instruments ◽  
Female College ◽  
Manic Depressive

In a sample of 50 female college students, scores on two screening instruments for eating disorders differed in whether they were associated with manic or depressive tendencies.

scholarly journals Young urban women and the nutrition transition in Jordan

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hala N Madanat ◽  
Ryan Lindsay ◽  
Tiffany Campbell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Restrained Eating ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Disordered Eating Attitudes

AbstractObjectiveTo determine the nutrition transition stage of female Jordanian college students.DesignA cross-sectional survey was used to assess eating styles, disordered eating attitudes and behaviours, body esteem and dissatisfaction, and media influence.SettingPublic and private universities in Jordan.SubjectsA total of 255 subjects were recruited through a government-initiated youth campaign.ResultsThe majority of participants had a normal BMI (70·6 %) with almost all (99·4 %) reporting restrained eating behaviour. Scores on the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) indicated that 45·2 % of these female college students should be screening for eating disorders. Subscales of the Body Esteem Scale (BES) showed that these women did not have substantial body esteem issues and mean scores on the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-3) indicated that overall these women did not feel the media was dictating the way their body should look. Where Jordanian women did feel pressure from Western media, there was a 6·7-fold increase in the likelihood that they wanted to lose weight. In addition, 48·2 % of the female college students desired to lose weight and 14·4 % desired weight gain, indicating a certain level of body dissatisfaction.ConclusionsWith low levels of overweight and obesity and a propensity towards eating based on external hunger cues, college-aged Jordanian women may be less advanced in their development through the nutrition transition than the general population of women. However, high levels of restrained eating and disordered eating attitudes and behaviours indicate the need for an intervention to address healthy weight-loss strategies, assess eating disorders and help maintain healthy body esteem.

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