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Eli, Karin. "Striving for liminality: Eating disorders and social suffering." Transcultural Psychiatry 55, no. 4 (May 14, 2018): 475–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461518757799.
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In this article, I argue that eating disorders constitute a form of social suffering, in which sufferers embody liminality as a response to, and a reflection of, oppressive sociality, structural violence, and institutional constraints. Based on the illness narratives of people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and their subclinical variants in Israel, the analysis draws the experiential, the social, and the structural into critical focus. These narratives, which delineate lived experiences of self-starving, bingeing, and purging, and the attendant viscerality of hunger, fullness, and emptiness, reveal how participants developed an embodied drawing inward and away, being at once within and without society for extended periods of time, through eating disordered practices. This liminal positioning, I argue, was a mode through which participants cultivated alternative (if temporary) personal spaces, negotiated identities, and anesthetized pain: processes many deemed essential to survival. Embedding the participants’ narratives of eating disordered experiences within familial, societal, and political-economic forces that shaped their individual lives, I examine the participants’ striving for liminality as at once intimately embodied and structurally mapped. The analysis suggests that policy initiatives for eating disorder prevention must address the social suffering that eating disorders manifest: suffering caused by structures and institutions that reinforce social inequality, violence, and injustice.
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Pollack, Frani, and Fran Gerstein. "The Third Party: Healing Eating Disorders Through a Task Model of Couples Therapy." International Journal of Social Work 6, no. 2 (December 18, 2019): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijsw.v6i2.16069.
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Couples therapy is often overlooked in the treatment of eating disorders yet provides a vital role in healing and recovery. In this article we propose a four-step-task model for couples therapy when the female partner has an eating disorder. This psychodynamic model includes narrative techniques to convey pertinent personal history, attachment work, parts work, and shared communication of emotion. The article describes the composite model and details the four steps.
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Firkins, Ashlyn, Jos Twist, Wendy Solomons, and Saskia Keville. "Cutting Ties With Pro-Ana: A Narrative Inquiry Concerning the Experiences of Pro-Ana Disengagement From Six Former Site Users." Qualitative Health Research 29, no. 10 (February 27, 2019): 1461–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732319830425.
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Websites advocating the benefits of eating disorders (“Pro-Ana”) tend to reinforce and maintain restrictive eating and purging behaviors. Yet remarkably, no study has explored individual accounts of disengagement from these sites and the associated meanings. Using narrative inquiry, this study sought to address this gap. From the interviews of six women, two overarching storylines emerged. The first closely tied disengagement to recovery with varying positions of personal agency claimed: this ranged from enforced and unwelcomed breaks that ignited change, to a personal choice that became viable through the development of alternative social and personal identities. A strong counternarrative to “disengagement as recovery” also emerged. Here, disengagement from Pro-Ana was storied alongside a need to retain an ED lifestyle. With “recovery” being just one reason for withdrawal from Pro-Ana sites, clinicians must remain curious about the meanings individuals ascribe to this act, without assuming it represents a step toward recovery.
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Malm, Christer, Johan Jakobsson, and Andreas Isaksson. "Physical Activity and Sports—Real Health Benefits: A Review with Insight into the Public Health of Sweden." Sports 7, no. 5 (May 23, 2019): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports7050127.
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Positive effects from sports are achieved primarily through physical activity, but secondary effects bring health benefits such as psychosocial and personal development and less alcohol consumption. Negative effects, such as the risk of failure, injuries, eating disorders, and burnout, are also apparent. Because physical activity is increasingly conducted in an organized manner, sport’s role in society has become increasingly important over the years, not only for the individual but also for public health. In this paper, we intend to describe sport’s physiological and psychosocial health benefits, stemming both from physical activity and from sport participation per se. This narrative review summarizes research and presents health-related data from Swedish authorities. It is discussed that our daily lives are becoming less physically active, while organized exercise and training increases. Average energy intake is increasing, creating an energy surplus, and thus, we are seeing an increasing number of people who are overweight, which is a strong contributor to health problems. Physical activity and exercise have significant positive effects in preventing or alleviating mental illness, including depressive symptoms and anxiety- or stress-related disease. In conclusion, sports can be evolving, if personal capacities, social situation, and biological and psychological maturation are taken into account. Evidence suggests a dose–response relationship such that being active, even to a modest level, is superior to being inactive or sedentary. Recommendations for healthy sports are summarized.
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Faraone, Christopher A. "Hipponax Fragment 128W: Epic Parody or Expulsive Incantation?" Classical Antiquity 23, no. 2 (October 1, 2004): 209–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ca.2004.23.2.209.
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Abstract Scholars have traditionally interpreted Hipponax fragment 128 (West) as an epic parody designed to belittle the grand pretensions and gluttonous habits of his enemy. I suggest, however, that this traditional reading ultimately falls short because of two unexamined assumptions: (1) that the meter and diction of the fragment are exclusively meant to recall epic narrative and not any other early hexametrical genre, and (2) that the descriptive epithets in lines 2 and 3 are the ad hoc comic creations of the poet and simply refer to the table manners of a glutton or a parasite. I argue instead that this fragment in several ways reflects the language, the meter and the performative goal of hexametrical chants or incantations designed to expel harmful famine demons or to escort human scapegoats from the city. I also suggest that the vivid and somewhat comic descriptions of the enemy in fragment 128 probably do not aim at his personal eating disorders, but rather they are drawn from two interrelated and generic features of archaic Greek thought: a tradition of describing famine-demons as insatiable eaters, and a popular theme in Greek invective which demonizes political enemies as rapacious pests who threaten to gobble up the commonwealth of the city and who therefore must be expelled from the community, precisely like a famine-demon.
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Rome, Howard P. "Personal Reflections: Eating Disorders." Psychiatric Annals 19, no. 9 (September 1, 1989): 464. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/0048-5713-19890901-04.
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Riebel, Linda. "Eating Disorders and Personal Constructs." Transactional Analysis Journal 15, no. 1 (January 1985): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/036215378501500108.
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Kaptalan, N. M. "Socio-personal determinants of eating disorders." Science and Education a New Dimension IX(246), no. 97 (February 22, 2021): 52–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.31174/send-pp2021-246ix97-12.
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Buser, Juleen K., and Rachael Parkins McLaughlin. "Narrative Analysis of Body Dissatisfaction and Spirituality." Journal of Mental Health Counseling 41, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 36–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.17744/mehc.41.1.04.
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We inquired into the ways in which seven female participants experienced body dissatisfaction and spirituality—both as separate and as connected issues in their lives. Following a narrative analysis, we identified three main themes. The first theme involved participants' open, accepting spiritual beliefs. The second theme involved participants' struggle with body dissatisfaction, which for many was a persistent difficulty. Within this theme of body dissatisfaction, participants discussed ways this dissatisfaction was maintained and ways they were protected from engaging in eating disorder symptoms. Participants identified ways body dissatisfaction persisted, including tendencies to compare their bodies to others' bodies and assume a sense of personal responsibility for their bodies. Participants discussed beliefs in health and spiritual aspects of protection as ways they were safeguarded from eating disorder symptoms. The third theme involved participants' interpretation of a researcher inquiry about spiritual assistance with body dissatisfaction. Based on these findings, we present research and counseling implications.
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Kibr, Gesessew. "A Narrative Review of Nutritional Malpractices, Motivational Drivers, and Consequences in Pregnant Women: Evidence from Recent Literature and Program Implications in Ethiopia." Scientific World Journal 2021 (June 19, 2021): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5580039.
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Maternal nutrition is very important for the wellbeing of pregnant women, childbirth, and lactating women, which are crucial and meant for the wellbeing of a mother and newborn baby. This narrative review discusses nutritional malpractices, motivational drivers, and their consequences typically from Ethiopian pregnant women’s context. Different studies (regarding less of study design and type) done among pregnant women (aged 15–49 years) by considering pregnancy-related outcomes and timing of nutritional malpractices were included mostly. Accordingly, taboos of healthy diets, craving for unhealthy foods (sweet, fat, raw, and salty/spicy foods), and nonfood items (soil, coffee residue, stone, and ash) were practiced majorly by the women. The birth difficulty, fetal head plastering, fetus discoloration, fetus burns, abortion, and abdominal cramp are the primary drivers of taboos of healthy diets. Hormonal change and social and nutrient-seeking behavior are the most prevalent drivers to the consumption of unhealthy foods. Additionally, personal interest, flavor, and color of items are important motivators to practice pica. Such pica practice hurts nutrient intake, absorption of iron/zinc, abdominal health, and diarrhea occurrence. Food taboos are high predictors of health disorders, such as intrauterine growth restriction, infection, bleeding, preeclampsia, stillbirth, early birth, low birth weight, retarded development of cognitive, and anemia. Craving and eating unhealthy foods were interconnected with chronic disease development (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer), discomforts, preterm labor, preeclampsia, and intrauterine growth restriction in women. Additionally, it is also associated with stillbirth, low birth weight, obesity, birth defect/deficit, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, renal disease, decreased fetal growth, behavioral change, heart failure, and poor cognitive development in the infant. Overall, these nutritional malpractices are significantly associated with many argumentative pregnancies as well as developmental consequences leading to the direction of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity. Therefore, urgent implementation of health and nutrition education programs considering food misconceptions and beliefs regarding pregnancy and use of ground-breaking ways to play down the negative and maximize potential positive dietary effects designed by the government of Ethiopia could also serve as a long-term solution to the problem.
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Bliss, Lynn S., and Allyssa McCabe. "Personal Narratives: Assessment and Intervention." Perspectives on Language Learning and Education 19, no. 4 (October 2012): 130–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/lle19.4.130.
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Personal narratives are a critical aspect of functional discourse. The purpose of this article is to describe the impairments of personal narrative discourse in children with language learning disorders. The authors also consider cultural aspects of narrative discourse, present assessment and intervention guidelines, and delineate cultural considerations.
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Button, Eric. "A personal-construct approach to eating disorders." Clinical Psychology Forum 1, no. 92 (June 1996): 33–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpscpf.1996.1.92.33.
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Gower, Nicola. "Treating Eating Disorders: Ethical, Legal and Personal Issues." Mental Health Practice 3, no. 6 (March 1, 2000): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/mhp.3.6.29.s16.
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Schmidt, Ulrike. "Treating Eating Disorders — Ethical, Legal and Personal Issues." Behaviour Research and Therapy 39, no. 3 (March 2001): 369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0005-7967(00)00041-3.
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Stewart, A. "Treating Eating Disorders: Ethical, Legal and Personal Issues." Journal of Medical Ethics 25, no. 6 (December 1, 1999): 552–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.25.6.552.
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Comerci, George D. "Eating Disorders in Adolescents." Pediatrics In Review 10, no. 2 (August 1, 1988): 37–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/pir.10.2.37.
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Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa must be understood and appreciated to be chronic disorders. Too often pediatricians and other health care providers expect that the patient with an eating disorder will be quickly cured. We anticipate and readily accept patient relapses in other chronic conditions such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis, or rheumatoid arthritis, but we do not expect, nor do we tolerate, relapses in patients with eating disorders! Rather, we perceive the relapse as a treatment failure, often blaming ourselves and our lack of knowledge and skills, our treatment team, and, of course, the patient and his or her family. During medical school and residency training there are few good role models for the care of chronically ill patients. We have not learned to enjoy caring for people who do not rapidly improve and recover, especially when the illness is their "personal choice." Little wonder that so many pediatricians reject the responsibility to care for patients with an eating disorder and elect to refer them to others.
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Figueras Bates, Carolina. "Evidentiality in illness narratives." Pragmatics and Society 9, no. 3 (June 28, 2018): 356–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ps.16038.fig.
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Abstract Narratives of severe mental illness can be regarded as the discursive efforts of a healthy self to restore a sense of selfhood disrupted by the illness. Focusing on a sample of 87 unsolicited online illness narratives of eating disorders in Spanish, this article explores how narrators deployed evidential constructions introduced by the perception verb “ver” (to see) to manage identity in the autobiographical telling. The analysis revealed that “ver” indexed information as coming from different sources (perception, mental states, inference). This evidential material was discursively evaluated (via the adoption of a specific epistemic stance) and applied to construe conflicting versions of self in the eating disorder narratives. Resorting to the evidential marking, narrators could rhetorically negotiate the transition from their perceptual self, created during the illness, to their cognitive self, elaborated in the recovery.
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Nicastro, Clio. "Symptomatic Images/Contagious Images: The Ambivalence of Visual Narratives of Eating Disorders." Cinéma & Cie. Film and Media Studies Journal 22, no. 39 (January 24, 2023): 37–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.54103/2036-461x/17898.
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The connection between images and anorexia, orthorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and other forms of food consumption deemed ‘disordered’ is controversial and often over-simplified. Frequently it is reduced to the idea that glamorous images, particularly the heroin chic style of the 1990s, create a dangerous imaginary that young women - statistically the main target of eating disorders - emulate. This article wants to challenge this issue by exploring three aspects of the intricate relationship between eating disorders and images: 1) The fear of contagion that haunts images exposing bodies that suffer by eating disorders; 2) As a time-based medium, film offers a privileged set of perceptive tools to account for the ways eating disorders interfere with time – as perceived, lived, shared; 3) One more aspect that is relevant to observe since it predominately occupies the current debate is the question of the right way to represent certain medical conditions and their experience. The reasons at the core of this debate are extremely vital and prove how photos and moving images have tragically contributed to building and constructing gender and racial bias as well as the stigmatization of certain diseases. Though when speaking of misrepresentation there is the risk of embracing a deceptive idea of good mimesis at the cost of the ambivalence that the experience of certain conditions inherently carry and which should not disappear in the fictional dimension.
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Lázaro, Cristiane P., and Milena P. Pondé. "Narratives of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders: focus on eating behavior." Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 39, no. 3 (September 2017): 4–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2017-0004.
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Abstract Objective To investigate the eating behavior of individuals with autism through their mothers’ narratives. Methods The study of narratives was used to report on the narrators’ experiences. Data on the eating habits of individuals with autism were collected using semi-structured interviews held individually with the mothers. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and codified using the NVivo software program. Results Eighteen mothers of boys/young men with autism participated in the study. Analysis yielded three major categories: eating patterns, the family's attitudes to the child's eating habits, and food-related behavior. Conclusion Results show that autism-related factors may affect the child's food choices. Environmental factors, particularly the parents’ behavior, may also play a decisive role, both in reinforcing the child's food choices and in encouraging a healthier and more diversified diet. Professionals should instruct parents regarding their decisive role in reinforcing or discouraging inappropriate mealtime behavior in children with autism.
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Proskuryakova, L. A. "Eating Disorders and the Risk of their Development in Students according to the Level of Personal Anxiety." Bulletin of Kemerovo State University 21, no. 1 (May 29, 2019): 121–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2019-21-1-121-129.
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The research examined eating disorders and the risk of their development in students according to the level of personal anxiety from a gender perspective. An analysis showed a connection between the level of personal anxiety and compulsive and external types of eating behavior in female students. The sample group consisted of 70 people, of whom 52,9 % had a high level of personal anxiety (the proportion of girls was 83,8 %). 95,7 % of students had either compulsive (64,2 %) or external (21,4 %) eating disorder. At this age, an eating disorder does not affect body weight. However, if the level of personal anxiety increases, it escalates the risk of developing at least three types of eating disorders by 11,5 times. With an increase in the level of personal anxiety, the risk of developing external overeating increases by 12,5 times and the risk of developing a compulsive type of eating behavior increases by 1,5 times. The research revealed some gender features of eating disorders development: girls with a high level of personal anxiety proved to have a 5,68 times higher risk of developing various eating disorders. However, a study in the ability to cope with stress in students with different levels of personal anxiety with regard to gender did not show any statistically significant differences in the study groups. The research demonstrated that there is a need in psycho-preventive measures that would shape rational nutrition stereotypes in students.
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Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal. "Narrative Skills in Young Adults With High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders." Communication Disorders Quarterly 36, no. 1 (March 10, 2014): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525740114520962.
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In this study, the author investigated narrative performances of 10 high-functioning young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) across personal and storybook narratives. Narratives were elicited with genre-specific procedures and then transcribed and scored using the narrative scoring scheme (NSS). One-tailed paired-sample t tests were conducted on four variables, for which the standard mean difference between the genres (NSS Total Score, Introduction, Conclusion, and Mental States) was large. To avoid inflating Type I error, an alpha of .012 was set. Results indicated that, on average, high-functioning adults with ASD had poorer quality personal narratives for NSS Total Score, Mental States, and Conclusion. This suggests that many high-functioning adults with ASD have difficulty in expressing how they feel and often neglect to conclude and make sense of their experiences in a social context. Telling personal narratives is an important skill for high-functioning adults with ASD because narratives support social interaction and relationships.
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Pačešiūnaitė, A., and D. Čekuolienė. "SERGANČIŲJŲ VALGYMO SUTRIKIMAIS ASMENYBĖS KONSTRUKTAI." Psichologija 42 (January 1, 2010): 74–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/psichol.2010.0.2570.
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Siekiant išsiaiškinti sergančiųjų valgymo sutrikimais asmenybės konstruktų sistemos ypatumus, naudojant SELF-GRID repertuarinę gardelę buvo ištirta dešimt merginų, sergančių nervine anoreksija, dešimt nervine bulimija ir dvidešimt sveikų merginų (kontrolinė grupė). Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad sergančių valgymo sutrikimais merginų asmenybės konstruktų sistemos yra mažiau kognityviškai sudėtingos, naudojama mažiau skirtingų vertinimo parametrų įvairiems įvykiams aplinkoje paaiškinti, palyginti su kontrolinės grupės tiriamosiomis. Reikšmingiausių konstruktų analizė atskleidė, kad vienas svarbiausių valgymo sutrikimų grupės konstruktų yra „siekiantis tikslo“. Priešingai ankstesnių tyrimų rezultatams, tarp sergančiųjų valgymo sutrikimais pagrindinių asmenybės konstruktų nė karto nebuvo paminėti konstruktai, susiję su svoriu, kūno išvaizda ar maistu. Valgymo sutrikimais sergančiųjų asmenybės konstruktai, pasitelkus repertuarinę gardelę, Lietuvoje buvo analizuojami pirmą kartą.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: asmenybės konstruktai, valgymo sutrikimai.Personal constructs of patients with eatingdisordersPačešiūnaitė A., Čekuolienė D. SummaryObjective. To examine the personal constructs system in female patients with eating disorders.Method. All subjects were invited to take part in a semi-structured interview which included completion of a type of repertory grid known as SELF-GRID. The SELF-GRID was chosen as specifically suited to this study having been devised by E. Button (1993) with the aim of exploring personal constructs of patients with eating disorders. In this study, a repertory grid of 11 elements (five versions of oneself and six elements of other people) was presented to 20 female subjects suffering from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and 20 matched control subjects.Results. The main difference between the two groups was found to be the greater tendency of patients with eating disorders to construe in a narrow “tight construing” manner utilising less multidimensional personal constructs than the control group. This means that these patients with eating disorders were less cognitively complex than the control subjects. On the total percentage of variance contributed by the first three principal components, there was a significant difference (eating disorder group 83.12 %; control group 78.24 %; t = 2.465; p < 0. 05). The use of narrower systems of personal constructs provides fewer alternatives for construing oneself and other people. Such a constriction of alternatives might arise from a desire for greater predictability and control. In this situation, people with more multidimensional constructs can be a source of danger to the narrower system of personal constructs, as they might challenge and invalidate these constructs. This may explain why patients with eating disorders can gradually withdraw from socialising. The content of constructs was also analysed. Surprisingly, no central constructs related to weight, eating or appearance were found. The further detailed work is needed to understand this finding, as this might reflect the denial of the problem or, on the contrary, indicate that disturbed eating is just a manifestation of other underlying problems such as restricted negative emotionality, perfectionism, and high levels of achievement. Results of this study provide some evidence of a shared underlying problem, “goal orientation” being the consistent strong main theme of the personal constructs of patients with eating disorders. Patients with eating disorders usually focus narrowly on getting thinner, perhaps in the naïve hope that this will solve their underlying problems.The number of constructs elicited by the SELF-GRID was compared between the groups, and there was no significant difference. Neither was there a significant difference between eating disorder and control groups in the measures of positivity / negativity of construing.Conclusions. The personal construct systems of patients with eating disorders were less cognitively complex as compared with control subjects, although there was no difference in the number of elicited constructs. The main topic of the personal constructs of patients with eating disorders was “goal orientation”.Keywords: personal constructs, eating disorders.
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Moen, Hilde Berit. "The Social Construction of Defect Personal Stories of Emotions in Eating Disorders." Advances in Social Science and Culture 3, no. 3 (August 19, 2021): p58. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/assc.v3n3p58.
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This article explores episodes characterized by overwhelming emotions in Eating Disorders (ED). In ED, emotions and symptoms are connected. The mentalizing perspective understands eating disordered symptoms as a form of regulation of painful emotions and as indicative of a reduced ability to attend to mental states in oneself and others (impaired mentalizing). However, the interpersonal and emotional processes associated with impaired mentalizing are insufficiently attended to in research. Based on interviews with eating disordered patients, this article analyses stories of everyday episodes portrayed as emotionally overwhelming. The results of this analysis establish that a wide array of emotions or emotional experiences are activated, the most prominent being inadequacy, anger, discomfort, fear, and sadness. Episodes are typically “multi-emotional”, characterized by a variety of emotional constellations. The findings do not indicate that eating disordered patients generally have difficulty identifying emotions. Eating disordered symptoms are therefore discussed as a form of defense. The episodes described typically instigate the activation of eating disordered symptoms. Furthermore, the episodes are predominantly social, with other people present, whether physically or in mind. In conclusion, the article discusses the implications of the findings to the understanding of eating disorders and treatment.
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Friedberg, Naomi L., and William J. Lyddon. "Self-Other Working Models and Eating Disorders." Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy 10, no. 3 (January 1996): 193–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0889-8391.10.3.193.
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In this study, Bartholomew’s (1990) four-category model of attachment (secure, preoccupied, dismissing, and fearful) was used to test Guidano’s (1987) notion that the personal cognitive organization (P.C. Org.) of individuals with eating disorders is characterized by an enmeshed, preoccupied working model of attachment. Consistent with this characterization, Bartholomew’s preoccupied and secure attachment dimensions were found to significantly discriminate a clinical eating disorder sample (n = 17) from normal subjects (n = 27).
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Hay, Phillipa. "Book Review: Treating Eating Disorders: Ethical, Legal and Personal Issues." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 33, no. 6 (December 1999): 955–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0004867990427.
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Batty, Carole, and Eric Hall. "Personal constructs of students with eating disorders: Implications for counselling." British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 14, no. 3 (September 1, 1986): 306–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069888600760311.
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Batty, Carole, and Eric Hall. "Personal Constructs of Students with Eating Disorders: Implications for Counselling." British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 14, no. 3 (September 1986): 306–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069888608253520.
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Devlin, Will. "Please, sir, can I have some more? Developing a primary care-based psychological therapy service for people with eating disorders." Clinical Psychology Forum 1, no. 253 (January 2014): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpscpf.2014.1.253.23.
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A small-scale eating disorders service innovation demonstrates that primary care-based treatment is feasible, and frequently effective, for a subset of people with eating disorders. This article describes the service and its outcomes before offering some personal reflections.
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Vorobyeva, Elena, and Anastasia Nimchenko. "Cognitive and Personality Traits of Social Media Users With Eating Disorders." International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE) 10, no. 3 (December 20, 2022): 139–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.23947/2334-8496-2022-10-3-139-147.
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This work aims to study the personality and cognitive characteristics of social media users with eating disorders. The work involved 209 people (84 women with anorexia nervosa, 82 women with bulimia nervosa, a control group of 43 healthy women). The Eating Behavior Rating Scale (EBRS), Cognitive-behavioral Patterns in Eating Disorders Questionnaire, 16-factor Personality Questionnaire, and the Dysfunctional Relations Scale (DRS) were used to assess cognitive and personal characteristics of people with eating disorders. It was found in the work that emotional instability, anxiety, and suspicion are characteristic personality traits for persons with eating disorders. It has been found that individuals with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have different cognitive characteristics. The cognitive characteristics of individuals with eating disorders are correlated with their personality traits.
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Wacker, Emily C., and Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab. "Feminist-Informed Protective Factors for Subthreshold Eating Disorders." Qualitative Health Research 30, no. 10 (June 2, 2020): 1546–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732320921832.
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Despite knowledge that the larger sociocultural context contributes to the development of eating disorders, few studies have examined protective factors for women with subthreshold eating disorders. Using feminist-informed constructivist grounded theory methodology, 15 women (ages 18–25 years) with subthreshold eating disorders were interviewed. Results suggest that participants spoke of their subthreshold eating disorders in an externalized way and used protective factors to guide decision making toward their preferred values. A grounded theory model was developed to illustrate this process. Protective factors included (a) people who provide emotional and tangible support, (b) support people who challenge the eating disorder, (c) personal sense of agency, and (d) community activism and involvement. Participants experiencing subthreshold eating disorders demonstrated a capacity to distinguish their own thoughts and values from those of the “eating disorder voice,” and protective factors facilitated this process. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
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Valtueña García, M., E. Peña Herrero, M. Picado Rossi, C. Pedrosa Duque, and P. Valladares Rodriguez. "Correlations between alexithymia, emotional instability, autism spectrum disorder and eating disorders: analysis of a case." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (June 2022): S584—S585. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1498.
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Introduction Eating disorders and borderline personality disorder can coexist with high frequency in people with alexithymia. At the same time, it has been described that alexithymia can be present in patients suffering from depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, PTSD and eating disorders, among others. In this sense, it has been described that alexithymia could help maintain eating disorder. Objectives To review the existing literature on the relationship between alexithymia, emotional instability and a family history of autism spectrum traits with the development of eating disorders. To expose, through the clinical case of a patient with eating disorders, the diagnostic complexity and evolution after the beginning of a comprehensive and multidisciplinary therapeutic plan with different mental health devices. Methods To review the personal and family psychopathological aspects and the clinical evolution of a patient with a diagnosis of restrictive subtype anorexia nervosa since its inclusion in a therapeutic program. Results This is a longitudinal study through personal biographical reconstruction and family history and subsequent follow-up of a clinical case based on the implementation of an individualized therapeutic program and the results obtained. Conclusions Currently there is evidence in the literature that finds a high correlation between alexithymia and eating disorders. However, these findings are believed to be influenced by other comorbid symptoms such as depression or anxiety. Furthermore, the diagnosis of ASD in people with AN is a complex process that requires a thorough clinical evaluation over time. Detailed studies are needed to determine the importance of these factors in the development of an eating disorder. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Proskuryakova, Larisa A., and E. N. Lobykina. "The influence of individual psychological characteristics on the eating behavior of the population in a gender, age and social context." Health Care of the Russian Federation 64, no. 2 (April 20, 2020): 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.46563/0044-197x-2020-64-2-68-75.
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Studying the dependence of eating disorders with several factors at the same time will reveal the target population groups that have the highest risk of developing these disorders, work with which will allow more efficient use of various methods of its correction. Purpose: to identify risk groups for the development of eating disorders depending on the individual psychological characteristics of the population, taking into account age and sex and social characteristics. Material and methods. 688 people aged 18 to 70 years were surveyed, individually-psychological characteristics, eating disorders were diagnosed. The relationship of eating disorders with age and gender, social and individual psychological characteristics was carried out by one-dimensional and multidimensional analysis. Results. It was showed that among the respondents 33% of sanguine people, 49% had a high level of personal anxiety, 49% had moderate stress tolerance, a tendency to develop emotional (1.9 ± 0.9) and restrictive (2.5 ± 1.0) types of eating behavior was also noted. Taking into account one-dimensional and multi-dimensional analyzes, the risk groups for developing eating disorders are: restrictive - women older than 28 years old inclusive with choleric temperament; emotiogenic - single respondents with low and high levels of anxiety; external - married men with a low level of stress tolerance and women with increased personal anxiety. Conclusions. The considered individual psychological characteristics of the population are associated with the types of EB disturbances with a combination of several parameters. The results indicate a possible risk of developing eating disorders in the population in the context of their individual psychological characteristics, age, sex and social characteristics, which can be used in targeted counseling and preventive work with the population by developing a specialized program for correcting eating behavior for each risk group.
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Saito, Cizuru. "A Comprehensive Study of Personal and Sociocultural Factors in Eating Disorders." Japanese Journal of Personality 13, no. 1 (2004): 79–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2132/personality.13.79.
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Duran, Tracey L., Lisa B. Cashion, Tracy A. Gerber, and Gloria J. Mendez-Ybanez. "Social Constructionism and Eating Disorders: Relinquishing Labels and Embracing Personal Stories." Journal of Systemic Therapies 19, no. 2 (June 2000): 23–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2000.19.2.23.
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Arcelus, Jon, Jonathan Baggott, Debbie Whight, Lesley McGrain, Lesley Meadows, and Christopher Langham. "Predictors of interpersonal psychotherapy in patients with bulimic eating disorders / Factores predictores del tratamiento de la bulimia nerviosa con terapia interpersonal." Revista Mexicana de Trastornos Alimentarios/Mexican Journal of Eating Disorders 2, no. 2 (December 15, 2011): 62–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20071523e.2011.2.178.
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Abstract . Objective: To determine predictors of treatment outcomes in patients with Bulimic Eating Disorders treated with Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). Design: Fo- llowing initial assessment, 80 patients with diagnoses of Bulimia Nervosa or Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS), entered treatment in the form of 16 sessions of IPT. Patients were assessed using a validated semi-structure interview (Clinical Eating Disorders Rating Instrument-CEDRIC) and completed mea- sures of self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale-RSE), eating psychopathology (Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire-EDE-Q), interpersonal functioning (Inventory of Interpersonal Functioning- IIP-32), and depression (Beck Depression Inventory-BDI). Method: Remission and recovery after 16 sessions of IPT were the two outcomes of interest. Univariate analysis and a series of backwards stepping logistic regressions were performed to determine the variables associated with remission and recovery. Result: Low self-esteem and less interpersonal problems were the main predictors of poor outcome. Conclusion: As patients with Bulimic Disorders with low levels of interpersonal problems and high levels of low self-esteem are likely to do less well with IPT, different type of treatment should be offered to them. A randomized controlled trial could explore this hypothesis in more detail. Key words: Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Bulimia Nervosa, EDNOS, Predictors. Resumen. Objetivo: Determinar los factores de pronóstico del tratamiento de la bulimia nerviosa con terapia interpersonal. Diseño: 80 pacientes con el diagnostico de Bulimia Nerviosa (BN) o trastornos del comportamiento alimentario no especificados con características de BN (TCANE) fueron tratados con 16 sesiones de terapia inter- personal. Los pacientes fueron evaluados utilizando una entrevista semi-estructural (Clinical Eating Disorders Rating Instrument-CEDRIC). También completaron una batería de cuestionarios para evaluar los niveles de estima personal (Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale -RSE), la psicopatología de los trastornos de la alimentación (Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire-EDE-Q), la función interpersonal (Inventory of Interpersonal Functioning-IIP-32) y los niveles de depresión (Beck Depression Inventory-BDI). Método: El pronóstico de interés fue definido por la variable de remisión y recuperación. Para el análisis del estudio se realizaron una serie de regresiones logísticas. Resultado: Baja estima personal, y una menor patología en la función interpersonal fueron los factores de peor pronóstico. Conclusión: Aunque la terapia interpersonal es un tratamiento efectivo para las personas que sufren de bulimia nerviosa, los pacientes con estas patologías con baja estima personal y menos problemas interpersonales deberían de ser tratados con otro tipo de terapia. Palabras clave: Terapia interpersonal, Bulimia Nerviosa, TCANE, Pronóstico.
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Brown, Lisa. "Child Physical and Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders: A Review of the Links and Personal Comments on the Treatment Process." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 31, no. 2 (April 1997): 194–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048679709073820.
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Objective: The aim of the present paper is to review the available literature on abusive experiences and the development of eating disorders, with particular reference to the theoretical basis of the possible links between them. Method: The review covers the literature of both interpersonal violence and eating disorders, with special reference to that linking the two fields. Brief case reports and clinical experience from a specialised eating disorders unit are also described. Results: Despite much theoretical speculation of a causal relation between abuse and eating dysfunction there is a lack of empirical research to confirm such theories, and a dearth of treatment suggestions to deal with the comorbid problems of the patient with an eating disorder and a history of abuse. Conclusions: There is a need for more clinical and experimental focus in this area, particularly in the study of aetiology and the management of dually affected individuals.
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Hodge, Lisa, and Lia Bryant. "Masking the self: Understanding the link between eating disorders and child sexual abuse." Qualitative Social Work 18, no. 2 (June 13, 2017): 247–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325017714532.
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The discourses of child sexual abuse and eating disorders are inextricably shaped by gender politics. Medical discourses conceptualise abuse as resulting in permanent damage to the personality and continue to draw on the notion of hysteria when explaining anorexia. Yet the circulation of such pathologising discourses masks aspects of female subjectivity and leave other explanations unexplored. We argue that women make decisions and experience eating disorders beyond these privileged understandings. Indepth interviews, artwork and poetry are obtained from seven women and a feminist application of Bakhtin’s sociological linguistics is used to gain deeper insights into meanings and emotions. Our argument will unfold in three sections: Masking Emotions; The Mask Representing Powerlessness; and Revising the Self. Collectively the data reveals how gendered discourses dominate the women’s narratives when making claims about the self. Although these women’s voices are largely marginalised in society they nevertheless disrupt authoritative discourses on child sexual abuse and eating disorders.
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Pichikov, A. A., Y. V. Popov, Y. A. Yakovleva, and T. A. Salomatina. "Principles of care for adolescent girls with eating disorders and body disturbances disorders: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic." V.M. BEKHTEREV REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY 57, no. 4 (December 30, 2021): 106–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.31363/2313-7053-2021-57-4-106-112.
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The pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has contributed to an increase in problems related to eating behavior and body image in the population. Various risk factors that have become relevant due to changes in the usual lifestyle have significantly affected the frequency of eating disorders in the adolescent population. This necessitated the adapting of new strategies for providing medical care in conditions of limited personal contact.The aim of the work is the methodological substantiation and systematization of modern approaches to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, body image disorders and risk factors associated with them in adolescents in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the work is a comprehensive analysis of modern medical and social approaches and recommendations on the organization of assistance to adolescents with eating disorders and body image disorders, with a description of personal experience of using various interventions on an outpatient basis during the pandemic.Results: Prevention and treatment of eating disorders and body image disorders in adolescents during the pandemic should be aimed at specific risk factors those have proved to be the most relevant in connection with restrictive measures: involvement in body image-related social media content and active use of the media; reduction of physical activity with simultaneous increase in access to food; social isolation and reduction of social support; restriction of access to qualified care. The most reasonable approaches during the pandemic are the approaches focused on the family of a teenager using, if possible, remote forms of assistance.Conclusions: Currently, there are no norms and standards in the organization of assistance to adolescents with eating disorders and body image disorders in the pandemic context. However, the analysis of the implemented approaches aimed at various risk factors of these disorders will allow the use of the most effective preventive and therapeutic practices in the future.
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Leonidas, Carolina, and Manoel Antônio Santos. "Emotional Meanings Assigned to Eating Disorders: Narratives of Women with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa." Universitas Psychologica 16, no. 4 (December 31, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy16-4.emae.
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Spivack, Anna, and Carla Willig. "‘There is a battle within yourself’ Exploring the experienceof a split sense of self among inpatients with eating disorders." Counselling Psychology Review 25, no. 4 (December 2010): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpscpr.2010.25.4.7.
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AimsThis study is concerned with the subjective experiences of people with eating disorders in a specialist inpatient clinic. It seeks to gain an insight intowhat it feels liketo be an inpatient in an eating disorders clinic, observing overall aspects of the experience as well as both challenging and helpful aspects of inpatient life and treatment.MethodEight female inpatients with eating disorders, aged 12 to 17, were interviewed. All participants were current inpatients at an eating disorders clinic in a large city in England, and were nearing the end of their treatment. Participants’ narratives of their experiences were analysed qualitatively, using interpretative phenomenological analysis to identify common themes in the interviews.FindingsThe main themeemerging from interviews was the participants’ split sense of self. Participants experienced the presence of both an Anorectic self and a non-Anorecticself. The stronger the Anorectic self, the more negative the inpatient experience, andvice versa. When the Anorectic and non-Anorectic selves were equally powerful, participants experienced strong ambivalence about the inpatient experience.Implications for PracticeIn the light of these observations, we propose that therapeutic interventions may benefit from attempting to facilitate an integration of the two senses of self, rather thanreinforcing their opposition bycultivating only the non-Anorectic self and supporting its battle against the Anorectic self.
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Perpiñtá, Conxa, María Roncero, Amparo Belloch, and Sergio Sánchez-Reales. "Eating-Related Intrusive Thoughts Inventory: Exploring the Dimensionality of Eating Disorder Symptoms." Psychological Reports 109, no. 1 (August 2011): 108–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/02.09.13.18.pr0.109.4.108-126.
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The aims of this study were, first, to examine the structure and validity of the Eating-related Intrusive Thoughts Inventory (INPIAS), a self-report questionnaire designed to assess eating disorders related to intrusive thoughts (EDITs), and second, to explore the existence of a continuum ranging from normal to abnormal thought intrusions related to eating, weight, and shape. Participants were 574 (408 women) nonclinical community individuals. Analyses revealed that EDITs can be clustered into three sets: appearance-dieting, need to exercise, and thoughts-impulses related to eating disorders. EDITs' consequences showed a two-factor structure: emotional consequences/personal meaning and thought-action fusion responsibility; and four factors of strategies: “anxiety,” suppression, obsessive-compulsive rituals, and distraction. The sample was then divided according to reported restrained eating. The High dietary restraint group reported a higher frequency of EDITs, whereas differences in the other factors were mediated by depression, anxiety, and obsessionality. The results suggest that eating disorder-related cognitions are experienced by nonclinical individuals, and distributed on a continuum.
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Manaj, Semiramida. "Attachment Style and the Predisposition to Eating Disorders in Adolescence." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 2, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 112. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v2i4.p112-120.
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This study arouses from my personal interest to understand more about the attachment styles processes of the teenage girls and the predisposition to develop an eating disorder. Eating disorders in adolescence are being widely noted in the albanian society. Individuals affected more often by eating disorders are women, mostly girls in late adolescence and early adulthood age. The purpose of this study was to focus on exploring the relationship between the tendency to develop an eating disorder and attachment style of teenage girls 15-18 years old. In this study participated 287 teenage girls. They completed two measure instruments: Multidimensional eating disorder Inventory-Garner, Olmstead - Polivy (1983) which measured respectively eating disorders symptoms and Batholomew’s Attachment Style Inventory (1991) which measured the attachment styles of the teenage girls. The hypothesis of the current study was that there was a significant link between unhealthy attachment styles (unsecure, avoidant, disorganized) and the tendecy to develop an eating disorder at teenage girls 15-18 years old. The result in the end of th study was that there is a statistically important relationship between the tendency to develop an eating disorder and unhealthy attachment styles (unsecure, avoidant, disorganized). The study showed that the correlation between unhealthy attachment styles and tendency to develop an eating disorder was significant. Teenage girls with unhealthy attachment styles showed more symptoms of eating disorders, they were in border to develop an eating disorders or they already had one.
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Manaj, Semiramida. "Attachment Style and the Predisposition to Eating Disorders in Adolescence." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 6, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 112. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v6i1.p112-120.
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This study arouses from my personal interest to understand more about the attachment styles processes of the teenage girls and the predisposition to develop an eating disorder. Eating disorders in adolescence are being widely noted in the albanian society. Individuals affected more often by eating disorders are women, mostly girls in late adolescence and early adulthood age. The purpose of this study was to focus on exploring the relationship between the tendency to develop an eating disorder and attachment style of teenage girls 15-18 years old. In this study participated 287 teenage girls. They completed two measure instruments: Multidimensional eating disorder Inventory-Garner, Olmstead - Polivy (1983) which measured respectively eating disorders symptoms and Batholomew’s Attachment Style Inventory (1991) which measured the attachment styles of the teenage girls. The hypothesis of the current study was that there was a significant link between unhealthy attachment styles (unsecure, avoidant, disorganized) and the tendecy to develop an eating disorder at teenage girls 15-18 years old. The result in the end of th study was that there is a statistically important relationship between the tendency to develop an eating disorder and unhealthy attachment styles (unsecure, avoidant, disorganized). The study showed that the correlation between unhealthy attachment styles and tendency to develop an eating disorder was significant. Teenage girls with unhealthy attachment styles showed more symptoms of eating disorders, they were in border to develop an eating disorders or they already had one.
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Morley, Catherine. "Development and Use of The Organizational Framework For Exploring Nutrition Narratives." Critical Dietetics 3, no. 2 (December 31, 2016): 32–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.32920/cd.v3i2.1008.
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A hermeneutic phenomenology was undertaken to explore eating and feeding experiences with 11 women living with changed health status and who had household feeding responsibilities. Thematic analysis yielded two distinct narratives; those in Life-the-Same (LS) group (n=3; participants whose lives were relatively the same after a period of adjustment), and the Life Altered (LA) group (n=8) (those whose lives were completely altered as a result of their condition). Participants in the LS group had adjusted to new dietary, exercise, and medication routines, achieved physiologic goals, and retained eating and feeding routines at and away from home. Participants in the LA group experienced profound changes in ingesting and digesting food, and eliminating waste, physical appearance, and in enjoyment of eating, and rarely left home. Anticipated physiologic effects of dietary change were not achieved due to physical deterioration. Family and friends took on feeding duties when the regular ‘feeder’ was acutely ill, however, participants resumed these roles as soon as they were able (even though they remained unwell) owing to the strength of role identification. The Organizational Framework for Exploring Nutrition Narratives (OFFENN) emerged from the analysis, and is comprised of four domains (Personal; Household; Beyond Household; and Unthoughts), and four filters (Events/Facts; Values/Beliefs; Actions; Emotions and Reflections). The framework offers a means to explore clients’ narratives and to invite conversations about eating and feeding; it is not meant to be prescriptive of dietary guidance, and has application in dietetics education (in preparing students for their counselling roles and in informing research).
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Patmore, Jacqueline. "Therapist self‐disclosure in the treatment of eating disorders: A personal perspective." Journal of Clinical Psychology 76, no. 2 (November 25, 2019): 266–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22893.
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Vukovic, Olivera, Dubravka Britvic, Mirjana Zebic, Nadja Maric, Tijana Cvetic, and Lidija Injac. "Comorbidity of eating disorder and alcohol dependency." Vojnosanitetski pregled 64, no. 3 (2007): 223–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/vsp0703223v.
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Introduction. Epidemiological studies suggest that a high prevalence of alcohol addiction exists in female patients diagnosed with eating disorder in comparison to general population. For the purpose of explanation of the relationship of these disorders many conceptual models have been proposed. Case report. We presented a female patient displaying a comorbidity of eating disorder and alcohol dependency. We analyzed phenomenological similarities, personal characteristics and bio-psychological predisposition in order to ensure better understanding of the nature of the correlation of the two mentioned disorders. Conclusion. Even though, these days we find the synonym for eating disorders in the phrase "food addiction", it is impossible to categorize such a complex group of disorders to an addictive process. Moreover, we could assume that there exists a common psychobiological vulnerability which predisposes the development of one and/or the other disorder. To date knowledge has a significant implication for the development of new strategy in treating this comorbidity.
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Jarman, Hannah K., Siân A. McLean, Rachel Rodgers, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Susan Paxton, Beth O'Gorman, Emily Harris, et al. "Informing mHealth and Web-Based Eating Disorder Interventions: Combining Lived Experience Perspectives With Design Thinking Approaches." JMIR Formative Research 6, no. 10 (October 31, 2022): e38387. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/38387.
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Background App-based interventions designed to prevent and treat eating disorders have considerable potential to overcome known barriers to treatment seeking. Existing apps have shown efficacy in terms of symptom reduction; however, uptake and retention issues are common. To ensure that apps meet the needs and preferences of those for whom they were designed, it is critical to understand the lived experience of potential users and involve them in the process of design, development, and delivery. However, few app-based interventions are pretested on and co-designed with end users before randomized controlled trials. Objective To address the issue, this study used a highly novel design thinking approach to provide the context and a lived experience perspective of the end user, thus allowing for a deeper level of understanding. Methods In total, 7 young women (mean age 25.83, SD 5.34, range 21-33 years) who self-identified as having a history of body image issues or eating disorders were recruited. Participants were interviewed about their lived experience of body image and eating disorders and reported their needs and preferences for app-based eating disorder interventions. Traditional (thematic analysis) and novel (empathy mapping; visually depicting and empathizing with the user’s personal experience) analyses were performed, providing a lived experience perspective of eating disorders and identifying the needs and preferences of this population in relation to app-based interventions for eating disorders. Key challenges and opportunities for app-based eating disorder interventions were also identified. Results Findings highlighted the importance of understanding and identifying problematic eating disorder symptoms for the user, helpful practices for recovery that identify personal values and goals, the role of social support in facilitating hope, and aspects of usability to promote continued engagement and recovery. Conclusions Practical guidance and recommendations are described for those developing app-based eating disorder interventions. These findings have the potential to inform practices to enhance participant uptake and retention in the context of app-based interventions for this population.
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Nettleton, Sarah, and Emma Uprichard. "‘A Slice of Life’: Food Narratives and Menus from Mass-Observers in 1982 and 1945." Sociological Research Online 16, no. 2 (June 2011): 99–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.2340.
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This paper reports on an analysis of hitherto unexamined documentary data on food held within the UK Mass Observation Archive (MOA). In particular it discusses responses to the 1982 Winter Directive which asked MOA correspondents about their experiences of food and eating, and the food diaries submitted by MOA panel members in 1945. What is striking about these data is the extent to which memories of food and eating are interwoven with recollections of the lifecourse; in particular social relations, family life, and work. It seems asking people about food generates insight into aspects of everyday life. In essence, memories of food provide a crucial and potentially overlooked medium for developing an appreciation of social change. We propose the concept ‘food narratives’ to capture the essence of these reflections because they reveal something more than personal stories; they are both individual and collective experiences in that personal food narratives draw upon shared cultural repertoires, generational memories, and tensions between age cohorts. Food narratives are embodied and embedded in social networks, socio-cultural contexts and socio-economic epochs. Thus the daily menus recorded in 1945 and memories scribed in 1982 do not simply communicate what people ate, liked and disliked but throw light on two contrasting moments of British history; the end of the second world war and an era of transition, reform, individualization, diversity which was taking place in the early 1980s.
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Moscato, Emily M., and Julie L. Ozanne. "Rebellious eating: older women misbehaving through indulgence." Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal 22, no. 4 (September 9, 2019): 582–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qmr-07-2018-0082.
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Purpose Food rituals are an ever present part of consumers’ lives that have practical implications for well-being. This paper aims to explore how food and its relationship to pleasure evolve, as women navigate social norms around gender and aging. Design/methodology/approach Ethnographic data were collected using in-depth interviews and participant observations of members of the Red Hat Society (RHS) across 27 months. This approach provided a more nuanced perspective on how food experiences shape consumption rituals and communal ties over time. Findings Older women in the RHS eat rebelliously when they break social norms of gender and aging by indulging together in food and drink. Their rituals of rebellious eating have implications on well-being, heightening their experiential pleasure of food and conviviality and forging social support and a sense of community. The dark side of personal indulgence is explored within a larger framework of food well-being. Originality/value This study shows how older women challenge social expectations around age and gender through food pleasure rituals. The concept of rebellious eating is introduced to conceptualize how these older women rethink aging and indulgence within a supportive community of consumption and integrate the concepts into their personal narratives.
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Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn. "Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Elite Female Athletes." International Journal of Sport Nutrition 3, no. 1 (March 1993): 29–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijsn.3.1.29.
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This study examined the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) and the possible difference between ED symptoms and true ED by using questionnaires as compared with an interview and clinical evaluation in Norwegian elite female athletes (n=522) from 35 sports and nonathletic controls (n=448). In addition to the 117 athletes classified as "at risk" to develop ED, 90 subjects were randomly chosen, comprising 30 athletic controls, 30 at-risk nonathletes, and 30 nonathletic controls. All weIe interviewed and clinically examined. A significantly higher number of athletes (18%) than controls (5%) were found to actually suffer from ED, particularly athletes competing in sports in which leanness or a specific weight were considered important. When results from the screening study were compared to those from the interviews and clinical examinations, a significant underreporting of ED among athletes was demonstrated. The athletes also reported the use of other pathogenic methods in the screening study compared to what they reported in the interview. Nonathletes more correctly reported the use of pathogenic methods but overreported the prevalence of ED. Thus the issue of using questionnaires alone or in combination with personal interview/clinical examination merits further investigation.