Attitudes toward Eating Disorders and the Role of Body Dissatisfaction in College Women
Author
Daniels, Katherine A.
Abstract
Few studies have examined stigma towards people with eating disorders. What research has been done indicates that stigma towards those with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may be different than stigma of severe mental illnesses, though the nature of this stigma is not clear. Research also indicates that attitudes may be different depending on the type of the eating disorder. In the current study, body dissatisfaction was predicted to be a contributing variable in the formation attitudes towards those with anorexia and bulimia. Results indicate that body dissatisfaction does not play as important role in attitudes towards those with anorexia and bulimia as predicted. However, this study was unique in that video clips of women describing their symptoms were used, as opposed to written vignettes, and this may have influenced the direction of the results.
Date
2009
Citation:
APA:
Daniels, Katherine A..
(January 2009).
Attitudes toward Eating Disorders and the Role of Body Dissatisfaction in College Women
(Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1899.)
MLA:
Daniels, Katherine A..
Attitudes toward Eating Disorders and the Role of Body Dissatisfaction in College Women.
Master's Thesis. East Carolina University,
January 2009. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1899.
April 19, 2024.
Chicago:
Daniels, Katherine A.,
“Attitudes toward Eating Disorders and the Role of Body Dissatisfaction in College Women”
(Master's Thesis., East Carolina University,
January 2009).
AMA:
Daniels, Katherine A..
Attitudes toward Eating Disorders and the Role of Body Dissatisfaction in College Women
[Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
January 2009.
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Publisher
East Carolina University