Using groups for the prevention of eating disorders among college women

The prevalence of eating disorders and associated health risks, morbidity, and mortality renders prevention programming an urgent health care need. Growing awareness of the pervasiveness and scope of the problem on college campuses has resulted in development of treatment and prevention models. Howe...

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Published in:The Journal for specialists in group work 2001-09, Vol.26 (3), p.256-266
Main Author: Sapia, Jennifer L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Students
Eating Disorders
Etiology
Group therapy
Intervention
Multivariate Analysis
Prevention
Program Evaluation
Programming
Self Help Groups
Statistical Analysis
Treatment Programs
Women
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Summary:The prevalence of eating disorders and associated health risks, morbidity, and mortality renders prevention programming an urgent health care need. Growing awareness of the pervasiveness and scope of the problem on college campuses has resulted in development of treatment and prevention models. However, few studies examine the efficacy of this programming. Utilizing a sociocultural model for the etiology of eating disorders, this research compared treatment and no-treatment group differences in 80 undergraduate women. The four-session intervention programming was intended to reduce risk factors and increase protective factors identified by previous prevention research. Both groups completed preintervention and postintervention questionnaires designed to assess the efficacy of the program. Multivariate analysis of variance and post hoe univariate analyses indicated that the prevention program was successful in increasing the psychosocial factors of physical, personal, and social self-concept and reducing the drive for thinness and unhealthful methods of weight regulation, two significant risk factors.
ISSN:0193-3922
1549-6295
DOI:10.1080/01933920108414217