College Women: Eating Behaviors and Help-Seeking Preferences

Late adolescent college women (N=578) were surveyed regarding eating disorders. Participants found to have eating disorders were younger and more likely to be white, in a sorority, and Christian. Additionally, they were most likely to say that they would prefer a close friend to support them when de...

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Published in:Adolescence 2002-06, Vol.37 (146), p.353-363
Main Authors: Prouty, Anne M, Protinsky, Howard O, Canady, Donna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Attitude to Health
Biological and medical sciences
College Students
Control Groups
Eating behavior disorders
Eating Disorders
Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - prevention & control
Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology
Female
Females
Girls
Help Seeking
Helpseeking
Higher Education
Humans
Medical sciences
Mid-Atlantic Region - epidemiology
Miscellaneous
Predictor Variables
Psychological aspects
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Social Support
Social Support Groups
Sororities
Student Health Services
Students
Students - psychology
Teenagers
Universities
USA
Women
Women college students
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Summary:Late adolescent college women (N=578) were surveyed regarding eating disorders. Participants found to have eating disorders were younger and more likely to be white, in a sorority, and Christian. Additionally, they were most likely to say that they would prefer a close friend to support them when dealing with disordered eating, followed by their parents and their significant other. (Contains 35 references.) (GCP)
ISSN:0001-8449