Eating behaviors and attitudes

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dc.contributor.author	Jacobelli, Jillian
dc.date.accessioned	2012-09-14T17:21:52Z
dc.date.available	2012-09-14T17:21:52Z
dc.date.issued	2010-04-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/5275
dc.description	First place winner of poster presentations in the Social Science section at the 10th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF) held at the Eugene Hughes Metropolitan Complex , Wichita State University, April 23, 2010	en_US
dc.description.abstract	An exploratory study at a Midwestern university examined the relationships between disordered eating behaviors and attitudes and psychological flexibility, experiential avoidance, perceptions of social pressure, and personal control beliefs. 117 female college students were assessed through MRinterview, an online study software, using the Eating Disorder Evaluation Questionnaire (EDE-Q), the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, Second edition (AAQ-II), the Belief in Personal Control Scale (BPCS), Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS) and the Perceived Sociocultural Pressure Scale. Correlations were found among psychological flexibility, avoidance and control beliefs and disordered eating behaviors and/or attitudes, especially with respect to eating concern. Linear regression analysis found that social pressure accounted for 32% of the variance in eating concern behavior while psychological inflexibility accounted for an additional 4%. Implications of these findings and future research are discussed.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Faculty Sponsor: Victoria Shaffer; Office of Research Administration, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, University Libraries, Emory Lindquist Honors Program	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Wichita State University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	URCAF;
dc.relation.ispartofseries	v.10;
dc.title	Eating behaviors and attitudes	en_US
dc.type	Abstract	en_US