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Keel, Pamela K.; Haedt, Alissa – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
Eating disorders represent a significant source of psychological impairment among adolescents. However, most controlled treatment studies have focused on adult populations. This review provides a synthesis of existing data concerning the efficacy of various psychosocial interventions for eating disorders in adolescent samples. Modes of therapy…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Adolescents, Cognitive Restructuring, Young Adults
Wilkins, Victoria; Urban, Greg; Zanotti, Mary; Chambliss, Catherine – 1998
In recent years, bulimia nervosa has plagued young women and become a major issue in mental health care. Strategies for training counseling students so as to acquaint them with clinical research on treatments for bulimia are presented in this report. It reviews empirically supported treatments (ESTs) concerning eating disorders in order to…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Bulimia, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Techniques
Hawks, Steven; Merrill, Ray M.; Madanat, Hala N. – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
This article describes the development and validation of an instrument designed to measure the concept of intuitive eating. To ensure face and content validity for items used in the Likert-type Intuitive Eating Scale (IES), content domain was clearly specified and a panel of experts assessed the validity of each item. Based on responses from 391…
Descriptors: College Students, Obesity, Eating Disorders, Content Validity