Eating - psychological explanations of anorexia

Question 1

2 psychological explanations

Answer 1

sociocultural, psychodynamic

Question 2

2 psychodynamic approaches

Answer 2

Refusing adult sexuality, Asserting control

Question 3

Becker

Answer 3

looked at eating disorders in Fiji from 1995 to 1998 following the introduction of television - went from 13% to 29% indicating risk of disordered eating

Question 4

Keel and Klump

Answer 4

looked at anorexia cross-culturally - anorexia is not culture bound - frequency of AN is proportional to the degree of western influence

Question 5

Groesz

Answer 5

meta-review of 25 studies and concluded that body dissatisfaction significantly increased after exposure to media images of thin women

Question 6

Button and Warren

Answer 6

anorectics often report feeling a lack of control over their lives

Question 7

Carter

Answer 7

found that 48% of the 77 female anorectics they studied reported childhood sexual abuse

Question 8

Bruch

Answer 8

claimed that the origins of anorexia are in early childhood - many parents of anorectics claimed to anticipate their children’s needs rather than ever letting them feel hungry

Question 9

Steiner

Answer 9

parents of adolescents with have a tendency to define their child’s physical needs rather than allowing children to define their own